Husband: Clayton Pratt
Born: Dec- 3-1917 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Oct-14-1989 1
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 4
Resided: in Virginia Beach, VA 1 (see note 1)
Resided: 1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1920 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Military: Apr- 7-1936 - Oct-17-1955 U.S. Navy, World War II 5 (see note 2)
Father: Okey Pratt (1891 - 1961)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Cumberledge (1891 - 1920)
Wife: Mary Janet Cox 6 Married: Mar-22-1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,7
Born: Jun- 6-1920 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 1,3 Died: Dec-14-1997 1 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 8 Resided: in Virginia Beach, VA 9,10,11 Resided: 1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1940 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Father: Claude Fillmore Cox (1877 - 1973) Mother: Sallie Catherine Freeman (1882 - 1973)
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index. (2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Newspaper anniversary announcement of wife's parents. (7) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 235. (8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990), No dates on stone. (9) Newspaper anniversary announcement of parents. (10) Obituary of sister. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (12) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). Event Notes Note (1) Social Security card issued in Virginia in 1961. Note (2) Served aboard the battleship USS New York (BB-34), the escort carriers USS Suwanee and USS Tulagi (CVE-72), the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), and the oiler USS Monongahela (AO-42). Note (3) In household of sister & brother-in-law, Katherine & Paul Maxwell.