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Husband: Joseph Porter Summers, Jr. Born: May- 3-1918 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4 Died: Aug-16-1988 2,3 Buried: in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 5 Resided: in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 6,7,8 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1935), WV Wesleyan College (Alpha Kappa Pi) 9,10 Military: Jun- 6-1942 - Jan- 1-1946 Sgt, Engineers Supply Div, US Army, WW II (Europe) 3,9,11 Father: Joseph Porter Summers (1881 - 1964) Mother: Faye Irene Gatrell (1887 - 1962) Notes
Wife: Mary Virginia Freeman Married: Oct-27-1940 in Russellville, Logan Co, KY 12 Born: Feb-14-1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,13,14 Died: Feb- -1979 13 Resided: 1952 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 8 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. 15 Father: James Albert Freeman (1881 - 1954) Mother: Jessie May Farrow (1886 - 1961)
M Child 1: Joseph Porter Summers III Born: Aug-14-1948 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 16 Died: Aug-18-1948 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 16 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 16,5 Cause of death: premature birth 16
M Child 2: Living
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) 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. 231. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (7) Obituary of uncle. (8) City Directory. (9) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (10) Yearbook photo. (11) West Union Herald, 1/10/1946. (12) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 10/31/1940. (13) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (15) West Union Record, 4/18/1935. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1154797&Type=Death.




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