Husband: James Davis Foley
Born: Mar- 3-1886 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Dec-15-1975 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,2,3
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3
Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Occupation: oil & gas producer, real estate, merchant, bank president 1
Father: Benjamin W. Foley (1854 - 1935)
Mother: Mary Jane Davis (1865 - 1886)
Wife: Ruth Leggett 5
Married: Oct- 7-1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: Apr- 5-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,2
Died: Dec-30-1976 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,2
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 1,3
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,8,2,9
Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1918 teacher at the Grange Hall school at Joy on Cabin Run 10
Occupation: 1916 school teacher 11
Father: Alexander Leggett (1868 - 1947)
Mother: Harriet Caroline "Hattie" Douglass (1872 - 1943)
Notes
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (4) Obituary - Hospital. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as James D. Foley, 40, b. Doddridge Co, res. West Union; and Ruth Leggett, 32, b. Doddridge Co, res. West Union. Married Oct 7 1926 in West Union. (Note: Obituaries of both husband and wife incorrectly state marriage date as Aug 7 1926. Reason for marriage being recorded in Ritchie County in not clear.), MR p. 231 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11544685&Type=Marriage. (7) Obituary, Wes Cochran's "West Union Union Cemeteries," p. 10, reports birthdate on headstone as Apr 5 1896, but obituary and SSDI show it as Apr 5 1895. (8) Obituary of brother. (9) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (10) Doddridge County Republican, 3/21/1918. (11) Doddridge County Republican, 12/14/1916. Event Notes Note (1) In 1900, listed as the only other household member in the home of his grandparents, Townsend L. & Atha Davis. In 1910, he was in the household of his widowed grandfather Townsend Davis.