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Sarah Ethel Griffith
1884 - 1985 |
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| Father |
Birth |
Death |
| James Daniel Griffith |
Jul 2, 1849, Preston Co., WV, son of John Hillery Griffith and
Elizabeth Ann Rinehart |
Mar 20, 1947, Hambleton, Tucker Co., WV |
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Lenora "Nora" Hart |
May 12, 1858, Kerens, Randolph Co., VA
Married Oct 25, 1876, Tucker Co., WV |
Nov 9, 1941, Elkins, Randolph Co., WV
Buried together at McNeeley Cemetery, Hendricks, Tucker Co., WV |
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Siblings - select a name below to
view their page |
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Birth |
Death |
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| Sarah Ethel
Griffith |
Mar 17, 1884, Tucker Co., WV |
Nov 2, 1985, Tucker Co., WV
Sarah and James buried together at Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows.
Tucker Co., WV |
m1. Johnson Leo Holsberry
- (b. Apr 22, 1880, WV son of Ulysses Francis Holsberry and
Nancy Catherine Digman; d. Jun ?, 1939, Salisbury, Wicomico,
MD. Buried at Salisbury Cemetery (if it is the cemetery by this name,
it is a paupers cemetery) Obituary was dated on Jun 22,
1939; Married again to Emily Katherine Felio Thomas, Aug 23,
1913, Trumbull Co., OH - Divorced before 1921) - Sep 22, 1901,
Tucker Co., WV
m2. James Edgar Smith
- (b Oct 23, 1883, Hambleton, Tucker Co., WV, son of James Clark
Smith and Margaret A Adams; d. Jul 28, 1973, Parsons, Tucker
Co., WV) - Apr 24, 1912, Parsons, Tucker
Co., WV |
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Children of Sarah Ethel
Griffith and
Johnson Leo Holsberry and James Edgar Smith
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this page with their information |
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Sarah Ethel
Griffith |
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1900 - Census - Living with
parents
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1900 U. S. Census, Black Fork, Tucker County, West Virginia
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Relation |
Race |
Gen |
Birth
Month |
Birth
Year |
Age |
Yrs
Marr. |
# Child |
#
Child
living |
Occup. |
Birth Place |
Birth Place
Father |
Birth Place
Mother |
| Griffith |
James D |
Head |
W |
M |
Jul |
1849 |
50 |
26 |
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Carpenter |
WV |
WV |
WV |
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Lenora |
Wife |
W |
F |
May |
1858 |
42 |
26 |
9 |
8 |
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WV |
WV |
WV |
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Harry |
Son |
W |
M |
Nov |
1879 |
20 |
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Laborer |
WV |
VA |
VA |
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Clide |
Son |
W |
M |
? |
1882 |
18 |
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VA |
VA |
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Sallie |
Dau |
W |
F |
Mar |
1884 |
16 |
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VA |
VA |
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Carrie |
Dau |
W |
F |
Aug |
1886 |
13 |
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VA |
VA |
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Jennie |
Dau |
W |
F |
May |
1887 |
13 |
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VA |
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John |
Son |
W |
M |
Sep |
1889 |
10 |
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VA |
VA |
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Roy |
Son |
W |
M |
Oct |
1891 |
8 |
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Sarah Ethel
Griffith and Johnson Leo Holsberry |
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1901 - Marries Johnson Leo
Holsberry, Sep
22, 1901, Tucker Co., WV |
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Marriage License and Record for
Sarah E Griffith and Johnson Holsberry (#80 on the
record)
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1904 - 1910 - Sarah divorces or separates from Johnson
Holsberry
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1910 U. S. Census, Black Fork, Tucker
County, West Virginia
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Name |
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Relation |
Race |
Gender |
Age |
Yrs
Marr. |
# Child |
#Child
living |
Occupation |
Birth Place |
Birth Place
Father |
Birth Place
Mother |
| Griffith |
James |
Head |
W |
M |
62 |
M1 32 |
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Carpenter
contractor |
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WV |
WV |
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Lenora |
