Husband: James Robert Lipscomb
Also known as: Robert Lipscomb 1
Born: 1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Died: Feb-15-1920 in Salem, WV 4
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5
Census: 1920 in Salem, WV
Resided: 1911 in Salem, WV 3
Father: John Lipscomb
Mother: Jennie ___
Wife: Ida Katherine Merritt 1
Married: Oct- 6-1911 in Salem, WV 3
Born: Aug- -1890 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 6,2,3,7 (see note 1)
Died: Jun-11-1946
Resided: 1911, 1921 in Harrison Co, WV 3
Father: Crofton George Merritt (1862 - 1934)
Mother: Laura Louise Rymer (1869 - 1942)
Other spouse 2
Notes
F Child 1: Virchie Louise Lipscomb Census name: Virgie 8 Born: May-30-1912 in Salem, WV 9,3 Died: Jun-13-1934 in Salem, WV 9 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 9 Cause of death: facial erysipelas from boil on forehead 9 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1929 in Salem, WV 3 Husband: William Jennings Pratt b. Jun-28-1910 d. May-10-1965 Also known as: Jennings Pratt 3,10,8 Married: Oct- 9-1929 in Salem, WV 3
F Child 2: Violet Lorraine Lipscomb Born: Feb-22-1918 in Salem, WV 3,11 Died: Jun-17-1971 in Harrison Co, WV 12,11 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5 Husband: Cecil Edward Blake b. May- 6-1914 d. Oct-11-1999 Married: Nov- 5-1937 3
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jas. Lipscomb, white male, 50, laborer, married; died Feb 15 1920 in Salem, cause of death (blank). (Note: Recorded age is incorrect and was presumbably intended to be 30. His given age in other records is consistent with the 1889 birth date on his headstone. However, the headstone incorrectly shows his death date as 1919.), DR p. 118 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=779710&Type=Death. (5) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (7) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) Headstone. (12) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Aug 30 1892, but 1900 Census shows it as Aug 1890. Date on headstone is also 1890.