Jul-28-2018Husband: Paul Elmer Graves Born: Dec-25-1911 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1 (see note 1) Died: Nov-30-1997 in Benton Co, OR 2 Buried: in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens, Albany, Linn Co, OR 3 Census: 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1936 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4 Occupation: 1940 truck driver for city street department 5 Father: Roderick Porter Graves (1882 - 1954) Mother: Audrey Kennedy (1896 - 1978)
Wife: Wilma Vera Stark 6 Married: Aug-19-1936 in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Born: Dec-26-1916 in Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 7 (see note 2) Died: Aug-16-1997 in Corvallis, Benton Co, OR 7 Buried: in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens, Albany, Linn Co, OR 3 Resided: in Corvallis, Benton Co, OR 7 Census: 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1936 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Arthur Ellsworth Stark (1894 - 1930) Mother: Clara Mae Morris (1896 - 1925)
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (3) Findagrave.com. (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796895&Type=Marriage. (5) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. (6) Obituary of wife. (7) Obituary. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record, on headstone, and in his Social Security records as Dec 15 1913. But his birth record shows it as Dec 25 1911. Note (2) Birth date given in obituary as Dec 16 1917, but birth record shows it as Dec 16 1916. Obituary also states that she married Paul Groves in Clarksburg in July 1936, but their marriage record shows that she married Paul Graves in Salem, Doddridge County, on Aug 19 1936.Name Index