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Francis Marion HURST

Francis Marion HURST

Male 1896 - 1977  (81 years)

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  • Name Francis Marion HURST 
    Born 27 Apr 1896  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as April 1895. Date on headstone is 1896.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    section hand for B & O Railroad at Bristol 
    Residence 1917  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    laborer on steam railroad 
    Census 1940  Dog Run, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    trackman for B & O Railroad 
    Occupation 1942  [2] 
    B & O Railroad at Bristol WVa 
    Residence Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Died 12 Nov 1977  Washington Court House, Fayette Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    Buried Mifflin Cemetery, Gahanna, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I111708  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2017 

    Father Francis Marion HURST,   b. 12 Apr 1866, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1929, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Nancy Ellen DIVERS,   b. Sep 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F27013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Opal I. ROSS,   b. 27 Aug 1903, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1982, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 27 Dec 1921  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Apr 7 1930 at 252 E Main St:
      F. M. Hurst, 32, age 23 at time of first marriage, laborer on steam railroad; wife Opa, 26, age 18 at first marriage; dau Aleta, 7; son Fredrick, 2 yr 3 mo.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Apr 17 1940 at Dog Run:
      Francis M. Hurst, 39, trackman for B & O Railroad; wife Opal I, 36; dau Aleta V, 16; son Fredrick, 11; son Edward Gene, 5; dau Bessie Louise, 6 months.
    Family ID F47155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    8. [S1940] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 189.