Jul-28-2018
Husband: Leeman Charles Cumpston
Born: Oct-30-1910 in Market, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 Died: Sep-12-2001 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 4,3 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 3,5 Resided: 1973, 1994 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 6 Resided: 1975, 1979, 1986 in Walker, Wood Co, WV 6,5 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: school bus driver, salesman, farmer 1 Occupation: 1940 none (W.P.A.) 7 Father: Charles Luther "Lou" Cumpston (1870 - 1967) Mother: Alice Melvina Frashure (1872 - 1961)
Wife: Freda Swiger Married: Dec-10-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,9
Born: Nov- 2-1917 in Wetzel Co, WV 8 Died: Jun- 1-2012 10 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 11 Resided: 2004, 2007, 2008 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 5,6,12 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 13 Resided: in Davisville, Wood Co, WV 13 Resided: 1980 in Walker, Wood Co, WV 6 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Father: William Jordan Swiger (1888 - 1953) Mother: Dollie Radus Edgell (1891 - 1983)
F Child 1: Bertha Lee Cumpston Born: Jun- 4-1934 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 14,1 Died: Mar-11-2008 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 1 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Resided: 2001, 2007 in Walker, Wood Co, WV 15,16 Resided: 1965 in Wick, Tyler Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: garment worker at United Manufacturing of Harrisville WV 1 Husband: Joe Leggett b. May-20-1926 d. Jan-14-2011 Husband: Robert Edward Burch b. Jul-21-1943 d. Jun-22-2011 Married: Jul- 7-1965 in Pine Grove, Wetzel Co, WV 17
F Child 2: Doris Imogene Cumpston Also known as: Imogene Cumpston 15,7 Born: Feb-21-1936 3 Died: Oct- -1991 3 Resided: 1955, 1991 in Hartville, Stark Co, OH 18,3 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Lee Weary Married: Jan-22-1955 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 3: Living Wife: Sara Lou Gum b. Aug-28-1940 d. Aug- 4-2008 Also known as: Lou Gum 19,20
M Child 4: Living Wife: Sonja Verlene "Sonnie" Verser b. May- 1-1939 d. Jun-15-2004
M Child 5: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Original entry had no name for the child and identified parents as Luther Cumpston and Mrs. Luther Cumpston. Handwritten corrections made Jan 17 1966 by affidavit of father to identify child as Leeman Charles Cumpston, son of Charles Luther Cumpston and Alice Frashure. BR Bk 4, p. 27. (3) Social Security Death Index. (4) Obituary - St. Joseph's Hospital. (5) Obituary of sister. (6) Obituary of brother. (7) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (9) Obituary of husband. (10) Headstone. (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Obituary of daughter. (13) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (14) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (15) Obituary of father. (16) West Union Herald-Record, 7/10/2007. (17) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Robert Edward Burch, 21, b. Jul 21 1943 in Wick WV, res. Youngstown OH, son of Edward & Merle (Pyles) Burch; and Bertha Lee Leggett, 30, b. Jun 4 1934 at Blandville WV, res. Wick WV, dau of Leeman & Freda (Swiger) Cumpston. Married Jul 7 1965 in Pine Grove, WV. (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Wetzel County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Tyler County, residence of the bride.), MR p. 434. (18) Newspaper wedding announcement. (19) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 160. (20) Obituary of husband's father.Name Index