Husband: Frank Deboise Platt
Born: Nov-10-1891 in Pennsylvania 1,2,3
Died: May-12-1945 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV 2 (see note 1)
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 2,4
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1940 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930, Blue Stone Rd in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 2
Occupation: 1942 constable in West Union 5
Occupation: 1940 game warden 6
Occupation: 1930 farm laborer
Occupation: 1920 policeman in West Union 7
Occupation: 1910 cook in restaurant 8
Military: Sep- 7-1917 - Jun-13-1919 Cook, HQ Co, 317th Inf, 80th Div, World War I 9
Father: John Alexander "Richard" Platt (1854 - 1934)
Mother: Mary Deboise
Wife: Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Jenkins Census name: Bessie Jenkins 8,7,10 Married: Nov-27-1928 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: Mar-14-1907 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Died: Mar-29-1988 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 13,12 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 4 Resided: in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 14,13 Resided: 1945, 1951 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,3 Census: 1940 in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930, Blue Stone Rd in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Walter Jenkins (1882 - 1956) Mother: Rebecca Dove Husk (1885 - 1973) Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) West Union Herald, News item, Jun 4 1942, in its entirety: "PLATT NAMES CONSTABLE The Doddridge County Court has appointed Frank D. Platt to act as Constable in the place of T. E. Ash who resigned to accept employment in Tallmadge, Ohio." (6) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (7) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (9) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (10) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (11) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, white female, born March 14 1907 in West Union, dau of Walter & Dovey Jenkins. Informant: W. C. Abel, physician. The original typed entry in the ledger-style record book had only the child's last name. The first and middle names were later handwritten in pen. (Note: The headstone for Mary E. Platt Sheppard at the Masonic Cemetery in West Union is reported in Wes Cochran's "West Union Cemeteries" as having her birth date as March 7 1907. But her birth record and SSDI entry show it as March 14 1907.), BR p. 89. (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) Death record of husband. Event Notes Note (1) Henderson Farm