Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Denver Ralph Donley    
       Also known as: Ralph Donley 
                Born: Oct-22-1915          in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Dec-31-1975           2,3
              Buried:                      in Middlebourne Cemetery, Tyler Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1940                 in Brown, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1939                 in Hampton, VA  1 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1935                 in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii  5
              Census: 1920                 in Ellsworth District, Tyler Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      electrical welder in private shipyard  5
            Military: enlisted 12/23/1943  Pvt, US Army, World War II  6
              Father: Samuel A. Donley   (1884 - 1968) 
              Mother: Ada M. Allen   (1888 - 1930) 
                Wife: Ellieve Adeline Davis   7,8  
             Married: Jan-19-1939          at Brown, Harrison Co, WV  1
                Born: Jun- 1-1918          at Dola, Harrison Co, WV  9,2 (see note 2)
                Died: Jan-23-2000          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9,2
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  9
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1940                 in Brown, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1939                 at Brown, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Lida Davis   (1896 -     ) 
              Mother: Bessie Moore   (1900 - 1940) 
           M Child 1: Robert Dale Donley      
                Born: Sep-22-1938          in Brown, Harrison Co, WV  10,2
                Died: Oct-14-1998           2
              Buried:                      in West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  2,10
              Census: 1940                 in Brown, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military:                      Pfc, US Army, Vietnam  11
                Wife: Rella Sue Jones  b. Dec-10-1940  d. Nov-20-2016  
       Also known as: Sue Jones 12
             Married: Feb-16-1957          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  10
           M Child 2: Roger Lee Donley      
                Born: Jul-26-1947          at Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  9
                Died: Jan-16-2003          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  13
              Buried:                      in West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV  11,9
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9
            Military:                      S/Sgt, US Marine Corps, Vietnam (Bronze Star, Purple Heart)  9,11
           F Child 3: Betty Donley      
                Born: Sep-22-1950          at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV  9
                Died: Sep-30-2010           9
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  9
             Resided:                      in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV  9
             Resided: 2005                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  14
             Husband: Jimmy Dale Knight  b. Apr-10-1940  d. May-22-2003  
             Husband: ___ Powell  
           F Child 4: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 5: Living      
                Wife: Patty Sue Shields  b. Sep- 1-1940  d. Nov- 8-2002  
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(5) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(7) Marriage record of daughter. 
(8) Obituary of daughter. 
(9) Obituary. 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) 
(12) Obituary of brother. 
(13) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. 
(14) Newspaper birth announcement of grandson. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Langley Field
Note (2) Birth date given in marriage record as Jun 1 1916.







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