Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elmore Ashcraft    
       Also known as: Elmer Ashcraft 1
                Born: Mar-  -1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  2,3
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1893                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4,5
              Father: George Ashcraft   (1844 - 1926) 
              Mother: Eliza Heldreth   (1847 - 1927) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Minnie L. Ashcraft   6  
             Married: May-21-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Born: ca 1875              in Harrison Co, WV  3
                Died: Apr-27-1894          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
      Cause of death:                      child bed fever  8
             Resided: 1893                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Preston Ashcraft   (1841 - 1929) 
              Mother: Christena Boon   (1847 - 1916) 
           M Child 1: Chester Earl Ashcraft      
                Born: Apr-19-1894          in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  9,10,11,2,12,13
                Died: Oct-22-1966          in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  11
              Census: 1930                 in Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1917, 1930           in Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  10,13
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer at odd jobs  14
          Occupation: 1917                 farmer  10
                Wife: Stella M. Swiger  b. ca 1899  d. bef Mar 1930  
             Married: Sep- 5-1915          in Doddridge Co, WV  12
                Wife: Mary Lynch  b. Mar-  -1890  d. Jul-16-1971  
             Married: Mar-12-1930          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793031&Type=Marriage. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 
(5) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(6) Death record of son. 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Elmer Ashcraft, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and 
Minnie L. Ashcraft, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co.  Married May 21 1893 "at George Ashcraft, Doddridge County 
W.Va.," officiated by Samuel Starkey, a minister of the gospel of the M.E. Church.  Informants for marriage license:  
Elmer Ashcraft & Preston Ashcraft. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793031&Type=Marriage. 
(8) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 81, Line 1023 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5049143&Type=Death. 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(14) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=35286&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of paternal grandparents.







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