Husband: Camden A. VanHorn
Born: Nov-17-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Sep- 9-1929 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1910, 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Somerset Co, PA
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1910 farmer 5
Occupation: 1900 dry goods salesman 2
Father: John Waldo VanHorn (1824 - 1912)
Mother: Adaline Emily Stout (1828 - 1916)
Notes
Wife: Louisa Melvena Cain
Census name: Melvena L. Cain
Married: Jan- 1-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: Feb-27-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7,2,3
Died: Apr-18-1933 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Buried: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 7
Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Somerset Co, PA
Resided: 1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Mother: Nancy Cain (1835 - 1873)
F Child 1: Bessie S. VanHorn Born: Jan-13-1881 in Grove, Doddridge Co, WV 8,2,9 Died: Apr- 9-1956 in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1929 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Resided: 1915 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 11 Census: 1900 in Somerset Co, PA Occupation: 1900 saleswoman (dry goods) 2 Education: West Virginia University 12 Husband: Jesse Homer Bell b. Feb-22-1882 d. Jul- 6-1958 Also known as: Homer J. Bell Married: Sep- 1-1915 at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV 9,13
M Child 2: Harley VanHorn Census name: Harlan VanHorn Born: Dec- -1883 in West Virginia 2,14 Died: Mar- 7-1903 14 Buried: in Grove M.E. (aka Mt. Olive) Cem, Co Rt 19, Cove Crk Rd, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1900 in Somerset Co, PA
F Child 3: Orpha VanHorn Born: Jun- -1885 in West Virginia 2 Died: Dec-31-1939 near Petersburg, Grant Co, WV Cause of death: automobile accident 1 Resided: 1929 in Washington, DC 10 Census: 1900 in Somerset Co, PA Occupation: teacher 15,1 Husband: John T. Moss Also known as: James Moss 16
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) 1900 Census. (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (5) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Camden A. Vanhorn, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of John Waldo & Adaline E. Vanhorn; and Louisa M. Cain, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Nancy Cain. Married Jan 1 1879 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Entries on the ledger-style marriage record make it possible that the marriage date was 1880 rather than 1879.), MR p. 238 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791934&Type=Marriage. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (10) Obituary of father. (11) West Union Herald, 10/28/1915. (12) West Union Herald, 7/6/1916. (13) Newspaper wedding announcement. (14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), p. 67, citing obit in West Union Record of 3/13/1903. (15) West Union Herald, 8/31/1916. (16) Obituary of wife's father.