Edith MYERS

1848 - 1923  (75 years)

• Name	Edith MYERS
  Born	26 Feb 1848	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850, 1860	Harrison Co, (W)VA
  Census	1880, 1900	Union District, Harrison Co, WV
  Died	14 Mar 1923	Belfont, Braxton Co, WV   [1]
  Buried	Starkey Cemetery, Frametown, Braxton Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I51512	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Jacob MYERS,   b. 17 Jan 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 29 Dec 1906  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Barbara STOUT,   b. 16 Oct 1823,   d. 4 Feb 1869  (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F22657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hiram Blackwell STARKEY,   b. 3 Aug 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 6 Oct 1925, Belfont, Braxton Co, WV  (Age 77 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1870	Harrison Co, WV   [4]
  Notes	1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 12 1880: Hiram B. Starkey, 31, farmer; wife Edith, 32; dau Alice M, 8; dau Caroline M, 6; dau Sarah J, 5; dau Margaret S, 3; dau Elmira D, 7 months (b. Nov); brother Ehud W, 22. 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900: Hiram B. Starkey, 51, b. Aug 1848, farmer, married 29 yrs; wife Edith, 52, b. Feb 1848, mother of 11 children (10 still living); dau Alice M, 28, b. Dec 1871; dau Caroline M, 26, b. Jun 1873; dau Sarah J, 24, b. Dec 1875; dau Margaret S, 22, b. Jul 1877; son James E, 22, b. Jan 1878; dau Elmira D, 20, b. Nov 1879; son William V, 18, b. Sep 1881; dau Alverta (?), 16, b. Apr 1884; son Alberta, 16, b. Apr 1884; dau Ester B, 13, b. Jun 1886; son Charles L, 10, b. Aug 1889; granddau Rhoda G, 4, b. Oct 1895; hired man Irvin Stutler Jr, farm laborer, age and marital status "unknown." (Note: Entry for son William, contained on Line 53 of the census form, was lined through, with a notation in the margin stating "Line 53 is blank." Since the other ten children are all listed, William must have been the one predeceased child.) [5, 6]
  Children	1. Alice M. STARKEY,   b. Dec 1871 + 2. Caroline Myrtle STARKEY,   b. Jun 1873, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 13 Nov 1914, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 41 years) + 3. Sarah J. STARKEY,   b. 24 Dec 1875, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 17 Jan 1957, Frametown, Braxton Co, WV  (Age 81 years) + 4. Margaret Sophrona "Frona" STARKEY,   b. 28 Jul 1876, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 10 Sep 1924, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 48 years) + 5. James Ernest STARKEY,   b. 11 Jan 1877, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 24 Aug 1924, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 47 years)   6. Elmira D. STARKEY,   b. Nov 1879   7. William V. STARKEY,   b. Sep 1881,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age ~ 18 years)   8. Alverda Glay "Verdie" STARKEY,   b. 3 Apr 1884, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 10 May 1976, Flagstaff, Coconino Co, AZ  (Age 92 years)   9. Alberta Bernal STARKEY,   b. 3 Apr 1884, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. Feb 1971  (Age 86 years)   10. Ester B. STARKEY,   b. Jun 1886   11. Charles Llewellyn STARKEY,   b. Aug 1889, Union District, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 28 Dec 1944, Monongalia Co, WV  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F21248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  51512_STARKEY_EdithMyers_1848-1923_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 69. Identified as Hiram B. Starkey, farmer, age 22, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of John C. & Catharine A. Starkey; and Edith Myers, age 22y 11m, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & Barbara Myers. Married Dec 22 1870. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter. [S1590] Death record of daughter.