Husband: Frank Keister
Born: Nov- 8-1899 1,2
Died: Dec-15-1982 1
Buried: in Union Mission (Sunrise) Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Resided: in Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 4
Resided: 1966 at Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 5
Resided: 1937, 1944 at Red Lick (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 6,7
Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Father: Allen Luther Keister (1862 - 1937)
Mother: Cora Delia Sponaugle (1870 - 1944)
Wife: Hester Virginia McKinzie 8,9
Also known as: Hester Randolph 10
Married: Jun-29-1918 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 11
Born: Dec-27-1899 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 12,13
Died: Jul-11-1966 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14,15
Buried: in Union Mission (Sunrise) Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13,3
Resided: at Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 13
Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: John A. McKinzie (1868 - )
Mother: Mary Anna Hoffman (1875 - )
Notes
F Child 1: Kathleene O. Keister Census name: Catheline Keister Born: Apr-30-1919 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Died: Dec- 1-1993 13 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13,16,17 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Robert Blaine Crislip b. Jun-22-1928 d. May- 3-1990 Married: Jun-19-1948 18,5
M Child 2: Paul Willard Keister Born: Dec- 4-1921 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 19,13,1,10 Died: May-30-2007 1 Buried: in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13,20 Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13,4,17,21 Resided: 1945 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Military: Jul-31-1942 - Oct- 5-1945 Pfc, 36th Inf Div (Arrowhead), US Army, WW II, Europe 13,20,22 Wife: Rosalee Pearl Snider b. Aug-29-1927 Also known as: Rosa Lee Pearl Snider 10 Married: Nov-29-1945 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 10
F Child 3: Burleen Beatrice Keister Census name: Berline Keister Born: Jun- 7-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,16 Died: Jan-16-2011 Buried: in Union Mission (Sunrise) Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1993, 2004, 07 in Salem, WV 21,23 Resided: 1939, 1966 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10,17 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Marshall Edward Cumpston b. Apr- 1-1920 d. Sep- 8-1982 Married: Dec-19-1939 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 10
F Child 4: Eula Mae Keister Born: Apr- 9-1928 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 24,13 Died: Apr-23-2004 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV 13 Buried: in Riverview Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV 13 Resided: in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV 13,21,17 Resided: 1960 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 24 Resided: 1948 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Jozabeth's (retired) 13 Husband: James Roscoe Gum b. Dec-13-1929 d. Aug- 1-2009 Married: Jul-17-1948 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Husband: Daris Thornton Cosner b. Dec-14-1918 d. Apr-16-2006 Married: Aug- 5-1960 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 5: Helen Clair Keister Born: Aug-31-1931 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,10 Died: Dec-12-2015 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 25 Resided: in Walkersville, Lewis Co, WV 13 Resided: 2004, 2007, 2011 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 21,23 Resided: 1993 in Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 21 Resided: 1966 in Cameron, Marshall Co, WV 17 Resided: 1947 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Husband: Zenith Burl Church b. Oct-10-1928 d. May-31-1971 Also known as: Burl Church 1,26 Married: Sep-30-1947 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Husband: Living
Sources: (1) Social Security Death Index. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) Obituary of father. (7) Death record of mother. (8) Obituary of daughter. (9) Obituary of son. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Frank Keister, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Hester Randolph, 20, b. in (blank), res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jun 29 1918 at the M. E. Parsonage in Smithton. Informant for marriage license: A. L. Keister, Doddridge Co. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Jun 19 1917.), MR p. 239. (12) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (13) Obituary. (14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Hester Virginia Keister, 67, married, b. Dec 27 1899 in Ohio Co WV, dau of John McKeinzie (sic) & Mary Anna Hoffman; died Jul 11 1966 at St. Marys Hospital in Clarksburg, cause of death uremia, burial at Union Mission Cemetery in New Milton, Doddridge County. Informant: Paul W. Keister, Weirton, WV. (15) Obituary - Hospital. (16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (17) Obituary of mother. (18) Obituary of husband. (19) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (20) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (21) Obituary of sister. (22) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) Obituary of brother. (24) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (25) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (26) Headstone. Event Notes Note (1) Red Lick Road