Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Howard Bussard    
         Census name: Howard Buzzard 
                Born: 1877                  1
                Died: 1948                  1
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 saw mill worker  2
          Occupation: 1920                 oil field worker  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Ina Helen Richards   4  
             Married: ca 1911               5
                Born: Jun-11-1892          in Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Died: Dec-29-1955          in Frankfurt, Germany  6
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  6,1
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Joseph Richards   (1867 -     ) 
              Mother: Martha J. "Mattie" Taylor   (1865 -     ) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Herbert Harold Bussard      
         Census name: Herbert Buzzard 
                Born: May- 5-1914          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7,8
                Died: Aug-  -1981           8
             Resided:                      in Hyattsville, Prince Georges Co, MD  9
             Resided: 1955                 in Greenbelt, Prince Georges Co, MD  10
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S. (1935)  
                Wife: Ernestine N. Scott  b. Apr-29-1916  d. Dec-17-1991  
             Married: May-10-1935          in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Gale Earnest Bussard      
         Census name: Gale Buzzard 
                Born: Jan-22-1917          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7,9,12
                Died: Dec- 2-1970           9,12
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  1
             Resided:                      in Frankfurt, Germany  10
             Resided:                      in Washington, DC  10
             Resided: 1941                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  13
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 manager of skating rink  2
            Military:                      US Navy, WW II (USS Ericsson, Atlantic & Mediterranean)  14
                Wife: Anita May Morris  b. Oct-19-1917  d. May- 3-1997  
             Married: Jan- 3-1937          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  15,16

Sources:
(1) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(2) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(3) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(4) Obituary of wife. 
(5) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(10) Obituary of mother. 
(11) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(12) Headstone. 
(13) City Directory. 
(14) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. 
(15) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV. 
(16) Newspaper wedding announcement. 







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