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James Ezra HOALCRAFT

James Ezra HOALCRAFT

Male 1904 - 1980  (75 years)

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  • Name James Ezra HOALCRAFT 
    Born 20 Oct 1904  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920, 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1930, listed with his parents and siblings in Central District, and also as a lodger & farm hand in the household of Charles & Gussie Brown and their children in West Union District.
    Residence 1935  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    laborer for W.P.A. 
    Census 1950  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation caretaker at Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, West Union, WV  [4] 
    Occupation 1950  [5] 
    cutting timber for farm 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 15 May 1980  [2, 4] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I23518  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2023 

    Father James Harvey "Pete" HOALCRAFT,   b. 20 Oct 1876,   d. 2 Apr 1976, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Mother Cora Mae MORRIS,   b. CA 1881,   d. 22 Jun 1931  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Family ID F10766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lilly Ella RICHARDS,   b. 20 Aug 1904, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1983  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 17 Sep 1931  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorced Y  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Doris Juanita HOALCRAFT,   b. 28 Jan 1933, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 2013, Titusville, Crawford Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Documents
    23518_EzraHoalcraft_EllaRichards_MarriageRecord_17Sep1931.jpg    		23518_EzraHoalcraft_EllaRichards_MarriageRecord_17Sep1931.jpg
    Family ID F36171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Arlene Orpha REESE,   b. 9 Apr 1916, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 2004, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 16 May 1939  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on April 25, 1940 at South Fork Hughes River:
      James Hoalcraft, 35, laborer for W.P.A., resided 1935 in same house; wife Arlene, 22, resided 1935 in same house; dau Edith, 7 months; dau Ethel, 7 months.

      1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District), enumeraed on April 27, 1950 on State Route 19:
      James E. Hoalcraft, 43, occupation cutting timber for farm; wife Arlene O, 33; dau Edith M, 10; dau Ethel F, 10; dau Wava J, 6; dau Beatrice G, 4; dau Doris J, 3; dau Alberta S, 1; son Roger A, born in January.
      Note: With his first wife Ella Richards, James E. Hoalcraft had a daughter also named Doris Juanita Hoalcraft (b. 1933), the same as this daughter.
    Children 
     1. Edith Mae HOALCRAFT,   b. 8 Sep 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Ethel Fay HOALCRAFT,   b. 8 Sep 1939
    +3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Doris Juanita HOALCRAFT,   b. 14 Nov 1946,   d. 28 Jan 1955, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
    +6. Alberta Sue HOALCRAFT,   b. 2 Dec 1948, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 2022, Geneva, Ashtabula Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +7. Roger Allen HOALCRAFT,   b. 29 Jan 1950, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 2012, Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +8. Agnes Marie HOALCRAFT,   b. 16 Jul 1952,   d. 27 Apr 1994, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     9. Living
     10. Living
    Family ID F8789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    23518_HOALCRAFT_JamesEzra_1904-1980_Obit.jpg    		23518_HOALCRAFT_JamesEzra_1904-1980_Obit.jpg
    23518_EzraHoalcraft_EllaRichards_MarriageRecord_17Sep1931.jpg    		23518_EzraHoalcraft_EllaRichards_MarriageRecord_17Sep1931.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2652] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    5. [S295] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

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

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
      Identified as Ezra Hoalcraft, 26, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Ella Richards, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 17 1931 "at U. B. Parsonage," officiated by J. O. Potts, a Minister of the Gospel.

    8. [S2642] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

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