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Elbridge Homer "Skeet" DILLY

Elbridge Homer "Skeet" DILLY

Male 1889 - 1976  (86 years)

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  • Name Elbridge Homer "Skeet" DILLY  [1] 
    Born 27 Sep 1889  Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    carpenter (rig) 
    Census 1930  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Dilly's Dry Cleaning Shop, West Union WV (17 yrs)  [1] 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    farmer 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 20 Sep 1976  [2, 3] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I57862  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2017 

    Father William Monroe DILLY,   b. 18 Jan 1864, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1944, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Lettie Jane REECE,   b. 20 May 1866, Volcano, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1938, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F35712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Belva DARNOLD,   b. 31 Jul 1891, Silver Run (Cairo), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1977, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 6 Apr 1911  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 3 1940 at Brushy Fork:
      Elbridge H. Dilly, 50, farmer; wife Belva, 48, adult education teacher for W.P.A. project; son Marden, 18, manual laborer for N.Y.A. project; dau Maxine, 14; dau Louise, 9; dau Juanita, 8. All born in West Virginia except Elbridge, born in Iowa. [9]
    Children 
     1. Frank A. DILLY,   b. 20 Jan 1912,   d. Mar 1987  (Age 75 years)
     2. Helen Mae DILLY,   b. 1 Mar 1914, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1935, Hopemont, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    +3. Lettie Leota DILLY,   b. 17 Nov 1916, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 2010, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +4. Marden Paul "Jimmie" DILLY,   b. 29 Apr 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 2005  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Edna Maxine DILLY,   b. 17 Aug 1924, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 2016, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     6. Belva Louise DILLY,   b. 11 Apr 1930, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 2017, Finch (Ellenboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     7. Juanita Izetta DILLY,   b. 15 Jan 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 2019, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F23915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S2085] 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S2174] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    6. [S2640] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

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

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.