Husband: Ray L. Stealey
Born: Dec-25-1896 in Marion Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Dec-21-1964 in Los Angeles Co, CA 1,2
Buried: in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA 4
Census: 1920 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1918 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3
Military: Cpl, U.S. Army, World War I 5
Father: James Irvin S. Stealey (1844 - 1926)
Mother: Susan M. Waters (1847 - 1909)
Wife: Elizabeth Lucia Bland 6,7
Also known as: Elizabeth Virginia Bland 3
Married: Mar-21-1918 at Stealey (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 8
Born: Mar- 8-1896 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,10,11
Died: 1959 11
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 (see note 1)
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (see note 2)
Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: George William Bland (1866 - 1941)
Mother: Lucia Leonore Charter (1873 - 1957)
F Child 1: Susan Margaret Stealey Born: Feb- 8-1920 13 Died: Aug-19-1928 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13 Buried: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Cause of death: influenza 13
Sources: (1) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (2) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com), Section A-A Site 2268. (5) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (6) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (7) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Ray Stealey, 21, b. Marion Co, res. Clarksburg, son of J. I. S. & Susan Stealey (foster parents); and Elizabeth Virginia Bland, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Geo. W. & Lucia C. Bland. Married Mar 21 1918 at the Stealey Heights M. E. Church. (Note: This is the only instance we have found of Elizabeth's middle name being anything other than Lucia. Her birth record identifies her only as Elizabeth Bland. She appeared without her husband as Elizabeth B. Stealey, married, in her parents' household in the 1930 Census. The name on her headstone reads "Elizabeth Lucia Bland," implying that she was not married at the time of her 1959 death. Ray Stealey died in 1964.), MR p. 408 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=27216&Type=Marriage. (9) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (11) Headstone (year only) (12) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: Elizabeth Lucia Bland. Note (2) In 1920, she was with her husband in his father's household. In 1930, she was without her husband in her parents' household.