Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Franklin "Frank" Drain Also known as: Frank Drain 1
Born: 1875 in Wood Co, WV 2,3,1 Died: 1957 2 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1894 in Gilmer Co, WV 1 Occupation: farmer 3 Father: Mother:
Wife: Viola Mae Spurgeon 5,6 Also known as: Mary Viola Spurgeon 1 Married: Dec- -1894 in Gilmer Co, WV 7
Born: May- 1-1878 in Gilmer Co, WV 8,1 (see note 1) Died: Feb- 3-1944 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 8,2 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 8,4 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1894 in Gilmer Co, WV 1 Father: George W. Spurgeon (1822 - 1884) Mother: Susan Idella "Della" Flesher (1843 - 1927)
F Child 1: Mary Elizabeth Drain Born: 1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,9 Died: 1974 2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: 1963 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Resided: 1924 in Gilmer Co, WV 9 Husband: Marion B. Gray b. Mar- 3-1880 d. Aug- 6-1963 Married: Oct-29-1924 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 9
M Child 2: Holden G. Drain Born: ca 1908 3 Resided: 1944 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 3: Leonard Guy Drain Also known as: Guy Drain 12 Born: Sep-21-1918 in Gilmer Co, WV 13,14 Died: Mar-27-2018 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 16,12 Resided: 1938 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Occupation: farmer, livestock producer 16 (see note 2) Education: Pullman High School (1938) 16 Military: U.S. Army, World War II (South Pacific), Korea 13,17,16 (see note 3) Wife: Virginia Brooks Hinzman b. Apr-16-1919 Married: Jun-25-1938 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 14
Sources: (1) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, MR p. 52, Line 88 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=8982&Type=Marriage. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Obituary of son. (7) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Frank Drain, 19, b. Wood Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Mary Viola Spurgeon, 16, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. The exact marriage date is not given, only the year 1894. However, the position of the entry in the ledger-styler record book indicates that the date was between late November and early December, probably the latter. MR p. 52, Line 88 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=8982&Type=Marriage. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=430404&Type=Death. (9) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (10) Death record of husband. (11) Death record of mother. (12) Obituary of wife's sister. (13) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1082. (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (15) Obituary - At home. (16) Obituary. (17) Pennsboro News, 9/12/2012. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1877. Note (2) In 1956 he was employed by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture as manager of the Lamberton Farmers Market, Parkersburg Farmers market and assistant director of the Rural Resources Division, Charleston, WV. Note (3) Guy Drain was a World War II Veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Marianna Islands in the South Pacific, and was recalled to active duty in 1950 to Fort Campbell, KY, as a medical technician to administer to our Korean War casualties in the Fort Campbell Hospital. He was First Sergeant of Hq. & Hq. Company, 1092d Engr. Bn., West Virginia National Guard of Parkersburg, WV, retiring at the rank of Master Sergeant with thirty years of military service.Name Index