Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Augustus Drainer    
         Census name: Gustus Drainer 
                Born: ca 1836              in Hesse, Germany  1,2
                Died: Sep- 1-1923          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Immigrated: 1848                  2 (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
          Occupation: 1880                 railroad foreman  4
          Occupation: 1870                 common laborer  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Harriet Trough     
                Born: 1842                 in Pennsylvania  5
                Died: Nov-14-1907          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Marion Co, (W)VA  
              Father: David Kamden Trough   (1800 - 1870) 
              Mother: Susannah Sadler   (1811 - 1888) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Adelaine Drainer      
         Census name: Adaline Drainer 
                Born: Aug-15-1862          in Marion Co, (W)VA  6,1
                Died: Feb- 9-1899          in Wood Co, WV  6
              Census: 1880                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Jacob Edward Spencer  b. Dec-13-1846  d. Aug- 1-1900  
             Married: Sep- 3-1878          in Wood Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: William Martin Drainer      
                Born: Jun-22-1865          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,9,7 (see note 2)
                Died: Oct-11-1939          in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  6,9
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Flemington (Baileytown), Taylor Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1929                 in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 near Flemington, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Court House District, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 superintendent at coal mine  11
          Occupation: 1910                 mine foreman  12
          Occupation: 1900                 pit boss in coal mine  13
                Wife: Vandora Jane "Dora" Lawlis  b. Oct- 9-1867  d. Sep-17-1943  
       Also known as: Dora J. Lawlis 7
             Married: Dec-31-1889          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
           F Child 3: Olive V. "Ollie" Drainer      
                Born: Feb-10-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  14,1
                Died: Nov-11-1887          in Doddridge Co, WV  15 (see note 3)
              Buried:                      in Victory Baptist Church Cemetery, Wiseman Run, Doddridge Co, WV  15,6
      Cause of death:                      maculated typhus fever  15
              Census: 1880                 in Walker District, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Verlonia Drainer      
         Census name: Valona Drainer 
                Born: ca 1873              in West Virginia  2
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Husband: Marcellous Clark  b. ca 1863  
             Married: ca 1898               2

Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(2) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) 1880 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(5) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Obituary of wife's father. 
(11) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(12) 1910 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(13) 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(14) Headstone. 
(15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047595&Type=Death. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Naturalized.
Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, born about 1865. 
But 1900 Census shows it as Maryland, born in June 1861.  His birth record shows
his birth as Jun 22 1865 in Doddridge County.  Birth date on headstone is also
1865.
Note (3) Death date on headstone is Oct 11 1887.







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