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Dora May Leak MARTIN

Dora May Leak MARTIN

Female 1869 - 1911  (~ 42 years)

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  • Name Dora May Leak MARTIN 
    Born Jul 1869  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date given in the 1900 Census as July 1869. But the birth date on her headstone is 1868, conforming to her age 12 in the 1880 Census and age 18 in her 1886 marriage record. The death date on her headstone is 1912, but her death record shows that she died on 25 July 1911.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1886  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1900  Center District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1902  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 25 Jul 1911  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I98928  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2021 

    Father Nelson MARTIN,   b. 30 Sep 1837,   d. 30 Jan 1912  (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Bell Jane WORKMAN,   b. 1835,   d. 1890  (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Family ID F57489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Washington FUCHS,   b. 4 Jul 1865, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1950, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [6, 7, 8
    Married 12 Sep 1886  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Center District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
      Matthew Carney, 77, b. Oct 1822 in Pa (both parents b. NY), farmer, cannot read/write, married 9 yrs; wife Matilda, 63, b. May 1837 in Md (both parents b. Va), married 9 yrs, mother of 5 children (4 still living); visitor George W. Fuchs, 34, b. Jul 1865 in WVa (both parents b. Germany), house carpenter, married 13 yrs; visitor Doara M. Fuchs, 30, b. Jul 1869 in WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Md), married 13 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); visitor Leslie Fuchs (male), 8, b. Sep 1891 in WVa (both parents b. WVa); visitor Walter Fuchs, 7, b. Jul 1892 in WVa (both parents b. WVa).
      NOTE: The stated birth dates of the children are inconsistent with other records. George and Dora's son Charles was enumerated in the household of his paternal grandfather Gottlieb Fuchs in Wetzel County.
    Children 
     1. Charles L. FOX,   b. 21 Jul 1887, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1931, Huttonsville, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     2. Leslie Albert FOX,   b. 19 Sep 1888, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1946  (Age 57 years)
     3. (Unnamed son) FUCHS,   b. 5 Aug 1891, Brooklyn, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1891, Brooklyn, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +4. Walter Gray FOX,   b. 23 Feb 1893, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1968, Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Documents
    98927_GeorgeWFuchs_DoraMMartin_MarriageRecord_12Sep1886.jpg
    98927_GeorgeWFuchs_DoraMMartin_MarriageRecord_12Sep1886.jpg
    Family ID F23515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Harland HUGUS,   b. 15 Aug 1874, Farmington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1941, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 19 Jul 1902  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on May 2 1910 on Main Street:
      James Hugus, 35, oil field worker, married 7 yrs (1st marriage); wife Dora, 38, married 7 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 4 children (3 still living); stepson Walter Fox, 17, oil field worker.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Dora's son Leslie and family:
      Leslie Fox, 20, window glass snapper, married 3 yrs; wife Carrie, 18, married 3 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Albert B, 10 months.
      Another nearby household was:
      Rachel M. Fox, 62, b. Pa (father b. WVa, mother b. Pa.), telephone operator, widowed, no children.
    Family ID F57490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    2. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040556&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11599888&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 75, Line 31 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=112201&Type=Death.
      Identified as Dora M. Hugus, 42, married; died Jul 25 1911 in Salem, cause of death paralytic stroke.

    5. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    6. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040556&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George W. Fuchs, 21, b. & res. in Wetzel Co; and Dora M. Martin, 18, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Sep 12 1886 "at the residence of N. Martin, Tyler Co, W.Va." Informant for marriage license: Nelson Martin.