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Joseph JETT

Joseph JETT

Male 1894 - 1967  (73 years)

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  • Name Joseph JETT 
    Born 20 Mar 1894  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith, tool dresser, rubber worker  [1] 
    Residence 1924  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Nov 1967  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • He spent the greater part of his life in West Union, where he was a blacksmith and tooldresser. He went to Akron in 1943 to work for the B. F. Goodrich Co, retiring in 1959. [1]
    Person ID I14919  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2018 

    Father Sylvester JETT,   b. 29 Jul 1846, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1923, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Julia Ann Ermina GRAY,   b. 8 Aug 1857, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1924, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F5620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy V. SMITH,   b. 23 Jul 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1951, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 8 Jul 1917  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • "History of Doddridge County" gives marriage date as April 1917, but marriage record has it as Jul 8 1917.
    Children 
     1. John Wiley JETT,   b. 9 Feb 1918, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1975, Danville, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. Pearl M. JETT,   b. 9 Apr 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 2006, Massillon, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Olive Junell JETT,   b. 2 Sep 1920, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 2000, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. Joe Willard JETT,   b. 29 Sep 1923, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 2001  (Age 77 years)
    +5. James Weldon JETT,   b. 15 Jun 1925, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1991, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +6. Roberta "Judy" JETT,   b. 15 Aug 1927, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 2002, Spanaway, Pierce Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +7. Lois Arlene JETT,   b. 23 Mar 1931, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 2005  (Age 74 years)
    +8. Kathleen JETT,   b. 13 Jan 1934, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 362.

    3. [S1750] Grave marker (year only).

    4. [S1663] Grave marker.

    5. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 10, p. 153.
      Groom identified as Joe Jett, age 24, b. in Ritchie Co. Bride identified as Lucy Smith, age 27, b. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 8 1917 at the minister's residence in Morgansville, WV.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).