Jul-28-2018
Husband: Charles Morris Douglass 1
Census name: Charles Douglas 2
Born: Nov-22-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Died: Nov-13-1978 in Riverside Co, CA 5,4
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Resided: in Riverside, Riverside Co, CA 7,4
Resided: 1944, 1969 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9
Census: 1930, 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Census: 1900, 1910 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 compressor station engineer for Hope Natural Gas Co. 10
Father: Francis Harrison Douglass (1870 - 1953)
Mother: Myrtle M. Cornell (1875 - 1951)
Wife: Hattie Virginia Kidner
Married: Jul-27-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12
Born: Jul-25-1901 in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV 13,4 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-29-1989 in Jackson, Amador Co, CA 14,4,5
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 6,15
Resided: 1944, 1969 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9
Census: 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: William Frank Kidner (1879 - )
Mother: Mary Jane "Mollie" Pyles (1881 - )
F Child 1: Jeraldine Idell Douglass
Born: May- 5-1919 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13,4
Died: Jan- 8-2001 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13,4
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Census: 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: worked family farm with husband 13
Education: Doddridge Co H.S. 17
Husband: Kermit Doyl "Johnny" Powell b. May-19-1915 d. Mar-30-1995
Married: Feb-26-1938 18,19
F Child 2: Elwilda Idell Douglass
Also known as: Idell Douglass 20,2,16,21
Born: Oct-11-1921 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 20
Died: Nov- 7-1935 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 20
Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 20
Census: 1930 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV
Cause of death: brochnopneumonia 20
F Child 3: Eva Mae Douglass
Born: Sep-17-1923 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13,22
Died: May-27-2013 13,22
Buried: (ashes) in Los Angeles National Cemetery, California 13
Resided: in Jackson, Amador Co, CA 21
Resided: 1989, 1996 in Pioneer, Amador Co, CA 16
Resided: formerly in Ohio 13
Census: 1930, 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 2,10
Husband: Harry Davis d. bef 1977
Married: 1941 19
Husband: Francis Walter "Fran" McCrosson b. Dec-29-1914 d. Apr-26-1993
Also known as: Fran McCrosson 19
Married: Jan-28-1977 in Clark Co, NV 23
Husband: Percy A. Fry b. Aug-12-1931
Married: Jun- -1997 19
M Child 4: Charles Franklin Douglass
Also known as: Franklin Douglass 2
Born: Nov- 4-1925 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 4,13
Died: Nov- 2-1996 in Concord, Contra Costa Co, CA 13,24,4
Resided: since 1994 in Concord, Contra Costa Co, CA 13,4
Resided: formerly in Danville, Contra Costa Co, CA 13
Resided: 1989 in Pine Grove, Amador Co, CA 16
Census: 1930, 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Occupation: VP of real estate & construction for Saga Food Svc (28 yrs) 13
Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1943) 13
Education: Graceland Jr College, Lamoni, IA (1955), Case Western Reserve Univ
Military: Jan-11-1944 - Nov- 9-1945 U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II 13
Wife: Joan Irene ___
Married: ca 1953 6,18
M Child 5: Lee Roy Douglass
Census name: Leroy Douglas
Born: Jul-16-1927 in West Virginia 4
Died: Oct-29-1980 in Riverside Co, CA 4
Resided: in Riverside, Riverside Co, CA 22
Census: 1930, 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Virginia Louisa Douglass
Census name: Virginia Louise Douglas
Born: Jul- 8-1931 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 25
Resided: 2001, 2007 in Gaston, Lexington Co, SC 21,18
Resided: 1989 in Madison, Boone Co, WV 16
Resided: 1969 in Ocala, Marion Co, FL 9
Census: 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Jackson Carl Foxx b. Feb-13-1930 d. Jul-30-2007
Also known as: Jack Fox 9,26
Sources:
(1) Obituary of son.
(2) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Ceremony held "at the residence of the bride" and was officiated by
"H. L. Gaston, a Minister of M. E. Church.", MR Bk 10, p. 248.
(4) Social Security Death Index.
(5) Death Record - Online.
(6) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants
(self-published, July 2007)
(7) Obituary of brother.
(8) Newspaper birth announcement of grandchild.
(9) West Union Herald, 11/13/1969.
(10) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 10, p. 248.
(12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Charles M. Douglass, 18, of Doddridge Co; and Hattie Kidner, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co.
Married Jul 27 1918. (Note: Her birthplace has been reported by some researchers as Keyser, Mineral Co,
WV.)
(13) Obituary.
(14) Obituary - Nursing home.
(15) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(16) Obituary of mother.
(17) West Union Record, 4/18/1935.
(18) Obituary of husband.
(19) Obituary of wife.
(20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(21) Obituary of sister.
(22) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
(23) Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005 (online), Ancestry.com and Nevada State Office of Vital Records.
(24) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health
Statistics.
(25) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(26) Obituary of wife's mother.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given as Harrison County in marriage record, but obituary states
Keyser, which is in Mineral County.
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