Husband: Charles Emery Vertner
Born: May- 2-1884 in Beaverdam, Allen Co, OH 1,2
Died: Jun-12-1943 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1,2
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 1,3
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: oil well driller 1,4 (see note 1)
Father: Samuel Vertner
Mother: Ida Williams
Notes
Wife: Bertie Jane Hendershot 5,6 Also known as: Birdie Hendershot 5,7
Born: Nov-25-1891 8,2 Died: Jan- -1982 8,2 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,9 Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Charles Edward Vertner Also known as: Edward Vertner 4,10,11 Born: Nov-30-1913 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8,12 Died: Aug- 8-1992 8 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,7 Resided: formerly in Belle, Kanawha Co, WV 11 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Salem College (1936) 10 Military: Jul-20-1942 - Nov-17-1945 U.S. Army, World War II 13 Wife: Edwina Lexia Wetzel b. Sep- 2-1915 d. Sep-17-1995 Married: May-30-1941 14
F Child 2: Kathryn L. Vertner Census name: Catherine Vertner 4 Born: 1916 4,7 Died: Jan-23-2008 15 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15 Resided: in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 15,16 Resided: formerly in Salem, WV 15 Resided: formerly in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15,7,17,4 Occupation: teacher, VanHorn Elementary, Salem WV Education: Salem College (1937, Home Economics, Social Science) 18 Husband: Jennings Hyatt Broadwater b. Mar- 1-1899 d. Jun- -1984 Married: Aug-25-1941 in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle Co, KY 17
F Child 3: Helen Frances Vertner Born: Jun- 9-1921 15 Died: Jan-22-2007 15 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 19,20,15 Husband: Lewis Edward "Lew" Kiger, Jr. b. Oct-26-1918 d. Jul-29-2001 Married: Oct-26-1944 19
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Headstone (year only) (3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (4) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (5) Death record of husband. (6) Obituary of daughter. (7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (10) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1936. (11) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 280. (12) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Obituary of wife. (15) Obituary. (16) Obituary of sister. (17) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 8/20/1942. (18) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1937. (19) Obituary of husband. (20) Newspaper wedding announcement of granddaughter. Event Notes Note (1) Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Aug 26 1926, in its entirety: "Charley Vertner returned home Tuesday from Mexico, where he has been engaged for the past few years in the oil business as a superintendent for an oil concern, and will spend a few months here with his family."