Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Samuel Messenger    
                Born: Mar-27-1867          in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  1
                Died: Oct-10-1945          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah Alda McHenry   2  
             Married: Mar-20-1889          in Gilmer Co, WV  
                Born: May-11-1861          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: May-16-1910          in Erbacon, Webster Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Samuel Everett Messenger      
       Also known as: Samuel Everett Ray Messenger 2
                Born: Mar-16-1892          in Gilmer Co, WV  3,4
                Died: Nov-30-1923          in Harrison Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Erbacon, Webster Co, WV  4
      Cause of death:                      crushed skull from fall of coal in mine  4
              Census: 1920                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1916                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      coal miner  4
          Occupation: 1920                 glass factory worker  5
                Wife: Myrtle Cotha "Tressie" Lough  b. Sep- 5-1894  d. Nov-19-1964  
         Census name: Cotha M. Lough 
             Married: Sep-30-1916          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=54177&Type=Marriage. 
(4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1552150&Type=Death. 
(5) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 







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