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Howard MCNEMAR

Howard MCNEMAR

Male 1919 - 1983  (63 years)

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  • Name Howard MCNEMAR 
    Born 17 Aug 1919  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given as July 17 1918 on headstone and in SSDI entry, but birth record shows it as Aug 17 1919..
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Oil Ridge (Harrisville), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [2] 
    construction work 
    Military From 4 Feb 1942 to 23 Oct 1945  [3, 4] 
    PFC, U.S. Army, World War II 
    Residence Murraysville, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1943  Williamstown, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 10 Apr 1983  [7, 8] 
    Buried Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9] 
    Person ID I3218  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2020 

    Father Joseph Aaron MCNEMAR,   b. 16 Nov 1878, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1969  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Laura Anna HARDEN,   b. 31 Mar 1888,   d. 11 Aug 1976  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F1142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charlie Mae JONES,   b. 29 Apr 1900, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1961, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Howard Earl "Rebel" MCNEMAR,   b. 21 Jan 1940, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1999  (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F54965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Jo LAWRENCE,   b. 4 Mar 1925, Maysville, Mason Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 2019, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 3 Nov 1943  Adams Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Divorced Y  [10] 
    Family ID F54962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Freda JOHNSTON,   b. 5 Mar 1925, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 29 Apr 1946  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F54964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Ethel L. CROSS,   b. 14 Nov 1918, Cherryvale, Montgomery Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 2005, Portsmouth, Scioto Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [12] 
    Married N 
    Marital Status Partners 
    Family ID F2363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Murraysville, Jackson Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1943 - Williamstown, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Apr 1946 - Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV.

    2. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S157] Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    10. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    11. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10267608&Type=Marriage.

    12. [S5] Headstone.
      Marriage assumed based on joint headstone with Howard McNemar. "Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries Through 1993" states her name as Esther, but the headstone clearly reads Ethel.

    13. [S692] Obituary of wife.