Husband: Grover Watson Cleveland "Bode" McNemar
Census name: Lesse G. W. McNemar 1
Born: Nov- 4-1884 in Gilmer Co, WV 2,3
Died: Jun-18-1967 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 2,4,3
Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 2
Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3
Occupation: farmer, carpenter (furniture) 5
Father: Philip James McNemar (1844 - 1926)
Mother: Rachel L. McMullen (1845 - 1919)
Wife: Minnie Carson 6,4,7 Married: Nov-25-1909 in Gilmer Co, WV 8
Born: Jan-25-1892 in Leading Creek, Gilmer Co, WV 9,3 Died: Jun-15-1976 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,3 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 9 Resided: in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 7,9 Resided: 1967 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 10 Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Edna Elsie McNemar Born: Mar-27-1914 at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV 11,12,3,5 Died: Feb-27-2004 3 Resided: in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 11,13,14,15 Resided: 1938 in Boothsville, Marion Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Hobert E. Harvey b. Nov- 1-1908 d. Mar-10-1941 Married: Sep- 2-1938 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 16 Husband: Roy Kirkpatrick b. Jul-21-1915 d. Oct- -1987 Married: Jan- 7-1961 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17
M Child 2: James Coy McNemar Census name: Coy McNemar 5 Born: Jan- 4-1917 in Lewis Co, WV 9 (see note 1) Died: Jun-17-1974 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 9,3 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 9 Resided: in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 9 Census: 1930 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: painter 9
F Child 3: Mary Rosella McNemar Born: Mar-15-1918 at Camden, Lewis Co, WV 18,3 Died: Apr-18-2013 3,9 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 9 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19,13,14 Resided: 1941 in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV 18 Census: 1930 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Delbert Eldon "Pete" Harvey b. Dec-23-1916 d. Oct-21-1972 Married: Sep-13-1941 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 18
M Child 4: Thomas Josiah McNemar Born: Aug-26-1922 in Harrison Co, WV 11,9 (see note 2) Died: Aug- 6-2015 9 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 9 Resided: since 1971 in Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV 14,20 Resided: 1960-1971 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20 Resided: until 1960 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 20 Census: 1930 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: Wellslee Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and American Vending 20 Education: Bridgeport H.S. (1941) 9 Military: (enlisted 3/29/1943) Antiaircraft Bn, US Army, South Pacific (Lehte, Philippines, Okinawa) 21,20,9 Wife: Shirley Winifred Cunningham b. Sep- 5-1925 d. Jan- 8-2014 Married: Jan-29-1946 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 11,20
F Child 5: Edith Louise McNemar Born: Jun-16-1925 at Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV 11,3 Died: Mar- -1994 3 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22 Resided: 1974, 76 in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV 13,14 Census: 1930 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Husband: William Hood Smith b. May- 7-1925 d. Jan- 1-1997 Married: Jun-17-1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Glenville District) (2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (3) Social Security Death Index. (4) Obituary of wife. (5) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (6) Marriage record of son. (7) Obituary of son. (8) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (9) Obituary. (10) Death record of husband. (11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. (13) Obituary of brother. (14) Obituary of mother. (15) Obituary of daughter. (16) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as Hobert Harvey, widowed, 29, b. Nov 1 1908 in Doddridge Co, son of Robert & Blanche Harvey; and Edna Elsie McNemar, 24, b. Mar 27 1914 in Gilmer Co, res. Boothsville in Marion Co, dau of Grover Watson & Minnie McNemar. Married Sep 2 1938 in Fairmont. (Note: Husband's marital status is incorrectly stated as widowed. His former wife, Rosie Gay Nicholson, remarried Byron Ramer Kessinger on Jul 27 1947, with her marital status stated as divorced.), MR p. 47. (17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Roy Kirkpatrick, single, 45, b. Jul 21 1915 at Baldwin, Gilmer Co WV, res. at Sand Fork in Gilmer Co, son of Roy & Daisy (Summers) Kirkpatrick; and Edna Elsie Harvey, widowed, 46, b. Mar 27 1914 at Linn, Gilmer Co WV, res. Nutter Fort in Harrison Co, dau of Grover Watson Cleveland & Minnie (Carson) McNemar. Married Jan 7 1961 in Clarksburg. MR p. 57. (18) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV. (19) Obituary of husband. (20) Newspaper anniversary announcement, Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 1/29/2006. (21) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (22) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) SSDI lists birth date as Jan 4 1915, but obituary states Jan 4 1917, with age at death in Jun 1974 as 57. Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Clarksburg, but in obituary as Anmoore.