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- 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
Irvin G. Lipscomb, 36, farmer; wife Olive, 24; son Samuel R, 3; son Elijah A, 6 months, born Oct.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
Irvin G. Lipscomb, 52, b. Jan 1848, farmer, single; son Samuel R, 22, b. Feb 1878, single; son Elijah A, 19, b. Jan 1881, single; son Shirley D, 16, b. Jul 1883, single.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 2 1910:
Ervin G. Lipscomb, 64, b. WVa, farmer, married 22 yrs; wife Mary C, 39, b. Va, married 22 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Samuel, 34, b. WVa, farm laborer, married 10 yrs; dau-in-law Dela, 34, b. WVa, married 10 yrs, no children.
Note: The adjoining households were those of Irvin's other two sons, Shirley and Elijah. No other record has been found of the wife Mary listed here. The stated 22 years of marriage predates the 1890 death of his previous wife Mary and is also inconsistent with his marital status in the 1900 Census.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 23 1920:
Granville Lipscomb, 71, farmer, widowed; son Samuel, 41, oil field laborer, married; dau Della, 41, married; dau Okley Knight, 21, single; dau Velma McCloy, 9.
Note: Della is not a daughter, but a daughter-in-law. Okley Knight, 1898-1964, was the daughter of Cyrus T. Knight & Emma Shepherd and stepdaughter of Alexander McCloy. Velma McCloy is Okley's half-sister. Their relationship to the Lipscomb family is not clear
1930 Census Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
Samuel Lipscomb, 51, farmer; wife Della Lipscomb, 51; father Granvil Lipscomb, 86, widowed; niece Augustia Knight, 5; nephew Clarence Knight, 2 yr 8 mo; niece Okley Knight, 31, single.
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