Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Bailey Pepper    
                Born: Jan-25-1846          in Barbour Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Feb- 5-1930          in Taylor Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  2
            Military:                      Pvt, Co K, 12th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  1
              Father: Johnson Pepper 
              Mother: Roanna Bailey 
                Wife: Rebecca Bailey   3  
             Married: Jan- 3-1867          in Taylor Co, WV  1
                Born: Dec-12-1845          in Taylor Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: 1891                  1
              Buried:                      in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father: Silas Prater Bailey   (1816 - 1888) 
              Mother: Lydia Hustead   (1816 - 1861) 
           M Child 1: Claude Pepper      
                Born: Apr-23-1876          in Harrison Co, WV  4,5
                Died: Jun-10-1959          in Catawba Co, NC  6,4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1902                 in Harrison Co, WV  5
          Occupation: 1930                 postmaster  7
          Occupation: 1920                 merchant  8
            Military: May-23-1898 - Feb-12-1899 Pvt, US Army Hospital Corps, Co D, 1st W.Va. Inf, Spanish-American War  4
                Wife: Wilyet Essie Hickman  b. Jul-23-1884  d. Mar- 8-1969  
       Also known as: Essie Hickman 
             Married: Jun- 4-1902          in Harrison Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: Wade Pepper      
                Born: Sep- 3-1890          in Harrison Co, WV  9,1
                Died: Feb-12-1948          in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV  9,1
              Buried:                      in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  1
          Occupation:                      newspaper owner & editor, Salem Express & Salem Herald   (see note 1)
                Wife: Gertrude Gates  b. Feb- 5-1892  d. Mar- 9-1973  

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Findagrave.com, Plot:  IOOF section. 
(3) Marriage record of son. 
(4) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster 
General, and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(6) North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, NC Center for Health Statistics, NC Vital 
Records, NC State Archives. 
(7) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(8) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) Headstone. 

Event Notes
Note (1) News article, "West Union Record," Thursday, Jan 11 1917, in its
entirety:
SALEM PAPERS COMBINE
   The Salem Express and the Salem Herald have grown tired of two papers
trying to occupy room for only one, and have combined, Wade Pepper buying a
majority of the stock and becomes the editor.







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