Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Orton Mercer    
       Also known as: Orten Mercer 1
                Born: Dec-14-1882          in Tyler Co, WV  2,3,4,5
                Died: Jun- 6-1967          in Wood Co, WV  6,3,2
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1954                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  9
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1910                 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1909                 in Tyler Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 in charge of leases for oil company  10
          Occupation: 1930                 rd man for Standard Oil  11
          Occupation: 1920                 leaser for oil company  12
          Occupation: 1910                 school teacher  13
              Father: John Mercer   (1830 - 1904) 
              Mother: Lucetta Ann Thomas   (1843 - 1928) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Clara Rollins   14  
             Married: Jun-21-1909          at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  5
            Divorced: bef Jan 1920          12
                Born: Mar-  -1889          in Doddridge Co, WV  15,5
                Died: Oct-21-1960          at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  6
             Resided:                      at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  16,9
              Census: 1940                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Muscotah, Atchison Co, KS  17
              Census: 1920                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 operator at B. & O. Railroad  18
              Father: John William Rollins   (1866 - 1946) 
              Mother: Martha M. Hudson   (1868 - 1952) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes 
           F Child 1: Glenda Alice Mercer      
       Also known as: Alice Glenda Mercer 19
                Born: Jun-10-1910          in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV  19,3,5
                Died: Oct-  -1979           3
             Resided:                      in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1955                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1940                 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Muscotah, Atchison Co, KS  17
              Census: 1920                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 W.P.A. recreation director  17
             Husband: Kenneth John Lewis  b. May-26-1910  d. Aug-27-1994  
             Married: Mar-19-1955          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of daughter. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Social Security Death Index. 
(4) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) Obituary of brother. 
(10) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(11) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(12) 1920 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(13) 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(14) Birth record of daughter. 
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(16) Obituary of father. 
(17) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(18) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). 
(19) Tyler County Birth Records, Middlebourne, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1920, he was one of several lodgers in a presumed boarding house on 7th
Street.  His marital status was divorced.







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