Jul-28-2018
Husband: Daniel Porter Strother
Born: Nov- 2-1853 in Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 (see note 1) Died: May-18-1905 2 Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 4 Father: Aaron Arden Strother (1828 - 1878) Mother: Lucinda Davis (1821 - 1907)
Wife: Ettie May Randolph Also known as: Etta May Randolph 5,6,7 Married: Nov- 2-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Born: May- 8-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,8 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 6 (see note 2) Resided: 1915 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Judson F. Randolph (1834 - 1920) Mother: Mary E. Morris (1847 - 1928) Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Ernest Ray Strother Also known as: E. Ray Strother 4,10,11 Born: Nov-22-1892 in Lightburn, Lewis Co, WV 12,5,13,14,4,15 Died: Jan- 8-1982 in Pontiac, Oakland Co, MI 16,13,14 Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 11 Resided: in Highland, Oakland Co, MI 17 Census: 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Highland Park, Wayne Co, MI (see note 3) Resided: 1917 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 15 Occupation: 1917 laborer at Modern Window Glass Co. 12 Wife: Mattie E. Gain b. Apr- 8-1902 d. Sep-27-1941
F Child 2: Mina Idell Strother Born: Jun-23-1896 in West Virginia 5,18,19,13 (see note 4) Died: May-23-1983 in West Bloomfield, Oakland Co, MI 19,13 Resided: in Independence, Oakland Co, MI 19 Resided: in Highland, Oakland Co, MI 20 Census: 1940 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Resided: 1935 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 21 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co, FL Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Towles Pinnell Douglass b. Aug-25-1897 Married: May-11-1917 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 22
M Child 3: Ira Roscoe Strother Born: Jul-20-1897 5,4 Died: Jun-11-1919 5 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Blonda Odell Strother Born: Feb-28-1901 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 23,24 Died: Oct- 1-1993 24 Resided: in Highland, Oakland Co, MI 20 Census: 1930 in Northville, Wayne Co, MI Occupation: 1930 mechanic in airplane factory 25 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 5: Everett R. Strother Born: Apr-20-1905 26 Died: Aug-14-1906 26,5 Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Sources: (1) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, BR p. 7, Line 303 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=129958&Type=Birth. (2) 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. 69. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (5) 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. 121. (6) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Obituary of brother. (10) Death record of wife. (11) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (12) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (16) Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (18) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (19) Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (20) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951. (21) 1940 Census. (22) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Towles Pinnell Douglass, 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Salem WV, son of T. P. & Carrie W. Douglass; and Mina Strother, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Daniel & Ettie Strother. Married May 11 1917 in Salem WV. MR p. 354. (23) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (24) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (25) 1930 Census. (26) Headstone. Event Notes Note (1) "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 69, reports birth as Dec 16 1853 in Lewis County. Note (2) in household of daughter & son-in-law, Mina & Towles P. Douglass Note (3) In household of cousin Charles R. Strother. Note (4) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but birth record shows it as Lewis County.Name Index