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Rufus LEMASTERS

Rufus LEMASTERS

Male 1872 - 1917  (~ 44 years)

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  • Name Rufus LEMASTERS 
    Born Dec 1872  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter  [3
    Died 23 Feb 1917  Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: suicide 
    Buried Five Oaks Cemetery, Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I14047  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2010 

    Father Francis Marion LEMASTERS,   b. 23 Sep 1836,   d. 4 Apr 1911  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Emily Jane SWIGER,   b. Nov 1845,   d. 1918  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Family ID F25839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lillie May PERINE,   b. 16 Oct 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1928, Pine Grove, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 26 Jun 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on May 9 1910:
      Rufus Lemasters, 37, farmer, married 11 yrs; wife Lily M, 34, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Francis M, 10; dau Ruby J, 7; dau Ruth, 4; son Columbus D, 2; dau Nellie, 6 months.

      1920 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jan 17 1920 at Indian Creek Road:
      Lillie M. Lemasters, 43, widowed; son Frank, 19; dau Ruby J. Allen, 17, son-in-law Zadith Allen, 19; dau Ruth M, 14; son Columbus D, 12; dau Nellie M, 10; dau Nettie, 7; dau Stella, 4 yr 11 mo; grandson William F. Allen, under one month.
    Children 
     1. Francis Marion LEMASTERS,   b. CA 1901, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ruby Jane LEMASTERS,   b. 1902,   d. 1940  (Age 38 years)
     3. Ruth M. LEMASTERS,   b. 1905, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1992  (Age 87 years)
     4. Columbus David LEMASTERS,   b. 5 Jan 1908,   d. May 1980  (Age 72 years)
     5. Nellie M. LEMASTERS,   b. CA 1909, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Nettie LEMASTERS,   b. 1912, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 55 years)
     7. Stella LEMASTERS,   b. CA 1915
    Family ID F5035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: suicide - 23 Feb 1917 - Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Five Oaks Cemetery, Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2136] 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S2294] Tyler County Death Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    4. [S2336] Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), Gary Patterson, (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    5. [S1125] Perine Family of North Central WV, John Mark Perine, Parkersburg WV 26102, (self-published).