Notes for: Edith Myers

1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
Hiram B. Starkey, 31, farmer; wife Edith, 32; dau Alice M, 8; dau Caroline M, 6; dau Sarah J, 5; dau Margaret S, 3; dau Elmira D, 7 months (b. Nov); brother Ehud W, 22.

1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900:
Hiram B. Starkey, 51, b. Aug 1848, farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Edith, 52, b. Feb 1848, mother of 11 children (10 still living); dau Alice M, 28, b. Dec 1871; dau Caroline M, 26, b. Jun 1873; dau Sarah J, 24, b. Dec 1875; dau Margaret S, 22, b. Jul 1877; son James E, 22, b. Jan 1878; dau Elmira D, 20, b. Nov 1879; son William V, 18, b. Sep 1881; dau Alverta (?), 16, b. Apr 1884; son Alberta, 16, b. Apr 1884; dau Ester B, 13, b. Jun 1886; son Charles L, 10, b. Aug 1889; granddau Rhoda G, 4, b. Oct 1895; hired man Irvin Stutler Jr, farm laborer, age and marital status "unknown."
(Note: Entry for son William, contained on Line 53 of the census form, was lined through, with a notation in the margin stating "Line 53 is blank." Since the other ten children are all listed, William must have been the one predeceased child.)