Husband: Clarence Todd Bland
Census name: Charley T. Bland 1
Born: Jun- 9-1871 2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-22-1911 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4
Buried: in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Cause of death: typhoid fever 2,6
Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: teamster in oil fields 1
Father: Richard C. Bland (1848 - 1926)
Mother: Perdilla Ann "Delia" Lowther (1846 - 1917)
Other spouse 2
Notes 2
Wife: Margaret Carmenta "Maggie" Romine 7,8
Married: May-27-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Born: Nov- 9-1869 in Harrison Co, WV 7,10,11
Died: Mar-16-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,10
Buried: in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Cause of death: consumption (tuberculosis) 13
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: Robert Benton Romine (1841 - 1914)
Mother: Sarah Ellen Yerkey (1843 - 1920)
Other spouse 1
Notes
F Child 1: Opal Bland Census name: Masney Bland 14 Born: May-12-1900 11 Died: Sep- 8-1960 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 11 Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Husband: William Quay Sheets b. Apr-29-1897 d. Feb-13-1944 Also known as: Quay Sheets 6 Married: May-29-1919 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
M Child 2: John Orland Bland Also known as: Orland John Bland 15,11 Born: May-19-1901 16,15 Died: Jun-17-1965 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 15 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Resided: in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV 15 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Laura Esther Ash b. Mar-29-1892 d. Dec- 5-1957 Married: Aug-22-1925 in Harrison Co, WV 11
F Child 3: Viola "Ola" Bland 17 Also known as: Viola Willis 18 Born: Sep- 2-1904 3,16,10 Died: Apr-19-1976 19,16,10 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 20 Resided: in Cockeysville, Baltimore Co, MD 16 Resided: formerly in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Resided: 1943, 1961 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 21,22 Census: 1920, 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Cecil Carter McMillion b. Oct- 9-1897 d. Apr-16-1962 Also known as: Cecil Carter McMillian 23 Married: Sep-18-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 4: Bertie Emma Bland Born: Dec-24-1907 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 11,19,25 Died: Apr-15-2005 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,19,25 Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 11 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17,19 Census: 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Jay Gould Snider b. Dec-16-1903 d. Mar-10-1993 Married: Jan- -1922 26
F Child 5: Martha Ellen Bland Also known as: Martha Ellen Allen 27 Born: Aug-31-1909 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 19,27 Died: May-30-1986 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 28 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Resided: at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Resided: 1976 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1940 in Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: George Augustus Flynn b. Feb-19-1909 d. Mar- -1966 Married: Dec-30-1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 27 Husband: Harold Paul "Sam" Williams b. Mar-10-1920 d. Jan- 6-2008 Also known as: H. Paul "Sam" Williams 26 Married: Oct-19-1940 26
Sources: (1) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (2) Obituary, West Union Herald, 9/28/1911. (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) Obituary - Hospital, West Union Herald, 9/28/1911. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 80. (7) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 243. (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as C. T. Bland, 28, of Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Maggie Romine Bland, 30, of Doddridge Co. Married May 27 1899. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Michael R. Jobes, Descendants of William Jobes Sr, Revolutionary War Hero, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/b/Michael-R-J obes/FILE/0002page.html. (12) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Margaret Bland, 42, married, died Mar 16 1911, cause of death consumption. (Note: Husband's obituary states wife's death date as Mar 24 1911. "History of Doddridge County," p. 80, states her cause of death as pneumonia.), DR p. 6. (13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (14) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (15) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (16) Social Security Death Index. (17) Obituary of sister. (18) Obituary of son. (19) Obituary. (20) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (21) Death record of father. (22) Death record of mother. (23) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (24) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Cecil C. McMillian [sic], 25, b. Wirt Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Ola Willis, 19, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 18 1923. (Note: Husband's birthplace shown in death record and WV Births Index as Roane County.) (25) Newspaper memoriam. (26) Obituary of wife. (27) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (28) Obituary - United Hospital Center, Husband's obituary incorrectly states her death date as May 31 1986. Her own obituary states that she died at 9:16 pm on Friday, May 30, 1986. That date did fall on a Friday. Event Notes Note (1) Age given as 28 at time of May 1899 marriage, but as 34 at time of Aug 1911 marriage. Birth date given as Jun 1870 in 1900 Census, but obituary specifies birth date as Jun 9 1871.