Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin McKinley Heflin    
       Also known as: Ben M. Heflin 1,2
                Born: Nov-10-1896           3,4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-  -1974           3
              Buried:                      in Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  7
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 roustabout for natural gas production  8
          Occupation: 1930                 farmer  9
              Father: Steward N. Heflin   (1861 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Frances Powell   (1874 - 1957) 
Notes 
                Wife: Georgia Meryl Slussar   10  
       Also known as: Meryl Slussar 11
             Married: Dec-18-1918           2
                Born: Sep- 5-1900          at Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  11
                Died: Feb-17-1986          in Salem, WV  12
              Buried:                      in Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  11,6
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  11
             Resided: formerly             at Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1910, 1930, 1940     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Mother: Sarah Ida Bennett   (1861 - 1933) 
           F Child 1: Elnor June Heflin      
       Also known as: Eleanor June Heflin 13
                Born: Feb- 6-1921          in Salem, WV  14,1
                Died: Feb- 9-1921          in Salem, WV  14,1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  15
           F Child 2: Galena R. "Tink" Heflin      
                Born: Jun-15-1923          in Salem, WV  11
                Died: Apr-13-2009          in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  16
              Buried:                      in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  11,13
           Education:                      Clarksburg Business College  11
             Husband: Jesse C. Ford, Jr.  b. Oct-13-1925  d. Apr-15-2009  
             Married: ca 1950               2

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Obituary of wife. 
(3) Social Security Death Index. 
(4) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(8) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). 
(10) Obituary of daughter. 
(11) Obituary. 
(12) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(13) Obituary of mother. 
(14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(15) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(16) Obituary - At home. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1897, but WW II Draft Registration and
SSDI show it as Nov 10 1896.  Date on headstone is also 1896.







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