Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Hoyt H. Sheppard    
                Born: Dec-20-1895          in Liverpool, Roane Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Jan-  -1961           1
             Resided: 1951                 in Liverpool, Roane Co, WV  2
              Father: S. L. Sheppard 
              Mother: Orah ___ 
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Jenkins     
         Census name: Bessie Jenkins 3,4,5
             Married: Nov- 4-1951          at Sandy Summit, Roane Co, WV  2
                Born: Mar-14-1907          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6,1
                Died: Mar-29-1988          in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  7,1
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  8
             Resided:                      in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  9,7
             Resided: 1945, 1951           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  10,2
              Census: 1940                 in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930, Blue Stone Rd  in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Walter Jenkins   (1882 - 1956) 
              Mother: Rebecca Dove Husk   (1885 - 1973) 
Other spouse 1

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(4) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(5) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(6) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, white female, born March 14 1907 
in West Union, dau of Walter & Dovey Jenkins.  Informant:  W. C. Abel, physician.  The original typed entry in the 
ledger-style record book had only the child's last name.  The first and middle names were later handwritten in pen.  
(Note:  The headstone for Mary E. Platt Sheppard at the Masonic Cemetery in West Union is reported in Wes Cochran's 
"West Union Cemeteries" as having her birth date as March 7 1907.  But her birth record and SSDI entry show it as March 
14 1907.), BR p. 89. 
(7) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(8) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(10) Death record of husband. 







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