Wife |
W |
F |
52 |
M1 32 |
9 |
8 |
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WV |
WV |
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Roy |
Son |
W |
F |
19 |
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WV |
WV |
| Holseberry |
Sarah |
Dau |
W |
M |
25 |
M1 8 |
2 |
2 |
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WV |
WV |
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Leo |
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M |
7 |
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WV |
WV |
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Fred |
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Sarah Ethel
Griffith and James Edgar Smith |
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1912 - Marries
James Edgar Smith, Apr 24, 1912, Parsons, Tucker Co., WV |
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Marriage License for
Sarah Holsberry and James E Smith
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1920 U. S. Census, Anthony Creek,
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
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Rel |
Race |
Gen |
Age |
Marr? |
Occup |
Birth Place |
Birth Place
Father |
Birth Place
Mother |
| Smith |
William N |
Head |
W |
M |
75 |
Wd |
Farmer
general farm |
VA |
VA |
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James E |
Nephew |
W |
M |
36 |
M |
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VA |
WV |
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Ethel |
Wife |
W |
F |
35 |
M |
Laborer
general farm |
WV |
WV |
WV |
| Holsbery |
Fred G |
Son |
W |
M |
6 |
S |
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WV |
WV |
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Johnson S |
Son |
W |
M |
14 |
S |
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WV |
WV |
WV |
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James E |
Son |
W |
M |
17 |
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Laborer farm |
WV |
WV |
WV |
| Gunn |
John A |
Boarder |
W |
M |
62 |
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Laborer farm |
WV |
VA |
WV |
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1930 - Census - Unable to locate family
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1939 - First husband
Johnson L Holsberry dies in Maryland at Pine Bluff Sanitarium.
I am placing this obit here because many family trees have
skipped over the fact that he existed and are merging records of
all of his descendants with the same name "Johnson Leo
Holsberry"
Johnson Leo Holsberry - 1880 - 1939
Johnson Leo Holsberry - 1902 - 1974 Postmaster
Johnson Leo Holsberry - 1939 -
Educator
Johnson Leo or Lee Holsberry - 1968 - |
Obituary for Johnson L Holsberry
Cumberland Evening Times, Cumberland, MD, Thu, Jun 22, 1939, pg
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Johnson L. Holsberry - Parsons, W.
Va., June 22 — Word has been received here of the death of
Johnson L. Holsberry at Pine Bluff Sanitarium, Salisbury, Md. He
was a son of U. F. Holsberry of Parsons. Interment was made in
the Salisbury cemetery. Surviving are two sons, Leo, Rainelle,
WV, and Fred, this city; two brothers, Kenny, of Ohio, and
Samuel, this city, and one sister, Mrs. W. B. Sager, Warren,
Ohio |
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1940 U. S. Census, Hambleton, Tucker
County, West Virginia
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Race |
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Age |
Marr? |
Highest grade of school
completed |
Occup. |
Birth Place |
| Smith |
J Edgar |
Head |
W |
M |
56 |
M |
6 |
Foreman
state road comm |
WV |
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Sarah |
Wife |
W |
F |
56 |
M |
8 |
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James E |
Head |
W |
F |
26 |
S |
H-4 |
Truck drive
state road comm |
WV |
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Mary |
Wife |
W |
F |
21 |
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8 |
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1973 -
James Edgar Smith passes away,
Jul 28, 1973, Parsons, Tucker Co., WV |
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Death
Certificate for James Edgar Smith
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Grave
marker for Sarah Ethel Griffith and James Edgar
Smith at Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows. Tucker Co.,
WV
Photo taken by Brenda P a volunteer on the
Find A Grave website
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Children of Sarah Ethel
Griffith and Johnson Leo Holsberry |
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Johnson
Leo Holsberry - b. Jul 3,
1902, Parsons, Tucker Co., WV; d. Aug 21, 1974, Charlottesville,
VA.
