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Laco B. LYONS

Laco B. LYONS

Male 1894 -

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  • Name Laco B. LYONS 
    Born 7 Dec 1894  Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Randolph County, but in World War I draft registration as Upshur County.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    railroad section worker for B & O Railroad 
    Residence 1915, 1917  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Census 1920  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [3] 
    railroad worker 
    Person ID I117868  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2017 

    Family Rosetta BATES,   b. May 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1933, Winfield District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1915  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Feb 12 1920 at Wallace:
      Laco Lyons, 25, railroad worker; wife Rosetta, 56; companion Dortha Swiger, 17, single.

      1930 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (City of Charleston), enumerated on Apr 5 1930:
      John D. Means, 38, mold maker at bottle works, age 35 at time of first marriage; wife Dortha M, 26, age 16 at first marriage; son Nathan E, 8y 7m; mother-in-law Rosetta Swiger, 61, widowed.
    Documents
    117868_LacoBLyons_RosettaBatesBakerSwiger_MarriageRecord_20Feb1915.jpg    		117868_LacoBLyons_RosettaBatesBakerSwiger_MarriageRecord_20Feb1915.jpg
    Family ID F50340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Feb 1915 - Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1915, 1917 - Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    117868_LYONS_Laco_WorldWarOneDraftRegistration_5Jun1917.jpg    		117868_LYONS_Laco_WorldWarOneDraftRegistration_5Jun1917.jpg

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

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=26351&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=26351&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Laco B. Lyons, single, 21, b. Randolph Co, res. Wallace, son of Thomas Howdyshell & Mary Buckey; and Rosetta Swiger, widowed, 35, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married Feb 20 1915 "at Bride's Home in Wallace," officiated by Rev. Wm. A. Bainbridge. Informant for marriage license: G. H. Baker.