Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John W. Kiger    
                Born: Oct-  -1851          in Ohio  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: 1939                  3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1915, 1916           in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  5,6
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      merchant  6
              Father: George W. Kiger 
              Mother: Sarah ___ 
                Wife: Sarah G. Dotson   7  
             Married: Dec-20-1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: Nov-11-1861          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  8,1,2,3
                Died: Nov-10-1947          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8,3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1934                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1915                 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Father: Hiram Sears Dotson   (1823 - 1899) 
              Mother: Susan J. Markwell   (1827 - 1863) 
           M Child 1: Charles Henry Kiger      
                Born: Oct-31-1878          in Ritchie Co, WV  10,11
                Died: May-20-1950          in Point Pleasant, Mason Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  10
             Resided: 1915                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Wife: Cora L. Nutter  b. Apr-27-1876  d. Nov-13-1949  
             Married: Nov-17-1901          in Doddridge Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Lewis Edward Kiger      
         Census name: Edward Kiger 12
                Born: May- 2-1880          in Ritchie Co, WV  13,1,11,14
                Died: 1957                  14
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  14
              Census: 1940                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  1
          Occupation: 1940                 gasoline & retail dealer  15
          Occupation: (took office 1/1/15) Doddridge County Circuit Court Clerk  
                Wife: Susie Pearl Maxwell  b. 1880  d. Jun- 9-1958  
             Married: Jan-14-1918          in Doddridge Co, WV  16
           M Child 3: William Fred Kiger      
       Also known as: Fred W. Kiger 17
                Born: Oct-  -1884          in Ritchie Co, WV  1 (see note 2)
                Died: Sep-23-1964          in Ritchie Co, WV  18,3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Wife: Dolia Dotson  b. 1901  d. 1985  
             Married: Oct- 8-1927          in Ritchie Co, WV  19
           F Child 4: Ora May Kiger      
       Also known as: May Kiger 11,12
                Born: Jun-  -1894           1
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  1
             Husband: Arthur W. Markle  b. ca 1892  
             Married: Oct-14-1916          in Doddridge Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) West Union Herald, 11/4/1915. 
(6) Doddridge County Republican, 10/12/1916. 
(7) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) Obituary of sister. 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(12) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(13) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(14) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(15) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Lewis Edward Kiger, 37, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Susie Pearl Maxwell, 37, of Doddridge Co.  
Married Jan 14 1918. 
(17) Headstone. 
(18) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) 
(19) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as 
William Frederick Kiger, 41, of Ritchie Co; and Dolia Dotson, 27, of Ritchie Co.  Married Oct 8 
1927. 

Event Notes
Note (1) 1900 Census states birth date as Oct 1851, but "Ritchie County Cemeteries
through 1993," p. 844, reports birth date on headstone as 1850.
Note (2) 1900 Census states birth date as Oct 1884, but "Ritchie County Cemeteries
through 1993," p. 844, reports birth date on headstone as 1885.







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