Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Ralph Woofter 1   
         Census name: Ralph W. Woofter 
                Born: Aug-31-1875          in Lewis Co, WV  2,3
                Died: Aug-20-1904          at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  4
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  5
              Census: 1900                 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Isaac Newton Woofter   (1850 - 1935) 
              Mother: Eliza Jane McCluster   (1851 - 1922) 
                Wife: Ellen Jane Plauger   4,6  
             Married: Oct-10-1897          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Born: Feb-17-1873          in Harrison Co, WV  4,3
                Died: Jul- 9-1947           4
              Buried:                      in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1897                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Philip M. Plauger   (1848 - 1916) 
              Mother: Sarah C. Davis   (1852 - 1923) 
           F Child 1: Bessie Gay Woofter      
                Born: Mar- 9-1899          at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV  5,1,9
                Died: Jun-27-1996          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  10,9
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  11
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  12,9,5
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Smith Cyrus Knight  b. Apr-30-1900  d. Nov-12-1956  
       Also known as: Cyrus Smith Knight 13,14
             Married: Sep-12-1920          in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD  1

Sources:
(1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 186. 
(2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) Obituary of daughter. 
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as W. R. Woofter, 22, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co; and E. J. Plauger, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge 
Co.  Married Oct 10 1897. 
(8) Findagrave.com. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Obituary - At home. 
(11) Obituary, A headstone with the following inscription is located at South Fork Cemetery (old part): 
"W. R. Woofter, d. Aug 20 1904, age 28y 11m 20d 
E. J., wife of W. R. Woofter, b. Feb 17 1873 
Bessie G., dau of W. R. & E. J. Woofter, b. Mar 9 1899" 
But Bessie's burial was at the West Union Masonic Cemetery, per her obituary. West Union Herald Record, 
7/2/1996. 
(12) Obituary of husband. 
(13) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, Although born Cyrus Smith Knight, he 
changed his name to read Smith Cyrus Knight after his employer, Hope Natural Gas Co, recorded his name in reverse. p. 
186. 
(14) Birth record of son. 







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