Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Edgar Preston Modesitt    
         Census name: Preston E. Modesitt 
                Born: Feb- 9-1873          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3,4
                Died: Apr-22-1952           5,3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Walker, Wood Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1918                 in Walker, Wood Co, WV  1
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1898                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father: John Modesitt 
              Mother: Hannah Elizabeth Cunningham 
                Wife: Carrie Florence Knight     
             Married: Jun-30-1898          in Calhoun Co, WV  4
                Born: May-20-1877          in Calhoun Co, WV  5,2,3,4
                Died: Aug-27-1954          in Wood Co, WV  6,3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Walker, Wood Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1918                 in Walker, Wood Co, WV  1
              Census: 1900                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1898                 in Calhoun Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Father: John A. Knight   (1823 - 1897) 
              Mother: Lucinda Carrie Keener   (1850 - 1891) 

Sources:
(1) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, MR p. 188, Line 52 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5270&Type=Marriage. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 







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