Husband: Rankin Harshbarger 1
Born: Jul- 2-1858 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 2,3,4,5 Died: Jan-17-1896 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 6,7,2 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9 Cause of death: apoplexy 6 Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: undertaker 6,7 Occupation: carpenter 5,3 Father: Isaac Morgan Harshbarger (1826 - 1901) Mother: Kathern Kathleen Lee (1830 - 1899)
Wife: Mary A. King Married: Apr- -1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1858 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5 (see note 1) Died: Aug-14-1918 in Randolph Co, WV 10 Cause of death: rheumatism 10 Resided: 1915 in Elkins, Randolph Co, WV 11 Census: 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 Father: Miles King Mother: Martha ___
? Child 1: (Infant daughter) Harshbarger
Born: Dec-24-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
Died: 1880 13
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 2: Harry Edward "Ed" Harshbarger Also known as: Edward Harshbarger 14 Born: Mar- 1-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,15 Died: Aug-16-1961 in Randolph Co, WV 7 Buried: in Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV 9 Resided: 1950 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Resided: 1915, 1916 in Elkins, Randolph Co, WV 14,17,18 Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Notes
M Child 3: Charles Harshbarger
Born: May- -1884 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,19
Died: Nov-18-1915 in Brush, Morgan Co, CO 20 (see note 2)
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 21
Cause of death: tuberculosis 20
Census: 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: engineer on B & O Railroad (Ohio River Division) 19,20
Occupation: 1910 fireman at B & O Railroad 22
Sources: (1) Obituary of sister. (2) Headstone. (3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) Ohio County Death Records, Wheeling, WV, DR p. 68, Line 216 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5746225&Type=Death. (7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (9) Findagrave.com. (10) Randolph County Death Records, Elkins, WV. (11) Obituary of son. (12) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Obituary of brother. (15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (16) Obituary of aunt. (17) West Union Herald, 4/6/1916. (18) Doddridge County Republican, 8/31/1916. (19) Obituary. (20) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (21) West Union Record, News items, Thursday, Dec 2 1915, in its entirety: STEPS TO OLD CEMETERY ARE MUCH NEEDED "It was quite apparent at the funeral of Charles Harshbarger last Sunday afternoon that new steps are much needed from the street up to the old cemetery. It would not cost so very much to place nice cement steps up the bank to this cemetery. It was almost impossible to get up the bank Sunday, and it was also dangerous to attempt to climb the rotten old steps." (22) 1910 Census, Wood County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1860, but marriage and other census records put it in about 1858. Note (2) Although there is a death record for him in Doddridge County, his obituary states that he "died at the Ebenezer Sanitarium at Bush Colorado, Thursday, Nov. 18, 1915, aged 31 years." Correcting for typographical errors, the location of his death was more accurately Eben Ezer Sanitorium in Brush, Colorado. His middle initial appears to be A in 1900 Census, and is also A in his obituary. But it's L in another version of his obituary, in the 1910 Census, and in his death record. www.ebenezer-cares.org/index.php?s=14552&item=13012