Doddridge County Roots

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Mary Ellen Fay PLAUGER

Mary Ellen Fay PLAUGER

Female 1897 - 1981  (84 years)

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  • Name Mary Ellen Fay PLAUGER 
    Born 15 Jan 1897  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Jessup, Howard Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 2 Sep 1981  [3, 5
    Buried Savage Cemetery, Savage, Howard Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I22006  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2017 

    Father William Anderson PLAUGER,   b. 4 Sep 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1949, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Rose Ann HART,   b. 17 Dec 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1943, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Basil Lee FURR,   b. 21 Dec 1895, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1993  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 18 Mar 1917  Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jan 27/28 1920:
      Basil Furr, 24, farmer; wife Fay, 22; dau Grace, 2y 2m; boarder Lemmon Knapp, 5; boarder Minor Knapp, 4y 1m; boarder Charles Knapp, 2y 3m.
      (NOTE: Leeman, Minor and Charles Knapp were the sons of Alva Calvin Knapp and Georgia R. Nutter, both natives of New Milton. The three Knapp children were enumerated with their parents in Harrison County in 1930. Relationship, if any, between the Knapp and Furr families is not known.)

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 22 1930:
      Basil Furr, 33, laborer for public road; wife Fay, 32; dau Grace, 12; dau Ula, 9; son Delbert, 7.
    Children 
     1. Grace Clair FURR,   b. 17 Sep 1917, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1999  (Age 81 years)
     2. Ula Gay FURR,   b. 21 Oct 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1987  (Age 66 years)
     3. Delbert Basil FURR,   b. 7 Feb 1923, Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1980  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F30357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 160.
      Identified as Mary Ellen Fay Plauger, b. Jan 15 1897 at Grove, dau of William Plauger & Rosa Hart, this being the mother's 1st child.

    2. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1950] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Fay E. Furr.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.