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Hobert LIPSCOMB

Hobert LIPSCOMB

Male 1896 - 1994  (97 years)

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  • Name Hobert LIPSCOMB 
    Born 16 Sep 1896  Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date indicated in marriage record as Dec 15 1895, in his WW I draft registration as Aug 20 1896, and in his WW II draft registration as Aug 20 1897. But his birth record states Sep 16 1896, and the 1900 Census also shows it as Sep 1896. His headstone has only the year 1896. His WW I draft registration gives his middle initial as "O," but his WW II draft registration has the entry "(none)" for his middle name.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930, BLUESTONE ROAD  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1918  [3] 
    employed by Eugene Payne in Doddridge County 
    Residence 1918  Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation B & O Railroad (retired)  [5] 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Occupation 1942  [6] 
    employed by Edwin Maxwell at Morgansville 
    Residence 1944  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 1994  [2] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I62785  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 

    Father Marcus L. "Mark" LIPSCOMB,   b. 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1917, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Delila A. MILLER,   b. 10 Mar 1855, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1900  (Age 45 years) 
    Family ID F12941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lelah Gay ZAHN,   b. 23 Aug 1897, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1991, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1917  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
      Hobert Lipscomb, 22, farm laborer; wife Lela G, 21; dau Gldnalene, 1.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 15 1930 at Blue Stone Road:
      Hobert Lipscomb, 33, farm laborer, age 20 at time of first marriage; wife Lelah G, 32, age 19 at first marriage; dau Gladnalene, 11; son Bernard H, 8y 6m; dau Thelma H, 5y 11m; dau Bettie J, 1y 9m.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District, Community of Morgansville), enumerated on Apr 26 1940:
      Hobert Lipscomb, 43, farmer; wife Lelah, 42; son Bernard, 18; dau Ellen, 15; dau Betty Jean, 11; dau Alice J, 6; father-in-law B. F. Zahn, 84, widowed.
    Children 
     1. Gladnalene LIPSCOMB,   b. 27 May 1918, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Bernard Harland LIPSCOMB,   b. 7 Sep 1921, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1944, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    +3. Thelma Iris LIPSCOMB,   b. 7 May 1924, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Betty Jean LIPSCOMB,   b. 20 Jun 1928, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Alice Josephine "Jo" LIPSCOMB,   b. 16 Feb 1934, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 2022, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F26109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 203 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2607434&Type=Birth.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S2639] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S1897] West Union Record, 6/21/1977.

    6. [S2508] World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    7. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    8. [S5] Headstone.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 95 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795637&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Hobert Lipscomb, age 21 as of Dec 15 1916, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Lelia Zahn, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jan 1 1917 "at U. B. Church, West Union, W. Va.," officiated by Geo. W. Burdette, a Pastor of the U. B. Church.
      (NOTE: As great-grandchildren of John Lipscomb (b. ca 1787), Hobert Lipscomb & Lelia (Lelah) Zahn were second cousins.)