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Blanche Lee VANSCOY

Blanche Lee VANSCOY

Female 1900 - 1983  (83 years)

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  • Name Blanche Lee VANSCOY 
    Born 10 Mar 1900  Birch Run, near Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Warren District, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1955  Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 26 Jul 1983  [2, 3
    Buried Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I54356  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2018 

    Father Judson (Jester) Daniel VANSCOY,   b. 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1935, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Minnie Mae FREEMAN,   b. 5 Sep 1880,   d. 5 Jun 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F18411  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cecil Otterbein COX,   b. 10 Sep 1891,   d. 6 Nov 1918  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1917  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Helen D. COX,   b. CA 1919, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F22468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Rolland "Roley" HENNING,   b. 6 Mar 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1955, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1919  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jan 12 1920:
      Roling Henings, 34, farm laborer; wife Blanche, 19; dau Burval, 10; son Newton, 8; dau Gneva, 7; son Clarence, 4; dau Helen, 1.

      1930 Census, Upshur Co, WV (Warren District), enuberated on Apr 23 1930:
      James R. Henning, 45, coal miner; Blanche L, 30; dau Helen D, 11; son James R, 9; son Forest E, 7; son Charles R, 6; dau Pauline V, 2y 7m.

      News article, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 7 1937, in its entirety:
      CHICKEN THEFT CHARGE
      With a Clarksburg man and his two sons in jail awaiting grand jury action on chicken them charges, Corp. Lyle Powell continued this investigation into what he said has been "a wholesale theft of chickens in several counties."
      The men in jail are J. Rollo Hennings, 51, of the Union Heights section, Clarksburg, and his sons Newton, 23, and Rollo Jr., 16.
      Hennings is in the Harrison County jail at Clarksburg, and his sons are in the West Union jail. They have been unable to furnish $2,500 bond each, required by Magistrate D. J. Cunningham, when they were arraigned last week for stealing 37 chickens, the entire flock of Alden Spencer, high school teacher, on December 22.
      Corp. Powell said several chicken theft cases have been reported in Doddridge, Harrison and Ritchie counties.
      Powell said he arrested Hennings and his sons when he found them repairing a tire on their car while on the way to Clarksburg, and said "we may be able to connect Hennings and his sons with other chicken theft cases in this and nearby counties. Our investigation is far from complete."
      Hennings, the officer said, is under parole from the State Penitentiary at Moundsville; Newton recently was released from the prison after serving a five year term; and Junior recently was released from the Ritchie County jail, where he had been held for stealing a dog.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Town of Nutter Fort), enumerated on Apr 25 1940 at 714 Michigan:
      Rolland Henning, 56, occupation (blank); wife Blanch, 40; son Forest, 18; son Charles, 15; dau Pauline, 12; dau Rose Mary, 8; dau Sue, 6; son Richard, 5; dau Alice Marie, 3. Except for the two youngest children, all household members were indicated as residing in the same house in 1935.
      NOTE: Whether James Rolland Henning was actually present for this enumeration is unclear, as he was also enumerated in 1940 as an inmate of the State Penitentiary in Moundsville, Marshall County. In that enumeration, on Apr 18 1940, he was listed as J. Roland Henning, 54, married, residence in 1935 in rural Doddridge County, one of many inmates at the West Virginia Penitentiary. [8, 9]
    Children 
    +1. Roland James HENNING,   b. 30 Oct 1920, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1992  (Age 71 years)
     2. Forest Edward HENNING,   b. 6 Sep 1922, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1988, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +3. Charles Roscoe HENNING,   b. 16 Jan 1924, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1948, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     4. Pauline Virginia HENNING,   b. 22 Sep 1927, Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 2003, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +5. Jenette Sue HENNING,   b. 10 May 1933, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 2003, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F38957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

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

    5. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    9. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.