Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ray Hope Towner    
                Born: Feb-  -1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
                Died: 1962                  3
              Census: 1930                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1920                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 Hope Gas Co.  4
            Military:                      World War I  5 (see note 1)
              Father: John I. Towner   (1844 - 1918) 
              Mother: Margaret E. Westfall   (1854 -     ) 
                Wife: Ices Belle Miracle   6  
       Also known as: Icie Belle Miracle 2
             Married: Oct-27-1920          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2
                Born: Apr-14-1900          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Died: Jul- 3-1991           3
              Census: 1930                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1920                 in Eaton, Wood Co, WV  2
              Father: John Henry Miracle   (1875 -     ) 
              Mother: Lydia Margaret Harris   (1878 -     ) 
           M Child 1: John Ray Towner      
                Born: Sep- 6-1923          in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  7,8
                Died: Jan-20-1988          in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  9,8
             Resided:                      in Point Pleasant, Mason Co, WV  10
          Occupation:                      military  9

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(2) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(3) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(4) Newspaper wedding announcement. 
(5) Doddridge County Republican, 3/13/1919. 
(6) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, March 28 1918, in
its entirety:
"Ray Towner and Willie Harper, two of Central's best young men, have just
returned from Kansas City, where they graduated from a mechanical school,
preparatory to entering the service of Uncle Sam as skilled repair men in motor
work."







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