Jul-28-2018
Husband: Melvin John Chedester
Census name: M. J. Chedester
Born: Oct- 5-1875 at Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Died: Mar-28-1965 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1
Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1880, 1910 30 40 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Occupation: farmer 2
Father: Nimrod Jahu Chedester (1853 - )
Mother: Emily J. Frashure (1857 - )
Other spouse 1
Notes
Wife: Lucy Blanch Douglass
Married: Oct- 8-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Born: Oct-10-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5
Died: Jun- 1-1969 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,4
Buried: in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1910, 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Father: Solomon Douglass (1858 - 1927)
Mother: Ida Lucy Baker (1858 - 1943)
F Child 1: Ruby Velma Chedester
Born: Apr-10-1916 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 1,4
Died: Aug-13-2001 in Suffolk, VA 1,4
Buried: in Cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, Perquimans Co, NC 1
Resided: in Windsor, Isle of Wight Co, VA 8
Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Eugene Stutler b. Mar-26-1911 d. Mar-28-1990
Married: Jun-10-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 2: Earl Douglass Chedester
Born: Oct-30-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Died: Nov-25-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
M Child 3: Ray Thomas Chedester
Also known as: Roy Chedester 10
Born: Sep-25-1920 at Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV 11,4,12 (see note 2)
Died: Aug- 1-1995 in Maryland 1,8,12
Buried: Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford, Perquimans Co, NC 13
Resided: in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 14
Census: 1930, 1940 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: Sep- 8-1944 - Feb-10-1946 U.S. Navy, World War II 15
Wife: Elinor Kathleen Waller b. Aug-24-1921 d. Mar-29-1995
Married: Nov-21-1941 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Sources:
(1) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants
(self-published, July 2007)
(2) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
(3) 1820 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.
(4) Social Security Death Index.
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
(6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(12) Headstone (year only)
(13) Findagrave.com.
(14) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com.
(15) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
Event Notes
Note (1) In 1940, location specified as Sherwood.
Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Morgansville, but birth record shows
it as Sherwood.
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