Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Martin Luther Lemasters    
                Born: Aug- 3-1889           1,2,3
                Died: Apr-24-1955          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1,3
              Buried:                      in Beechwood Cemetery (Mt Moriah Church), Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  1,4
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1920           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 field foreman for Murphy Oil Co.  5
          Occupation: 1930                 rig builder for oil & gas wells  6
              Father: Francis Marion Lemasters   (1836 - 1911) 
              Mother: Emily Jane Swiger   (1845 - 1918) 
                Wife: Nettie May Nichols     
                Born: 1894                  3
                Died: 1978                  3
              Buried:                      in Beechwood Cemetery (Mt Moriah Church), Centerville, Tyler Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Lawrence Martin Lemasters      
                Born: Jun-26-1914          at Alvy, Tyler Co, WV  7
                Died: 1971                  8 (see note 1)
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1950                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1950                 McCormick Hardware Store employee  10
          Occupation: 1940                 clerk in hardware store  5
           Education:                      West Union H.S. (1933), one year college  5,10
            Military: (enlisted 9/17/1943) U.S. Army, World War II  11
                Wife: Golda Anona "Nona" Sherwood  b. May-17-1915  
       Also known as: Nona Sherwood 12
             Married: Aug-16-1935          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  13 (see note 2)
                Wife: Freda Genevieve Miller  b. Apr-22-1922  d. Feb-24-2009  
       Also known as: Genevieve Miller 14
             Married: Mar-24-1950          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(6) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Obituary of wife. 
(9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(10) Newspaper wedding announcement. 
(11) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(12) Obituary of brother's wife. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797373&Type=Marriage. 
(14) Obituary. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date given in SSDI as Oct 1967.
Note (2) Newpaper marriage announcement states place of marriage as "the Payne
Memorial Church at Pennsboro."







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