Husband: Orval Leroy Griffin
Census name: Orvil Griffin 1
Born: May- 9-1919 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Died: Sep-22-1944 in France 4,5,6,7 (see note 1)
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 8
Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: (enlisted 4/4/1942) Cpl T-5, US Army Armor, World War II (killed in action) 5,4,9,10
Father: Leroy Everett Griffin (1895 - 1981)
Mother: Lulu Mabel Davisson (1895 - 1958)
Wife: Mabel Katherine Nicholson Married: Dec-22-1943 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11
Born: May-18-1922 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,12 Died: Jan-17-2000 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 13,12 Resided: in Toronto, Jefferson Co, OH 14,13 Resided: 1951 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Resided: 1943 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11 Father: Presley G. Nicholson (1891 - ) Mother: Hazel Mayhall (1894 - ) Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Living 16
Sources: (1) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Headstone, "The Davissons - A History and Genealogy," p. 164, reports birth date as May 9 1917, but date on headstone is May 9 1919. His age in the 1920 Census, enumerated in Jan 1920, was 7 months. (4) Obituary. (5) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (6) Headstone. (7) Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993), p. 164. (8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (9) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 158. (10) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (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) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (16) Obituary of father. Event Notes Note (1) Corporal, World War II, killed in action