Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Charles Clair McConnell    
       Also known as: Clair McConnell 1,2,3,4
                Born: Apr-21-1907          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,5,1
                Died: Apr-20-1982           5,2
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1929                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1910, 1920           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: James Emmett McConnell   (1858 - 1933) 
              Mother: Monta Eliza Coffman   (1873 - 1950) 
                Wife: Chesna Sutton     
             Married: Aug-25-1929          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Born: Jan-10-1911          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,2,1
                Died: Oct-31-1978           2
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Sebastine Cabot Sutton   (1876 - 1931) 
              Mother: Florence Hyatt   (1880 - 1940) 
           F Child 1: Chesna Helen McConnell 3     
       Also known as: Helen McConnell 3
                Born: Jun- 8-1930          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8,1
                Died: Jun-22-2016          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  10,11
             Resided: 1953                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Charles Louis "Louie" Merritt  b. Jan-13-1923  d. Oct-15-2014  
       Also known as: Louie Merritt 12
             Married: Apr-10-1953          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  13
           M Child 2: Charles Lane McConnell 3     
       Also known as: Lane McConnell 3,14
                Born: Jun-30-1931           2
                Died: Sep-10-2001           2
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1940                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Blaine Nelson McConnell 3     
       Also known as: Blane McConnell 3
                Born: Jun-30-1931          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8,1,15
                Died: Aug- 1-1992           15
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  15,6
             Resided: 1952                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
            Military: Apr-16-1952 - Jan-16-1954 U.S. Army, Korean War  15
                Wife: Living  
           F Child 4: Living 3     

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 203. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(10) Obituary. 
(11) Obituary of husband. 
(12) Obituary of brother. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Charles Louis Merritt, 30, b. & res. in Salem WV, son 
of Dewitt Meritt (deceased) & Etta Hart Merritt; and Chesna Helen McConnell, 22, b. & res. in Smithburg WV, dau of 
Chesna McConnell & Claire McConnell.  Married Apr 10 1953 at Morgansville WV. MR p. 
482. 
(14) Obituary of sister. 
(15) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), p. 
15. 







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