m. Mildred Thelma Cratty
- (b. Feb 12, 1905, Fayette Co., WV, daughter of R Emmett
Cratty and Mollie Toothman; d. Mar 29, 1937,
Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV. Buried at the At The End of
Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV) - Nov 24, 1926,
Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV
m. Leone Adelaide Beattie
- (b. Feb 3, 1912, Neola, Greenbrier Co., WV, daughter of
George James Beattie and Mabel C Payne; d. Mar 21, 2002,
Royal Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL) - Sep 25, 1937, Parsons,
Tucker Co.. License from Greenbrier Co., WV
Buried with Leone at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Crawley,
Greenbrier Co., WV |
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Johnson Leo Holsberry |
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Birth Record for Johnson Leo
Holsberry
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1910 - 1920 - Census - Johnson living with parents
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1926 - Marries Mildred Thelma
Cratty,
Nov 24, 1926, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV |
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Marriage License for
Johnson Leo Holsberry and Mildred Thelma Cratty
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1930 U. S. Census, Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, West Virginia
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Race |
Gen |
Age |
Age 1st
Marr. |
Occup |
Birth Place |
Birth Place
Father |
Birth Place
Mother |
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John |
Head |
W |
M |
63 |
31 |
Mechanic
railroad shop |
VA |
Ireland |
Ireland |
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Mildred |
Wife |
W |
F |
53 |
21 |
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WV |
WV |
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Johnson L |
Son |
W |
M |
27 |
23 |
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WV |
PA |
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Mildred |
Dau |
W |
F |
25 |
21 |
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- Mildred Thelma Cratty Holsberry passes away, Mar
29, 1937, Rainelle, Greenbrier Co., WV |
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Death
Certificate for Mildred Thelma Cratty Holsberry
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1937 - Marries Leone Adelaide
Beattie,
Sep 25, 1937, Parsons, Tucker Co. |
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Marriage License for
Johnson Leo Holsberry and
Leone Adelaide Beattie.
License from Greenbrier Co., WV
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1940 U. S. Census, Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, West Virginia
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Name |
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Rel. |
Race |
Gen |
Age |
Marr? |
Highest grade of school
completed |
Occup. |
Birth Place |
| Holsberry |
J Leo |
Head |
W |
M |
37 |
M |
8 |
Post master
Post office |
WV |
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Leone |
Wife |
W |
F |
28 |
M |
C-4 |
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WV |
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J Leo Jr |
Son |
W |
F |
6/12 |
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0 |
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WWII Registration
for Johnson Leo Holsberry
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| 1974
- Johnson Leo Holsberry passes away, Aug 21, 1974,
Charlottesville, VA. |
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Death
Certificate and Obituary for Johnson Leo Holsberry
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Grave
markers for Johnson Leo Holsberry and
Leone Adelaide Beattie
at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Crawley, Greenbrier
Co., WV
Photos taken by Pamela Pomeroy a volunteer on the
Find A Grave website
Of note:
Find A Grave has the wrong parents shown for this
Johnson Leo Holsberry. Parents shown are this
Johnson's paternal grandparents
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Johnson Leo Holsberry
- b. Sep 23, 1939, WV
m.
Betty Jeanne Hescht
- (b Mar 7, 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV.
Married again to Thornton?) - Jun 26, 1965, Saint Marys, Pleasants Co., WV
m.
