Jul-28-2018
Husband: David Alfred Cumpston
Born: Nov-18-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3 Died: Feb- 2-1973 in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC 4,2 Buried: in Stoneville Cemetery, Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 3,5 Resided: 1967, 73 in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 6,7 Resided: formerly in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Census: 1920 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: salesman, Rawley Products Co; farmer 3 Occupation: 1930 dairy farm manager 8 Occupation: 1915 foreman for L. Basil Maxwell at Bluestone 9 Father: Charles Luther "Lou" Cumpston (1870 - 1967) Mother: Alice Melvina Frashure (1872 - 1961)
Wife: Opal Mable Davis 10 11,12,13 Census name: Opie Davis Married: Oct- 2-1915 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD 9
Born: Apr-26-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Died: May-19-1967 in Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC 14,11 Buried: in Stoneville Cemetery, Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 5 Resided: in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 15,14 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Isaiah Bee "Zed" Davis (1858 - 1929) Mother: Angelina "Lina" Bee (1865 - 1950)
M Child 1: DeWard Edwin Cumpston Born: Dec-26-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 Died: Dec-27-1916 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 16 (see note 1) Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 2: Mary Virginia Cumpston Born: Jan-20-1918 in West Virginia 17 Died: Aug-31-1965 in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 17 Buried: in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 17 Cause of death: breast cancer 17 Resided: in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 17 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Census: 1920 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Never married: 17
F Child 3: Rosella Mae Cumpston Born: Apr- 1-1919 in Salem, WV 18,2,3 Died: Sep-27-1993 in Eden, Rockingham Co, NC 3,2 Buried: Centenary UMC Cem in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 3 Resided: 1973, 1993 in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 6,2 (see note 2) Resided: 1941 near Danville, VA 19 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Resided: formerly in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1920 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Charles Everett Moore b. ca 1906 d. bef Sep 1993 Married: May- 3-1941 in Chatham, Pittsylvania Co, VA 19 Husband: Louis Odward Hart b. Mar- 2-1923 d. Oct-17-2008 Also known as: Lewis Hart (see note 3) Married: Feb-15-1947 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 20
M Child 4: Charles Alfred "Buck" Cumpston Born: Dec-26-1921 at Bristol, Harrison Co, WV 21,2 Died: Jun- 9-1992 2 Resided: in Hammond, Lake Co, IN 7 Resided: 1973 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL 6 Resided: 1942 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Wife: Betty Lou Flesher b. ca 1926 d. bef May 2009 Married: Feb- 9-1942 in Ritchie Co, WV 22
F Child 5: Betty Jane Cumpston Born: Mar- 7-1925 in Harrison Co, WV 2,22 Died: Mar- 1-1998 2 Resided: in Stoneville, Rockingham Co, NC 7,6,23 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Husband: Homer Darrel Flesher b. Sep-15-1924 d. Dec- -1980 Married: May- 1-1944 in Ritchie Co, WV 22 Husband: Herbert David Holland b. May-28-1931 d. Aug- 9-1997 Married: Mar-23-1962 in Mayo, Rockingham Co, NC 24
F Child 6: Mabel I. Cumpston Born: Feb-17-1930 in Danville, VA 3 Died: Nov-16-2012 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 4 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3,6,23,25 Census: 1930 in Pittsylvania Co, VA Occupation: teller at Community Bank of Pennsboro 3 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1949) 3 Husband: Jarvis L. "Pete" Collins b. Jul-10-1930 d. Nov-30-2003 Married: Sep- 7-1950 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD 26
F Child 7: Patsy Sue Cumpston Born: Jan-29-1939 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 Died: Jan-29-1939 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 55. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Obituary. (4) Obituary - Hospital. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Obituary of father. (7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (8) 1930 Census. (9) Newspaper wedding announcement, Doddridge County Republican, Oct 14 1915. (10) Marriage record of son. (11) Obituary of husband. (12) Marriage record of daughter. (13) Obituary of daughter. (14) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 267. (15) Obituary of half-sister. (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (17) North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 (online), Ancestry.com and North Carolina State Archives. (18) Birth year based on age 28 given at time of marriage in 1947. Birth place from marriage records. Marriage record gives last name as "Moore," but birth records of children give her maiden name as Cumpston. Poss prev marriage?. (19) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 5/15/1941. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lewis Hart, 25, b. & res. at Oxford WV, son of Herman & Stella Hart; and Rosella Moore, 28, b. Salem WV, res. West Union, dau of Dave & Opal M. Cumpston. Married Feb 15 1947 in West Union. (Note: Marital status not indicated.), MR 15-506 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797754&Type=Marriage. (21) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (22) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (23) Obituary of sister. (24) Marriage record. (25) Newspaper engagement announcement of granddaughter. (26) Obituary of wife. Event Notes Note (1) Place of death given in death record as Summers, but in obituary as "at the home of its grandmother, Mrs. Davis of Middle Fork, South West district." Note (2) Social Security card issued in North Carolina in 1960. Note (3) Name spelled "Lewis" in marriage record and in mother's, wife's, and brother Herman's and sister Rosemary's obituaries, but "Louis" in father's obituary and elsewhere, including birth record.Name Index