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Husband: Joseph Sylvester Whitehair Born: May-31-1856 in Taylor Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Dec-29-1935 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Pruntytown, Taylor Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 2 Father: John P. Whitehair (1815 - ) Mother: Elizabeth ___ (1818 - )
Wife: Sarah Ira Hickman 3 Also known as: Ira Hickman 4 Married: Jul-25-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: Nov- -1867 6,1 Died: bef Dec 1935 7 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Roy Clinton Whitehair Born: Jun-19-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,9,10 Died: Sep- 8-1986 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,9,10 Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8,12 Census: 1940 at Cabin Run, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 13 Military: U.S. Army, World War I 8 Wife: Esta Atta Stull b. Jan-16-1906 d. Oct-22-2002 Married: Jul-19-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,15,16
M Child 2: Bert P. Whitehair Born: Dec-28-1893 2,10 Died: Mar-21-1956 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 2,10 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 17,2 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Occupation: farmer 2 Wife: Leona May Sutton b. Jan-18-1904 d. Dec-21-1963 Also known as: Onie Sutton 1 Married: Jun- 1-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
F Child 3: Martha G. Whitehair Born: Sep- -1894 6 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 4: Joseph S. Whitehair Born: Dec- -1896 6 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 5: George Dewey Whitehair Born: May-23-1899 9,6,10,14 Died: Aug- -1970 9,10 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Wife: Nina Hazel Jewell b. 1908 d. Sep- 4-1966 Also known as: Ninia Jewell 14,17 Married: Jul-18-1927 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 6: Modest Rose Whitehair 14 Born: Oct-21-1903 9 Died: Dec-19-1991 9 Husband: Alaska Alecia Hart b. Sep-17-1895 d. Aug-19-1952 Married: Nov-22-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Obituary of son. (4) Death record of son. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Joseph S. Whitehair, 28, b. Taylor Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah A. [sic] Hickman, 18, of Ritchie Co. Married Jul 25 1886. (6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (7) Death record of husband. (8) Obituary. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. (12) Headstone. (13) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (15) Obituary of husband. (16) Walter A. Dotson (1950-2011), Louisville, OH. (17) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (18) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.




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