Jul-28-2018Husband: Orval Lester Stevens 1 Also known as: Orville L. Stevens 2 Born: Sep- 1-1899 in Parke Co, IN 3 Died: Nov- 5-1940 3,1 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: Apr 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 3 Occupation: 1940 laborer with W.P.A. 5 Military: Pvt, 39th Reg. C.A.C. (Illinois) 6 Father: Leonard Coyer Stevens ( - 1925) Mother: Ida Jane Hatt Other spouse 1
Wife: Mollie Thelma Jenkins 7 8,1,9 Married: Mar- 4-1929 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Born: Mar-20-1904 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,11 Died: Jun-24-1987 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,11 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,11 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1938 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: seamstress 3 Father: Tobias Jess Jenkins (1867 - 1941) Mother: Roseanna Weekley (1877 - 1938) Other spouse 1 Notes 3
F Child 1: Betty Louise Stevens Born: Feb- 4-1929 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Apr-16-2014 in Cortland, Cortland Co, NY 14 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Resided: in Cortland, Cortland Co, NY 3 Resided: formerly in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Resided: 1987 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Myron Burdette White b. Oct-12-1924 d. Mar-21-1996 Married: Aug- 8-1948 1
M Child 2: Cecil Lewis "Sonny" Stevens 13 Also known as: Lewis Stevens 15 Born: Jan-20-1932 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,11 Died: Oct-19-1989 in Tarrant Co, TX 17,11 Buried: in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville, Tarrant Co, TX 18 Resided: in Euless, Tarrant Co, TX 19,13 Resided: 1956 in Panama Resided: 1940, 1951 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,2 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1949) Military: Oct-27-1949 - Oct-31-1969 U.S. Army, Korean War Era, Vietnam War Era 20 Wife: Living
M Child 3: Living Wife: Living
M Child 4: Donald Lester Stevens Born: Mar- 9-1936 11 Died: Sep-28-1973 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 19 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 5: Ida May Stevens Born: Feb-25-1938 at Long Run, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 3,5 Died: Jun-12-2018 3 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Resided: in Deep Valley (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV 3,21,22,23 Resided: 1987 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Ralph Paul McCutchan b. ca 1933 Married: Jul-11-1953 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 24,25
F Child 6: Living Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Obituary. (4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (6) Military Grave Marker. (7) Obituary, But husband's obituary identifies her as "Molly" (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Orville L. Stevens, 29, b. Parke Co Indiana, res. Doddridge Co; and Mollie Jenkins, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 13 1929 in West Union. (Note: Obituary of wife incorrectly states marriage date as Mar 4 1929.), MR p. 208. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Obituary - At home. (13) Obituary of mother. (14) Obituary - Hospital. (15) Obituary of father. (16) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Texas Dept of Health, Vital Statistics Unit. (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (20) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) Obituary of husband's brother. (22) Obituary of husband's father. (23) Obituary of sister. (24) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, Aug 6 1953, p. 6. (25) Newspaper anniversary announcement.Name Index