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Melvin John CHEDESTER

Melvin John CHEDESTER

Male 1875 - 1965  (89 years)

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  • Name Melvin John CHEDESTER 
    Born 5 Oct 1875  Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880, 1910 30 40  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1940, location specified as Sherwood.
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence 1942  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 28 Mar 1965  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 19 1910:
      M. J. Chedester, 33, farmer, married 4 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Lucy B, 29, married 4 yrs (1st marriage), no children; son R. W., 10; dau L. M., 7; brother Thomas A. Chedester, 25, oil field worker, married 6 yrs; sister-in-law Mary Douglass, 18, single, servant for private family; boarder Carl Gillon, 51, b. WVa, driller in oil fields; boarder Chapman Carroll, 25, b. WVa (both parents b. Pa.), single, tool dresser in oil fields; boarder A. L. Wallbridge (male), 42, b. Pa., driller in oil fields, married 12 yrs; boarder W. M. Wallbridge (male), 25, b. Pa., single, tool dresser in oil fields; boarder A. C. Willcox (male), 45, b. Pa., married 6 yrs, oil field contractor.
    Person ID I51408  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2018 

    Father Nimrod Jahu CHEDESTER,   b. Mar 1853 
    Mother Emily J. FRASHURE,   b. May 1857 
    Family ID F28608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Elizabeth FOX,   b. CA 1880  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Romie Wayne CHEDESTER,   b. 24 Jul 1899, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1994  (Age 94 years)
    +2. Lelia Maude CHEDESTER,   b. 22 Sep 1902, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1990  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F45931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lucy Blanch DOUGLASS,   b. 10 Oct 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1969, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1905  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Ruby Velma CHEDESTER,   b. 10 Apr 1916, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 2001, Suffolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Earl Douglass CHEDESTER,   b. 30 Oct 1917, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1925, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
    +3. Ray Thomas CHEDESTER,   b. 25 Sep 1920, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1995, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F21207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2161] A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants, James R. Sample , (self-published, July 2007).

    2. [S2639] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    6. [S2002] 1820 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.