Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John M. Brumage    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Emma Kendall     
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Lula May Brumage      
       Also known as: Lula May Mercer 
                Born: Jan-25-1890          in Marion Co, WV  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-  -1981           2
             Resided:                      in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1940                 at Talkington Fork (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1930                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1919                 in Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900                 in Benwood, Marshall Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Husband: Artist Lee Bates  b. Jun-  -1895  d. Jul-22-1962  
             Married: Dec- 7-1919          in Wetzel Co, WV  7
             Husband: Vincent Aaron Prunty  b. Oct-15-1870  d. Aug- 3-1951  
       Also known as: Vinson Prunty 8
             Married: Apr- 5-1931           9

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(6) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. 
(7) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, Identified as Artist Lee Bates, 25, b. Wetzel Co, res. Folsom; and 
Lula May Mercer, 29, b. Wetzel Co, res. Folsom.  Married Dec 7 1919 "at the Residence of Lee Bates" by Taylor Ruble, a 
Minister of the Church of Christ.  Witnesses:  Harve Bates & Verna Bates. MR p. 36 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11602801&Type=Marriage. 
(8) Birth record of son. 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Vincent A. Prunty, 59, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and 
May Bates, 42, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Apr 5 1931 "at the Fairmont Baptist Church" by Rev. Roscoe Mace, a 
Baptist Minister. 
(NOTE:  Exact marriage location is not clear, but it appears not to have been in Doddridge County.  There are several 
churches by that name in West Virginia, including one in Marion County and a now-nondenominational Fairmont Church in 
Ritchie County.  Rev. John Roscoe C. Mace (1894-1996) resided in Webster and Braxton counties before settling in 
Harrison County.), MR p. 385 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797107&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in 1919 marriage record as Wetzel County, and in 1931
marriage record as Doddridge County.  But birth record shows it as Marion
County.
Note (2) 1900 Census, Marshall Co, WV (City of Benwood), enumerated on Jun 11
1900:
Peter Mercer, 43, b. Apr 1857, married 21 yrs; wife Nancy O, 43, b. Jan 1857,
married 21 yrs, no children; niece Lula Brumage, 10, b. Jan 1890; boarder George
McLroy, 19, b. 1880, single.







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