Husband: Benjamin Franklin Heflin
Born: Apr- -1821 in Fauquier Co, VA 1,2,3
Died: May-19-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Resided: from 1870 in Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Resided: formerly at Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV 7
Resided: 1821 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
Resided: originally in Fauquier Co, VA 7
Father: William Heflin
Mother: Susan ___
Wife: Susan Holiva Smith 7
Married: Dec-24-1857 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
Born: Jan- 2-1830 in Fauquier Co, VA 7,9,3 (see note 1)
Died: Jan-24-1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,7
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: midwife 7 (see note 2)
Father: Benjamin Delaney Smith (1787 - 1861)
Mother: Jemima G. Robinson (1797 - 1853)
F Child 1: Jemima Agnes Heflin Born: Oct-10-1858 7 Resided: in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: 1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11 Husband: Hugh J. Garrett
F Child 2: Nancy C. "Nannie" Heflin Born: Feb- 1-1860 7,2 Died: 1917 2 Buried: in Boring Cemetery (aka Bethlehem Church), Davisson Run, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5 Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 7 Husband: Burrel Lee "Burley" Gawthrop b. Jul- 7-1862 d. Sep-29-1943
M Child 3: Benjamin Franklin Heflin, Jr. Born: Nov- 3-1861 in Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV 7,12,6 Died: May-10-1946 13,2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Occupation: farmer 12 Wife: Anna Belle Bee b. Mar-28-1861 d. May- 4-1939 Census name: Annie B. Bee 14 Married: Aug- 1-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 15
M Child 4: Hugh Leonidas "Lon" Heflin Born: Oct- 8-1863 7,5 (see note 3) Died: Jan-14-1942 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 7 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 1 Wife: Diora Genevra Davis b. Apr- 5-1873 d. Mar-16-1956 Also known as: Orie Davis 16,5 Married: Feb-18-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV 17,18
M Child 5: William Spurgeon Heflin Born: Apr-22-1866 at Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV 19,7,1 Died: Jan-27-1961 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,7 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 19,7,1,20,21 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: school teacher (18 yrs), West Union Bank (35 yrs) 7 Occupation: 1920 bookkeeper at bank 21 Wife: Zenobia Smith b. ca 1870 d. Feb- 5-1895 Married: Mar-23-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Wife: Lulu Josephine Smith b. Mar-29-1879 d. Nov-13-1957 Also known as: Lara Josephine Smith 23 Married: Oct-28-1901 24
F Child 6: Lucy Henrietta Heflin Born: Aug-12-1868 25,2 Died: Aug-14-1957 in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV 26 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 19,27 Resided: in Salem, WV 19 Census: 1930, 1940 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Thomas Harris Lowther b. Aug-18-1847 d. Jun- 3-1922 Married: Sep-28-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV 28
F Child 7: Susan Lelia Heflin Also known as: Lelia Heflin 29,20 Born: Sep-12-1872 7 Died: Dec-14-1957 in Harrison Co, WV 23 Buried: in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 23 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20 Resided: in Doddridge Co, WV 7,29 Husband: William Lloyd Davis b. Aug- 8-1857 d. Mar-11-1937 Also known as: Lloyd Davis 7 Married: May- 1-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 30
M Child 8: Creed Collins Heflin Born: Jan-13-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,7 Died: May-15-1961 in Volga, Barbour Co, WV 9 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,20 Census: 1940 at Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 31 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farm laborer 9 Occupation: 1920 farmer 21 Wife: Olive Maude Maxwell b. Oct-11-1874 d. Aug- 2-1950 Married: Dec- 1-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (5) Headstone. (6) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (7) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 165. (8) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Benjamin F. Heflin, 36, b. Fauquier Co VA, res. Harrison Co, son of William & S.; and Susan Smith, 23, b. Fauquier Co VA, res. Harrison Co, dau of Benjamin & J. Married Dec 24 1857. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990), The marker has only a birth date of 1831. (11) Death record of mother. (12) Birth record of daughter. (13) 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. 324. (14) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (15) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Benjamin Franklin Hefflin [sic] Jr., 24, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Annie Bee, 23, of Doddridge Co. Married Aug 1 1886. (16) Death record of son. (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Hugh L. Hefflin, 30, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Diora G. Davis, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Feb 18 1894. (18) 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. 195. (19) Obituary. (20) Obituary of sister. (21) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (22) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (23) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (24) Obituary of husband. (25) Obituary, "History of Doddridge County," p. 165, gives birth date as Aug 12 1869, but obituary states it as Aug 12 1868. Headstone shows simply 1868. (26) Obituary - Nursing home. (27) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (28) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Thomas H. Lowther, 38, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Lucy Heflin, 19, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 28 1887. (29) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (30) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William L. Davis, 29, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Lelia Heflin, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married May 1 1888 "at the residence of the bride's father & mother." Persons providing information for the marriage license: William L. Davis & B. F. Heflin. MR p. 268. (31) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1831. Note (2) attended the birth of John J. Cornwell, who later became governor of West Virginia Note (3) Birth date given as Oct 1862 in 1900 Census.