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Walter DOAK

Walter DOAK

Male 1889 - 1941  (52 years)

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  • Name Walter DOAK 
    Born 5 Apr 1889  Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    hardware salesman 
    Medical Condition 1917  [1] 
    defective ankle caused by bone scrofula 
    Occupation 1917  [1, 5] 
    traveling salesman, Greer & Laing Hardware Co, Wheeling WV 
    Residence 1917  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 6 Sep 1918 to 20 Dec 1918  [6] 
    Corpl, Co E, 3rd Tng Regt, Camp Humphreys Va, World War I 
    • Local military news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Dec 5 1918, in its entirety:
      "Battling Corporal Walt Doak, formerly one of West Virginia's best hardware salesmen, spent a brief furlough with home folks here and with (name deleted by censor) his best girl in Parkersburg. Since going to Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va., Walt has become a regular "pick artist" -- a "slick trick" at stump grubbing. Asked when he thought he would get out, he replied that he had lost all hopes so long as the stumps lasted."
    Residence 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1930, 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation clothing & department store manager  [6, 8, 9] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 8 Aug 1941  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I86058  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2018 

    Father Alexander H. DOAK,   b. 28 Apr 1846,   d. 15 Oct 1920  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Charlotte SHINN,   b. 9 Apr 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F23965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Alta KIGER,   b. 20 Jun 1890, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1969, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1920  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F37233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    4. [S2094] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 1/4/1917.

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    7. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    8. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    9. [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).