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Husband: James Ezra Hoalcraft Also known as: Ezra Hoalcraft 1,2,3 Born: Oct-20-1904 in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5 Died: May-15-1980 6,5 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Occupation: caretaker at Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, West Union, WV 6 Father: James Harvey "Pete" Hoalcraft (1876 - 1976) Mother: Cora Mae Morris (1881 - 1931) Other spouse 2
Wife: Lilly Ella Richards 8 Also known as: Ella Richards 9,10,11,12 Married: Sep-17-1931 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Born: Aug-20-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,14,15 Died: Aug-17-1983 8 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7,16 Resided: 1949, 1955 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 11,17 Census: 1940 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1940 WPA sewing project 18 Father: Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Richards (1851 - 1925) Mother: Ada Adella Knight (1870 - 1955) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (3) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Social Security Death Index. (6) Obituary of wife. (7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (8) Headstone. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) Marriage record of daughter. (11) Obituary of brother. (12) Death record of mother. (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Ezra Hoalcraft, 26, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Ella Richards, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 17 1931 "at U. B. Parsonage," officiated by J. O. Potts, a Minister of the Gospel. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Age given as 27 at time of Oct 1931 marriage, per Doddridge Co Marriage Records, but researcher Walter A. Dotson states birth as after 1910. (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (16) Findagrave.com. (17) Obituary of grandson. (18) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) Event Notes Note (1) In 1930, listed with his parents and siblings in Central District, and also as a lodger in household of Charles & Gussie Brown and their children in West Union District.




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