Husband: Oliver Alvadore Ashburn
Born: Dec-12-1872 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Sep-29-1953 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2,4
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,2
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2
Census: 1940 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (see note 1)
Census: 1920 in Center, Shelby Co, TX (see note 2)
Resided: 1918 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 6
Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3)
Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: retired teacher 2
Occupation: 1940 salesman of wholesale clothing 7
Occupation: 1920 oil & gas operator 8
Occupation: 1918 scale inspector at Toledo Scale Co. 6
Occupation: 1916 Inspector of Weights & Measures 9
Occupation: 1910 agent for oil & gas company 10
Occupation: 1900 superintendent of school (Co) 3
Father: Amaziah Ashburn (1830 - 1895)
Mother: Margaret Cowell (1831 - )
Notes
Wife: Mary A. Maxwell
Married: Sep-27-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
Born: ca 1881 in Ohio 12 (see note 4)
Died: Jul-31-1908 13
Buried: in Knight-Ashburn Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1905 in Doddridge Co, WV
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Mother:
Sources: (1) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Findagrave.com. (6) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (7) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. (8) 1920 Census. (9) West Union Record, 4/13/1916. (10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as O. A. Ashburn, 32, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mary Maxwell, 24, born in Ohio, res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 27 1905 "at the brides home John Maxwell.", MR p. 327 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794131&Type=Marriage. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (13) Headstone. Event Notes Note (1) Widowed, one of several lodgers in a private home. Note (2) Widowed, one of many lodgers at a boarding house. Note (3) Widowed, living alone. Note (4) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1881, but birth date on headstone is Nov 22 1878.