Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Andrew Howard Elder    
         Census name: Howard Elder 
                Born: Sep-10-1918          in Tyler Co, WV  1,2,3,4,5,6 (see note 1)
                Died: May- 1-1984           3,2
              Buried:                      in Coplin Church Cemetery, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV  8,9
             Resided: 1945                 in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1940                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 repair work for Pittsburgh & W.Va. Gas Co.  6
            Military: Oct- 7-1942 - Nov- 2-1943 Pvt, US Army, World War II  3,10,11
              Father: James Franklin "Frank" Elder   (1880 - 1947) 
              Mother: Nellie Jane Thomas   (1891 - 1930) 
                Wife: Bernice Gay Myers     
             Married: May-28-1945          in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Born: May-27-1928          in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  5,2,12
                Died: Aug-12-1993           2
             Resided:                      in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV  13
             Resided: 1945                 in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Jesse Kay Myers   (1902 - 1956) 
              Mother: Nora Waveline Thompson   (1907 - 1942) 

Sources:
(1) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) Military Grave Marker. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(6) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. 
(9) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(10) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(12) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Centerville, Tyler County, but in
Social Security records as Shirley, Tyler County.







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