Jul-28-2018                   
                      Lora Mae Ash    
                Born: Jan- 1-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3,4
                Died: Feb- 1-1982           2,3
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  6,7
              Census: 1940                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Wetzel Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1924                 in Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Edgar Elias Ash   (1870 - 1943) 
              Mother: Mary Prudy Cork   (1874 - 1940) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Eugene Garnet Ash      
                Born: Sep-25-1923          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,2,9
                Died: Apr-  -1985           2,9
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      near Salem, WV  6,4
              Census: 1930, 1940           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
                Wife: Gladys Leora Cooper  b. Jun-23-1928  d. Jan-14-2011  
             Married: Nov-26-1966          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, There may be two entries for this birth, both on the same page of the 
ledger-style birth record book.  (1) Lora Ash, white female, born Jan 1 1906 at (blank), dau of Edgar Ash & Mary Cork 
Ash.  Informant:  (blank).  (2) Loura Ash, white female, born Dec 31 1906 in Doddridge County, dau of Ed. Ash & Mary 
Ash.  Informant:  J. B. Swiger, assessor.  (Note:  SSDI entry shows birth date as Jan 1 1906, while age 17 given at time 
of Oct 1924 would put birth in about 1907.), BR p. 1. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(7) Obituary of brother. 
(8) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1940, without his mother, listed as a son in the household of his maternal
grandparents, Edgar & Mary Ash.  The next enumerated household was that of his
mother and her husband, Lora & Alva Miller, and their daughters.







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