Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lawrence Everett "Dit" Friend    
                Born: Feb-28-1882           1,2,3
                Died: Oct-23-1961           1,3
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4,1
              Census: 1940, 513 Main St    in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 (no entry)  5
          Occupation: 1930                 proprietor of pool hall  6
          Occupation: 1920                 none  7
          Occupation: 1910                 common laborer  8
              Father: John Ison Friend   (1847 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary "Jennie" Duckworth   (1858 - 1914) 
                Wife: Clella M. Vanscoy   9  
             Married: ca 1916               6
                Born: Sep-24-1896          at Market, Doddridge Co, WV  10,11 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-20-1973          in Harrison Co, WV  12
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  4
             Resided: 1959                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  13
             Resided: 1942                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  14
              Census: 1920, 1930           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: George B. McClellan VanScoy   (1863 - 1942) 
              Mother: Dora B. Stephens   (1864 - 1900) 
           F Child 1: Mary Virginia Friend      
         Census name: Virginia Friend 
                Born: May-27-1916          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  15
             Resided: 1959                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  13
             Resided: 1953                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  16
              Census: 1940                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920, 1930           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 stenographer (W.P.A.)  5
             Husband: Ernest M. Mills  b. ca 1917  
             Married: Jul-10-1953          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  16

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(6) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(7) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(9) Obituary of wife's father. 
(10) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) Social Security Death Index. 
(12) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) City Directory. 
(14) Obituary of father. 
(15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given on headstone as 24 Sep 1894, while the 1900 Census has Jan
1894.  But her birth record states 24 Sep 1896, as does the SSDI.







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