Husband: Charles Melvin Sperry 1
Also known as: Melvin Sperry 2,3
Born: May- 1-1896 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,2,6
Died: Jan-10-1961 1,5
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7
Resided: from Sep 1926 in Salem, WV 4
Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1916 teacher at Sperry School in Doddridge County 8
Military: May 1918 - Feb 1919 U.S. Army, World War I 4,3
Father: Ambrose Lewis Sperry (1860 - 1933)
Mother: Arminda Slussar (1865 - 1939)
Wife: Mamie S. Cole 9
Married: Apr- 3-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,1
Born: Aug-14-1895 10,5
Died: Jun-25-1989 in Salem, WV 11,5
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7
Resided: in Salem, WV 10
Occupation: school teacher (four years) 10,12
Education: Salem Normal School - Class of 1917 10,13
Father: William Lewis Cole (1870 - 1951)
Mother: Columbia Jane "Lummie" VanVerth (1875 - 1938)
Notes 10
M Child 1: Charles Harold Sperry Born: Oct-28-1919 14,5 Died: Sep-26-1985 5,14 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 15,7 Resided: in Salem, WV 16 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Military: Lt, US Navy, World War II 17,4,7 Wife: Vivian Lee Anderson b. Jan-13-1921 d. Mar-13-2012
M Child 2: William Louis Sperry Born: Dec- 1-1920 15,18 Died: Apr-30-1943 in World War II 15,18,4 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7 Military: Lt., Naval Aviator, US Marine Corps Reserves 7,15 Census: 1930 in Salem, WV
M Child 3: Charles Melvin Sperry, Jr. Census name: C. Melvin Sperry Born: Mar-25-1922 14 Died: Apr- 2-1992 16 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 15 Resided: 1989 in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV 19 Military: U.S. Navy, World War II 17,4 Wife: Virginia Harriet Stutler b. Mar-15-1921 d. Jan- 5-1961
M Child 4: Clarence Everett Sperry Also known as: Everett Sperry Born: May-23-1923 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 20,21 Died: Oct- 7-2014 15 Buried: in Mt. Vernon Memorial Cemetery, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 15 Resided: in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 19 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Education: Salem College (Junior Class President, 1947) 22 Military: World War II 4 Wife: Josephine Lelia "Jody" Haught b. Apr- 1-1927 Married: Aug-26-1947 in Salem, WV 21
M Child 5: Elmer Cole Sperry Born: Dec-11-1926 15,18 Died: Dec-15-1944 in World War II 15,4,18 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7,15 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Military: U.S. Navy 7
M Child 6: James Robert Sperry Born: Sep-21-1929 14 Died: Dec-15-1999 14 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 7,15 Resided: in Industrial, Harrison Co, WV 16 Resided: 1989 in Bowie, Prince Georges Co, MD 19 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Military: U.S. Air Force, Korea 17 Wife: Dorothy Louise McDonald b. Jan- 6-1931 d. Nov- 3-1982
M Child 7: Marvin Gene Sperry Born: Feb- 1-1931 17 Died: May-29-1992 17 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 15 Resided: in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 19 Military: U.S. Army 17
Sources: (1) Obituary of wife. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Newspaper article, Doddridge County Republican, 6/6/1918. (4) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 245. (5) Headstone. (6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (7) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (8) Doddridge County Republican, 11/16/1916. (9) Obituary of wife's sister. (10) Obituary. (11) Obituary - At home. (12) West Union Record, Local news item, Nov 20 1914, in its entirety: "The Krenn School is progressing nicely, with Miss Mamie Cole as teacher." (13) West Union Record, 1/11/1917. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) Military Grave Marker. (18) Headstone (year only) (19) Obituary of mother. (20) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (22) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1947.