Christine Virginia Elsasser
- (b. Nov 17, 1948; d. Mar 14, 2006) - Dec 21,
1993, Palm Beach, FL. Buried at at Wallace Memorial
Cemetery, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV |
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Johnson Leo Holsberry |
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1940 - Census - Johnson
living with parents |
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Yearbook
photo of Johnson Leo Holsberry
1955 - Rainelle High School, Rainelle, West Virginia |
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1965 - Marries Betty Jeanne
Hescht,
Jun 26, 1965, Saint Marys, Pleasants Co., WV |
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Marriage License for
Johnson Leo Holsberry and Betty Jeanne Hescht
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News
article about Johnson Leo Holsberry
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1993 - Marries Christine
Virginia Elsasser, Dec 21, 1993, Palm Beach, FL |
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Grave
marker for Christine Virginia Elsasser Holsberry
at Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Crawley, Greenbrier
Co., WV
Photo taken by Pamela Pomeroy a volunteer on the
Find A Grave website
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Johnson (Lee or Leo) Holsberry
- b May 30, 1968 |
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Child Holsberry - |
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Frederick Cecil Holsberry
- b. Aug 17, 1905, Tucker Co., WV, WV; d, Oct 24, 1991
m. Virginia Kathryn Parker
- (b Apr 6, 1909. Mill Creek, Randolph Co., WV, daughter
of Gipson Russell Parker and Edna Lenora Purgitt; d. Jan
28, 2007, Keyser, Mineral Co., WV) - Sep 17, 1938,
Parsons, Tucker Co., WV
Buried together at Ebenezer Cemetery, Romney, Hampshire Co., WV |
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Frederick Cecil Holsberry
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Birth Record for
Frederick Cecil Holsberry
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1910 - 1920 - Census -
Living with parents |
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1930 - Census - Living as a
boarder in Madison, Boone Co., WV working as a salesman |
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1938 - Marries Virginia
Kathryn Parker,
Sep 17, 1938,
Parsons, Tucker Co., WV |
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Marriage License for
Frederick Cecil Holsberry and Virginia Kathryn Parker
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1940 - Census - Unable to
locate Fred or Virginia |
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WWII Registration
for Frederick Cecil Holsberry
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Grave
marker for Frederick Cecil Holsberry and Virginia
Kathryn Parker at Ebenezer Cemetery, Romney,
Hampshire Co., WV
Photo taken by cricket a volunteer on the
Find A Grave website
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James
Edgar Smith, Jr - b. Jun 19,
1913, Greenbrier Co., WV; d. Dec 26, 1985, Tucker Co., WV. Buried at
Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows. Tucker Co., WV
m. Mary Magdaline Mullennex - (b.
May 19, 1920, Randolph Co., WV, daughter of Richard Dickson Mullennex
and Grace Alice Adamson; d. Jan 4,
1986) - Sep 21, 1935, Parsons, Tucker co., WV
Buried together at Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows. Tucker Co.,
WV |
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1920 - 1930 - Census - Living with parents
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1935 - Marries Mary Magdaline
Mullennex,
Sep 21, 1935, Parsons, Tucker co., WV |
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Marriage Record for
James Edgar Smith, Jr and Mary M Mullennex
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1940 U. S. Census, Hambleton, Tucker
County, West Virginia
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Race |
Gen |
Age |
Marr? |
Highest grade of school
completed |
Occup. |
Birth Place |
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J Edgar |
Head |
W |
M |
56 |
M |
6 |
Foreman
state road comm |
WV |
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Sarah |
Wife |
W |
F |
56 |
M |
8 |
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WV |
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James E |
Head |
W |
F |
26 |
S |
H-4 |
Truck drive
state road comm |
WV |
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Mary |
Wife |
W |
F |
21 |
S |
8 |
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WWII Registration
for James Edgar Smith, Jr
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World War II Young American
Patriots, 1941-1945 for James E. Smith |
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Grave
markers for James Edgar Smith, Jr and Mary Magdeline
Mullennex at Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows. Tucker
Co., WV
Photos taken by Brenda P a volunteer on the
Find A Grave website
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James Edgar "Jimmy"
Smith, III - b. Apr 23, 1950, Parsons, Tucker Co., WV;
d. Nov 11, 1963, Hambleton, Tucker Co., WV.
Buried at Bethel Cemetery, Holly Meadows. Tucker
Co., WV |
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James Edgar "Jimmy"
Smith, III |
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- Jimmy passes away from an accidental gun shot
wound to the head |
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Obituary and Death
Certificate for James Edgar Smith III
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Grave
marker for James Edgar Smith, III at Bethel
Cemetery, Holly Meadows. Tucker Co., WV
Photo taken by Brenda P a volunteer on the
Find A Grave website
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