Jul-28-2018Husband: Oral W. Lang Born: Apr-10-1905 in Pickens, Randolph Co, WV 1 Resided: 1956, 1957, 1960 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 2,1 Occupation: 1957, 1960 glass worker 2 Father: Okey Lang Mother: Rosa Gregory
Wife: Melva Roxanna Law 3 4 Also known as: Roxana Law 4 Married: Mar-31-1956 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 5 Born: Feb- 6-1907 in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV 6,7,8,3,9 Died: Mar-30-1995 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 7,8 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10 Resided: 1957 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 2 Resided: 1951, 1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 1 Census: 1940 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1910, 1930 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV (see note 1) Father: Levi Morris Law (1860 - 1935) Mother: Iris Columbia Woodford (1865 - 1964) Other spouse 1 Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (2) City Directory. (3) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (4) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (5) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Oral Lang, 50, b. Apr 10 1905 in Pickens, res. Morgantown, son of Okey & Rosa (Gregory) Lang; and Roxanna Knisely, 49, b. Feb 6 1903 in Gilmer Co, res. Weston, dau of (father blank) & Iris Law Knisely. Married Mar 31 1956 in Buckhannon, W.Va., officiated by Rev. French Boone, a Minister of the Gospel. NOTE: Marital status not indicated. Identification of wife's mother by the surname Knisely, same as the wife's name by a previous marriage, is an apparent administrative error. Although the ceremony was held in Upshur County, the license was issued and the marriage recorded in Lewis County, residence of the bride. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10296238&Type=Marriage. (6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) In 1930, with her husband, in household of her parents.Name Index