Husband: Jacob Hedges Heaster
Census name: Jacob H. Heaster
Born: Oct-15-1847 1
Died: Apr- 5-1917 in Kipling, Greenbrier Co, WV 1,2 (see note 1)
Census: 1880, 1900 in Meadow Bluff District, Greenbrier Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 3
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Notes
Wife: Mary Jane Robinson
Married: Nov- 1-1870 in Greenbrier Co, WV 4
Census: 1880, 1900 in Meadow Bluff District, Greenbrier Co, WV
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M Child 1: James Lawrence Heaster Born: Jun- 4-1886 in Greenbrier Co, WV 5 Died: Feb-27-1963 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5 Buried: in Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV 5,6 Cause of death: unknown (found dead in bed) 5 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7 Resided: 1944 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV 8 Census: 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1900 in Meadow Bluff District, Greenbrier Co, WV Occupation: carpenter (house builder) 10,11 Wife: Sarah Belle Kelley b. Mar-28-1887 d. Nov- 6-1966 Census name: Bell 11
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Greenbrier County Death Records, Lewisburg, WV, Identfied as J. H. Heaster, white male, age 69y 6m; died Apr 5 1916 at Kipling, cause of death old age. (NOTE: Birth-death dates on headstone are Oct 15 1847 - Apr 5 1917. Those dates would still make his age 69 yrs 6 mos.), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2895466&Type=Death. (3) 1880 Census, Greenbrier County, WV. (4) Greenbrier County Marriage Records, Lewisburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10973073&Type=Marriage. (5) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (6) Findagrave.com. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 9/13/1944. (9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (10) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Death date in the handwritten ledger-style death record is Apr 5 1916, with age given as 69y 6m, putting his birth in about Oct 1846. But the dates on his headstone are Oct 15 1847 - Apr 5 1917. Those dates would still make his age 69 yrs 6 mos.