Husband: Forest Edwin Britton
Census name: Forrest Britton
Born: Sep-11-1912 in Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Dec-15-1992 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2
Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3,2
Resided: at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1940 at Cabin Run, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1934 at Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Occupation: Carnegie Gas Co driller (30 yrs) 5,2
Occupation: 1940 farmer 6
Father: Franklin Maxwell Britton (1863 - 1931)
Mother: Flora Ellen "Nellie" Kinney (1884 - 1957)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Leoma Ruth Jones
Census name: Ruth Jones 7
Married: Oct-21-1932 at Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Born: Nov-18-1916 in North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 9,3 (see note 1)
Died: Feb-16-1934 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,3
Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3,10
Cause of death: lobar pneumonia 10
Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Thurman A. Jones (1888 - 1967)
Mother: Zelma Maud Pyles (1892 - 1918)
F Child 1: Living Husband: Bernard Earl Kelley b. Feb-16-1930 d. Dec-12-2014
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 14. (2) Obituary. (3) Headstone. (4) Death record of wife. (5) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p 92. (6) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (7) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 13, p. 26. (9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Death date in the handwritten ledger-style death record shows death date as May 7 1934 (based on an apparent erroneous ditto mark under previous entry), with burial date as Feb 16 1934, & filing date Feb 26. (Note: The corresponding death certificate on file at the WV Div of Vital Statistics confirms death date as Feb 16 1934. Headstone also reads Feb 16 1934, while husband's obit incorrectly states Feb 18 1934.), DR Bk 4, p. 9. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County. But WV Birth Index shows it as North View (Clarksburg), Harrison County. Birth date in death record is given as Nov 19 1916, but birth record and headstone show it as Nov 18 1916.