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James Calvin MCKEOWN, McCuen

James Calvin MCKEOWN, McCuen

Male 1878 - 1962  (84 years)


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  • Name James Calvin MCKEOWN
    Suffix McCuen
    Birth 10 Jan 1878  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date on headstone is June 24 1878, while his WW I draft registration states Sep 5 1878 and the 1900 Census also has it as Sep 1878. But his birth record shows it as January 10 1878.
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    U.S. Mail carrier 
    Residence 1900  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1901  [4] 
    oil field worker 
    Occupation 1918  [5] 
    warehouse man for South Penn Oil Co. in Salem 
    Residence 1913, 1918  Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1920  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [7] 
    clerk 
    Census 1930  Elk District, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [8] 
    warehouse man for oil & gas company 
    Residence 1940  Pinch, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Death 12 May 1962  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Person ID I98239  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2020

    Father John S. MCKEOWN,   b. CA 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1881, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)
    Mother Adaline Emily Jane COTTRILL,   b. CA 1844, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1913 (Age ~ 69 years)
    Family ID F5167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lovie Marie DAVIS,   b. 14 Jan 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1961, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 30 May 1900  Long Run (Industrial), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      James McKeowen, 21, b. Sep 1878, U.S. Mail carrier, married under 1 yr; wife Lovie, 21, b. Apr 1872 (sic), married under 1 yr, no children; grandmother Palina Davis, 88, b. Dec 1811, widowed, mothr of 14 children (11 still living).

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Jan 22 1920:
      James McKewin, 41, clerk; wife Lovie, 39, dau Gale, 18, single; son Harold, 6; son Kenith, 3 yr 7 mo.

      1930 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (Elk District), enumerated on Apr 7 1930 at Indian Creek:
      James C. McCuen, 48, warehouse man for oil & gas company; wife Lovie, 45; son Harold, 21, single, oil & gas rouster; son Kenneth, 12; greatgranddaughter (sic, should be granddaugter) Rose M. McBride, 3.
    Children 
    +1. Jessie Gail MCCUEN,   b. 24 Mar 1901, Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1972, Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F55100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR p. 43, Line 138 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=126610&Type=Birth.

    2. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793494&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    5. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    7. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S2302] 1930 Census, Kanawha County, WV.

    9. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    10. [S5] Headstone.

    11. [S934] Findagrave.com.