Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Irvin S. Stealey Census name: Irvin J. Stealey
Born: Jun- -1844 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 Died: 1926 2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Father: Mother: Notes
Wife: Susan M. Waters Married: Nov-26-1868 in Harrison Co, WV 3,1
Born: Mar- -1847 in Hampshire Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Mar- 3-1909 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4 Census: 1880, 1900 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Ray L. Stealey [parents are foster parents] Born: Dec-25-1896 in Marion Co, WV 5,6,3 Died: Dec-21-1964 in Los Angeles Co, CA 5,6 Buried: in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA 7 Census: 1920 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Military: Cpl, U.S. Army, World War I 8 Wife: Elizabeth Lucia Bland b. Mar- 8-1896 d. 1959 Also known as: Elizabeth Virginia Bland 3 Married: Mar-21-1918 at Stealey (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (5) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951. (7) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com), Section A-A Site 2268. (8) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (9) 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.Name Index