Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Melvin John Chedester    
         Census name: M. J. Chedester 
                Born: Oct- 5-1875          at Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: Mar-28-1965          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Stanley (aka Antioch) Cemetery, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880, 1910 30 40     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father: Nimrod Jahu Chedester   (1853 -     ) 
              Mother: Emily J. Frashure   (1857 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth Fox   3  
                Born: ca 1880               
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Romie Wayne Chedester      
                Born: Jul-24-1899          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  4,5
                Died: Apr-30-1994           5
              Buried:                      in K of P Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1936                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Anna Katherine Law  b. Sep-21-1915  d. Nov-28-2007  
             Married: Apr- 1-1936          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Lelia Maude Chedester      
         Census name: Lela M. 
                Born: Sep-22-1902          in Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV  4,8,9
                Died: Jan-13-1990           8
             Resided: 1958                 in Macedonia, Summit Co, OH   (see note 2)
              Census: 1910, 1930, 1940     in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1958                 Practical Nurse  10
             Husband: Leslie Gordon Cottrill  b. Sep-30-1900  d. Apr-  -1979  
             Married: Nov-14-1920          in Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV  11
            Divorced: Aug- 8-1946          in Doddridge Co, WV  12
             Husband: Samuel Gerhard Jobe  b. Jun-27-1920  
             Married: Jun-10-1958          in Summit Co, OH  10

Sources:
(1) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants 
(self-published, July 2007) 
(2) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(3) Birth record of daughter. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(10) Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [online database], Ancestry.com & Summit County Probate Court. 
(11) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Record of wife's remarriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1940, location specified as Sherwood.
Note (2) Hawthornden State Hospital







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