Husband: Leonidas Bonaparte Greathouse
Also known as: Lee B. Greathouse
Born: May- -1867 in Roane Co, WV 1,2
Died: Aug-20-1940 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 3
Buried: in Spencer Memorial Cemetery, Roane Co, WV 3
Resided: in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1910, 1930 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV
Occupation: surveyor 3,4
Father: Edward M. Greathouse (1840 - )
Mother: Samantha F. Pickens (1846 - )
Wife: Rebecca Jane Roberts 5,6 Also known as: Becca J. Roberts 2 Married: Nov-23-1888 in Roane Co, WV 2
Born: ca 1870 in Roane Co, WV 2 Died: Jun-29-1957 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 3 Resided: in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 3 Census: 1910, 1930 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV Father: Daniel Roberts Mother: Margaret Board Notes
M Child 1: Zirkle Zane Greathouse Born: Feb- 8-1903 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 7,8,9,10 Died: Oct- 7-1968 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,9 Buried: in Rose Hill (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 10,12 Resided: in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 13 Census: 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1930 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 8 Census: 1910 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV Occupation: transportation foreman 10 Wife: Lula Marie Lowther b. Mar-28-1905 d. May- -1971 Married: Apr- 7-1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) 1930 Census, Roane County, WV. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Death record of son. (7) Roane County Birth Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as Zirkle Zane Greathouse, white male, born Feb 8 1903 in Spencer, the mother's sixth child. Father: L. B. Greathouse, 35, b. Roane Co, occup clerk & farmer. Mother: R. J. Roberts, 32, b. Roane Co. Certificate filed Feb 23 1903. (Note: The original record had only the child's last name. The first and middle names were added much later, based on the notation "Name added, W. Va. drivers license."), BR p. 84-22. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Zirkle Z. Greathouse, white male, 65, married, occupation transprotation foreman, born Feb 8 1903 in West Virginia, son of Lee Greathouse & Rebecca Roberts; died Oct 7 1968 in Clarksburg, cause of death myocardial infarction, buried at West Milford IOOF Cemetery. Informant: Mrs. Lula Greathouse, West Milford. DR p. 101-E. (12) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Zirkle Greathouse, 27, b. Feb 8 1903 in Franklin County Ohio, res. Spencer in Roane Co WV, son of James Greathouse & Mary (blank); and Lula Marie Lowther, 25, b. Mar 28 1905 in Harrison Co, res. West Milford, dau of Abe Lowther & Bessie Fury. Married Apr 7 1930 in Clarksburg. (Note: Basis for identifying information pertaining to husband is not known, as it as variance with established facts. His birthplace is given as West Virginia in the 1910 & 1930 Census, and in his death record. His parents are identified in his death record as Lee Greathouse & Rebecca, which conforms to that family's listing in the 1910 Census in Roane County. Moreover, his birth record identifies him as Zirkle Zane Greathouse, born in Spencer, Roane Co WV, on Feb 8 1903, son of L. B. Greathouse & R. J. Roberts.), MR p. 94. Event Notes Note (1) In enumeration done at St. Mary's Hospital, he was listed as a patient, Zirkle Greathouse, 25, boarn in West Virginia, occupation none, married, age 24 at time of first marriage.