Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ai Ezeriah Drane    
       Also known as: Aiezriah Drane 1
                Born: Feb- 5-1853          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  2,1,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-28-1926           1
              Buried:                      in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV  1
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1920     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  5
              Father: Richard Drain   (1834 - 1864) 
              Mother: Sarah George   (1832 - 1862) 
                Wife: Elizabeth Louise Ripley   6  
             Married: ca 1876               7
                Born: Aug- 3-1855          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1,3 (see note 2)
                Died: Mar-15-1936          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV  1
              Census: 1930                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 20   in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William B. Ripley   (1827 - 1862) 
              Mother: Magy M. Jarvis   (1830 - 1912) 
           F Child 1: Ada M. Drane      
                Born: Jan-22-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,9
                Died: Mar-26-1927          in Doddridge Co, WV  
              Buried:                      in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV  1
             Resided: 1895                 in Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: James E. Coleman  b. Jan-18-1861  d. Jan-18-1947  
             Married: Nov-20-1895          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           F Child 2: Lula M. Drane      
       Also known as: Lulu Drane 10,6,11
                Born: Jan-  -1879           12
                Died: Feb-10-1955          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1920                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: James Alvin Smith  b. Aug- 3-1876  d. Jun- 1-1935  
         Census name: Alvin J. Smith 3
             Married: ca 1898               12
           M Child 3: Homer Edgar Drane      
                Born: Nov-18-1881          in Doddridge Co, WV  14,15
                Died: Jul-19-1955          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  16,17,15
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  17,18,14
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  17,14
              Census: 1930                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      hardware retailer  14,17,19
                Wife: Bettie Radcliff  
             Married: Dec-30-1930           20
           F Child 4: Clara Gladys Drane      
       Also known as: Clara G. Drain 21
                Born: Aug-17-1892          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  22,15,10
                Died: 1946                  15
              Buried:                      in Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  23
              Census: 1940                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Lonnie A. Underwood  b. Jul-26-1874  d. Mar- 7-1956  
       Also known as: Leonidas A. Underwood 10
             Married: ca 1910               19

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(4) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District), Enumerated in the same household were:  head of household Joe 
Flowers, 53, single (sic), b. WVa, both parents b. Pa; wife Isa, 42, married, b. WVa, father b. Pa, mother b. WVa; head 
of household Ai Drain, 66, married, b. WVa, both parents b. WVa; wife Elizabeth, 64, b. WVa, both parents b. WVa; son 
Homer, 38, single. 
(5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(6) Death record of daughter. 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(10) Birth record of son. 
(11) Obituary of son. 
(12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(13) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(14) Obituary. 
(15) Headstone (year only) 
(16) Obituary - Hospital. 
(17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(18) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(19) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(20) Obituary of husband. 
(21) Obituary of daughter. 
(22) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(23) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), 
http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1854.
Note (2) Age 81y 7m 12d in death record calculates to a birth date of Aug 3
1854.
Note (3) In household of son Homer.







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