Jul-28-2018Husband: Earl Benson Kinney Born: Mar-15-1884 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2 Died: Jul-15-1953 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 1 Buried: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,3 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Fredericktown, Washington Co, PA Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 (Apr 23) in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 (Apr 15) in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD Resided: 1906 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Occupation: carpenter 1 Occupation: 1948 owner/operator of K-W Tourist Home at c/o Neely Ave & Rt 50 4 Occupation: 1940 owner/manager of filling station 5 Occupation: 1930 deputy sheriff, Washington Co, PA 6 Occupation: 1920 driller in oil field 7 Occupation: 1915 - 1916 West Union chief of police/town sergeant 8,9 Occupation: 1913 special officer for B & O Railroad 10 Occupation: 1910 railroad detective 11 Father: David W. Kinney (1834 - 1901) Mother: Harriet Gatrell (1843 - 1911) Other spouse 1 Notes
Wife: Esta M. Williams 3,12,13 Married: Aug-17-1913 in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Co, WV 14 Born: Dec- 8-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 15,16,17 Died: Jan-29-1949 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,17 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 18,19 Resided: 1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1930 in Fredericktown, Washington Co, PA Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Occupation: 1948 owner/operator of K-W Tourist Home at c/o Neely Ave & Rt 50 4 Occupation: 1940 owner/manager of restaurant 5 Father: Floyd Neely Williams (1856 - 1933) Mother: Lavina Jane Collins (1860 - 1921) Other spouse 1 Notes
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Obituary of wife. (4) West Union Herald, 6/17/1948. (5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (6) 1930 Census. (7) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (8) West Union Record, 7/22/1915. (9) West Union Record, 5/25/1916. (10) Mineral County Marriage Records, Keyser, WV. (11) 1910 Census. (12) Death record of wife. (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. 361. (14) Mineral County Marriage Records, Keyser, WV, Identified as Earl B. Kinney, widower, 28, b. Doddridge Co, res. Keyser WVa, son of David W. & Harriett Kinney, occupation Special Officer for B & O RR Co; and Esta M. Powell, widow, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. ditto (unclear if Doddridge Co or Keyser was intended), dau of Floyd & (blank) Williams. Married Aug 17 1913 in Harpers Ferry. MR p. 285 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=124249&Type=Marriage. (15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (17) Obituary. (18) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Obituary states burial location as Freeman Cemetery, but death record and "West Union WV Cemeteries," p. 6, show it as Masonic Cemetery. (19) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) Event Notes Note (1) In 1910, listed as sister-in-law Esta Powell, 20, widowed, no children, postal clerk, in household of her husband's brother Delbert C. Powell.Name Index