Husband: Leroy Everett Griffin
Also known as: Roy Griffin 1
Born: Nov-13-1895 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,3,4
Died: 1981 3
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5
Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Occupation: carpenter (rig builder), carpenter (house) 6,7
Father: Milton Griffin (1874 - 1957)
Mother: Schmilda "Millie" Vore (1872 - 1931)
Wife: Lulu Mabel Davisson Also known as: Lula Davisson 8,6,9 Married: Apr-28-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,2
Born: Nov-11-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,4 Died: Jan-13-1958 2,3 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Edgar Davisson (1831 - 1916) Mother: Matilda A. Shrader (1861 - 1917)
M Child 1: Orval Leroy Griffin Census name: Orvil Griffin 6 Born: May- 9-1919 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10,11 Died: Sep-22-1944 in France 12,13,14,2 (see note 1) Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: (enlisted 4/4/1942) Cpl T-5, US Army Armor, World War II (killed in action) 13,12,15,16 Wife: Mabel Katherine Nicholson b. May-18-1922 d. Jan-17-2000 Married: Dec-22-1943 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17
M Child 2: Darrell Glade Griffin
Also known as: Darrel Glade Griffin
Born: Jan-20-1921 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,14
Died: Dec- 3-1944 in Germany 12,2,14
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: Pfc, U.S. Army Infantry, World War II (KIA, Purple Heart) 13
F Child 3: Bernice Virginia Griffin Born: Jun-23-1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10,18 Died: Apr-28-2004 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19,18 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 12,20 Resided: 1949 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 21 Husband: Marvin Grant Eddy b. Jul-10-1926 d. Apr-13-1949 Husband: Howard Lee Harold Powell b. Apr-22-1924 d. Dec-14-1988 Census name: Harold Powell Married: Jan-17-1953 in Salem, WV 22
Sources: (1) Obituary of father. (2) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), p. 164. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (8) Marriage record of son. (9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) Headstone, "The Davissons - A History and Genealogy," p. 164, reports birth date as May 9 1917, but date on headstone is May 9 1919. His age in the 1920 Census, enumerated in Jan 1920, was 7 months. (12) Obituary. (13) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (14) Headstone. (15) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 158. (16) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (18) Social Security Death Index. (19) Obituary - Nursing home. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (21) Obituary of husband. (22) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Corporal, World War II, killed in action