Husband: Hiram Blackwell Starkey
Born: Aug- 3-1848 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Oct- 6-1925 in Belfont, Braxton Co, WV 1 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: farmer 3,4,1 Father: John Calvin Starkey (1820 - ) Mother: Catharine Ann Hyde (1826 - 1865)
Wife: Edith Myers 5,6
Census name: Edy Myers 7
Married: Dec-22-1870 in Harrison Co, WV 8
Born: Feb-26-1848 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,2,3
Died: Mar-14-1923 in Belfont, Braxton Co, WV 9
Buried: in Starkey Cemetery, Frametown, Braxton Co, WV 9
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father: Jacob Myers (1820 - 1906)
Mother: Barbary Stout (1823 - 1871)
Notes
F Child 1: Alice M. Starkey Born: Dec- -1871 2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
F Child 2: Caroline Myrtle Starkey 10 Also known as: Myrtle Starkey 11,12,13 Born: Jun- -1873 in Harrison Co, WV 2,3 Died: Nov-13-1914 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 14,15 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Thomas Jefferson Boyce b. Oct-29-1877 d. Apr-13-1969 Also known as: Jefferson Boyce 16 Married: Feb-21-1901 in Harrison Co, WV 17
F Child 3: Sarah J. Starkey Born: Dec-24-1875 in Harrison Co, WV 9,18 (see note 1) Died: Jan-17-1957 at Frametown, Braxton Co, WV 9 Buried: in Starkey Cemetery, Frametown, Braxton Co, WV 9 Resided: at Frametown, Braxton Co, WV 9 Census: 1920, 1930 in Braxton Co, WV Resided: 1902 in Braxton Co, WV 18 Census: 1880 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Loyd L. Greathouse b. Jun- -1880 d. Mar-30-1960 Also known as: Lloyd L. Greathouse 9 Married: Dec- 4-1902 in Braxton Co, WV 18
F Child 4: Margaret Sophrona "Frona" Starkey Also known as: Frona Starkey 19 Born: Jul-28-1876 in Harrison Co, WV 20,21 (see note 2) Died: Sep-10-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,21 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 22,23 Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Fleming Pindal Burbridge b. Jun- 5-1873 d. Sep-20-1950
M Child 5: James Ernest Starkey Also known as: J. Ernest Starkey 19 Born: Jan-11-1877 in Harrison Co, WV 9,24 (see note 3) Died: Aug-24-1924 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Buried: in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV 9 Cause of death: dropsy and goiter 9 Resided: in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: farmer 9 Wife: Ella Adelia Snider b. Dec- 4-1882 d. Oct-18-1966 Married: Aug-22-1900 in Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 6: Elmira D. Starkey Born: Nov- -1879 4,2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
M Child 7: William V. Starkey Born: Sep- -1881 2 Died: bef Jun 1900 2
F Child 8: Alverta Starkey Born: Apr- -1884 2 Census: 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
M Child 9: Alberta Bernal Starkey Born: Apr- 3-1884 in Harrison Co, WV 25,2,24 Died: Feb- -1971 25 Resided: in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 25 Resided: 1907 in Braxton Co, WV 24 Census: 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Wife: Mandy E. Melott b. ca 1890 Married: Mar- 4-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 10: Ester B. Starkey Born: Jun- -1886 2 Census: 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
M Child 11: Charles Llewellyn Starkey Born: Aug- -1889 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV 26,2 Died: Dec-28-1944 in Monongalia Co, WV 27 Buried: in East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 22 Census: 1930 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1930 truck driver 28 Wife: Lavina A. Boice b. May- -1890 d. 1977 Married: Mar-29-1911 in Braxton Co, WV 29
Sources: (1) Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV. (2) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Union District). (5) Marriage record of daughter. (6) Death record of daughter. (7) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Hiram B. Starkey, farmer, age 22, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of John C. & Catharine A. Starkey; and Edith Myers, age 22y 11m, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & Barbara Myers. Married Dec 22 1870. MR p. 69. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (12) Death record of son. (13) Obituary. (14) Obituary - At home. (15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, There are two entries for this death, on consecutive lines in the handwritten ledger: (1) Myrle Boyce, white female, married, died Nov 13 1914, age 34, cause of death female trouble; informant Francis Douglass, undertaker. (2) Myrtle Boyce, white female, married, occupation housewife, died Nov 13 1914, age 38y 5m 5d, cause of death louck (?) of bowels; informant H. Orrahood, M.D. In either case, the age must be considered incorrect, based on her age 6 in the 1880 Census and birth date Jun 1873 in the 1900 Census. Age 26 at her Feb 1901 marriage is also more in alignment with her census age. DR p. 7. (16) Obituary of wife. (17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Thomas J. Boyce, 25, b. Wirt Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Thomas & Nancy E. Boyce; and Caroline Myrtle Starkey, 26, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of H. B. & Edith Starkey. Married Feb 21 1901 "at H. B. Starkey's in Union District." (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states that the marriage occurred in 1900.), MR p. 71 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=52171&Type=Marriage. (18) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV. (19) Birth record of son. (20) Headstone. (21) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (22) Findagrave.com. (23) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (25) Social Security Death Index. (26) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (27) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (28) 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV. (29) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Dec 24 1874 in death record, but 1900 Census shows it as Dec 1875. Note (2) Birth date on headstone is Jul 28 1876. But the 1900 Census shows it as July 1877. Census records show that she was about a year older than her brother James. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1878, but death record shows it as Jan 11 1877.