Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Brison Elwood Matheny    
       Also known as: Elwood Matheny 1
                Born: Sep-19-1872          in Upshur Co, WV  2,1,3,4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-22-1955          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4,5
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  4,6
              Census: 1940                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      cemetery caretaker  7,4
          Occupation: 1910, 1920           laborer at odd jobs  8
              Father: John Wesley Matheny   (1831 - 1911) 
              Mother: Margaret Jane Gum   (1835 - 1910) 
                Wife: Anna Sophrona Whitehair     
       Also known as: Sophrona Whitehair 
             Married: Aug-19-1896          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Born: Aug-22-1876          in Doddridge Co, WV  9 (see note 2)
                Died: Aug-21-1955          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4,5
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  4,6
              Census: 1940                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Emory D. C. Whitehair   (1845 - 1879) 
              Mother: Caroline V. Nutter   (1840 - 1925) 
           F Child 1: Beulah Agnes Matheny      
       Also known as: Blanche Matheny 10
                Born: Dec-19-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  11,12
                Died: Oct-22-1974           13
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  14
              Census: 1920, 1930           in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1920                 at Industrial, Harrison Co, WV  15
              Census: 1910                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Orlando R. Davis  b. Feb-16-1892  d. Dec-28-1968  
             Married: ca 1914               7
           F Child 2: Dessie Ruth Matheny      
                Born: 1900                  5
                Died: 1954                  5
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  6
           F Child 3: Tresa Matheny      
                Born: Dec-24-1905           13
                Died: May- 1-1907           13
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  6

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(8) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as A. S. Whitehair, white male (sic), b. Aug 22 1876 in 
Doddridge Co, child of Emny (sic) & C. Whitehair.  Informant:  C. Whitehair, mother. BR p. 82 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2603407&Type=Birth. 
(10) Marriage record of daughter. 
(11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) Headstone. 
(14) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(15) Death record of daughter. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Upshur County, but in daughter's birth
record as Pleasants County.
Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Aug 22 1877, and headstone also has a
birth date of 1877.  But her birth record shows it as Aug 22 1876.  She and her
twin sister Ellen were age 3 in the 1880 Census.







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