Husband: Clarence Ralph Hurst
Census name: C. Ralph Hurst 1
Born: Feb- 5-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,3,4
Died: Jan-21-1956 at Bens Run, Tyler Co, WV 5,3
Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 6,2
Cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot (suicide) 2
Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1921 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1956 truck driver 2
Occupation: 1930 laborer at odd jobs 1
Father: Cleon M. Hurst (1882 - )
Mother: Icy Davis (1882 - )
Wife: Orpha Delpha Thomas Married: Jan- 2-1921 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Born: Apr-21-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,8,4,3 Died: Jun- -1973 7,3 Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9,10 Resided: 1932 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1921 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Elias Emory Thomas (1868 - 1920) Mother: Alice Augustine Primm (1864 - 1949)
F Child 1: Pauline Hurst Born: ca 1922 1 Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 2: Paul Hurst Born: ca 1924 1 Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 3: Clarence Ralph Hurst, Jr. Born: Mar-22-1927 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3 Died: Aug-31-1932 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3 Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 2,6 Cause of death: chronic nephritis, myocarditis 2 Census: 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Clarence Ralph Hurst, married, truck driver, res. Bens Run in Tyler Co, age 53, b. Feb 5 1902, son of C. M. Hurst & Icy Davis; died Jan 21 1956 at home at Bens Run, cause of death suicide by gunshot, burial at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Informant: Paul Hurst. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Social Security Death Index. (8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (10) Obituary of mother. (11) Death record of son.