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Sarah WISE

Sarah WISE

Female 1891 - 1968  (77 years)

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  • Name Sarah WISE 
    Born 10 Mar 1891  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation matron at correctional home  [1] 
    Residence 1912  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 25 Sep 1968  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I51992  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2015 

    Father Levi A. WISE,   b. 16 Jun 1855, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Ruhama CUNNINGHAM,   b. 18 Sep 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1898, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F21450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Orda GREATHOUSE,   b. 31 Aug 1885, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1957, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [5] 
    Married 8 Jun 1912  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. Kathleen H. GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1912, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1996, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +2. Irene GREATHOUSE,   b. 14 May 1916, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1996, Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Pauline GREATHOUSE,   b. 3 Oct 1917, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1983  (Age 66 years)
    +4. Fillmore GREATHOUSE,   b. 4 Dec 1921, Hepzibah, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1983, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F21449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    51992_GREATHOUSE_SarahWise_1891-1968_DeathCertificate.jpg    		51992_GREATHOUSE_SarahWise_1891-1968_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2336] Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), Gary Patterson, (http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm).

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 292 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24819&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lloyd E. Greathouse, 26, b. Doddridge Co, res. Clarksburg, son of James & Susan Greathouse; and Sarah Wise, 21, b. Tyler Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Levi Wise & (blank). Married Jun 8 1912 at the M.P. Parsonage in Clarksburg. Informant for marriage license: Lloyd E. Greathouse. (Note: Basis for husband George Orda Greathouse being identified as Lloyd E. Greathouse is not known. The 1957 obituary of George O. Greathouse, son of James A. & Susan Dix [sic] Greathouse, states "On June 8, 1912, he married Sarah Wise, who survives." No other reference to Lloyd E. Greathouse has been found.)

    7. [S110] Obituary of husband.