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Lelah Gay ZAHN

Lelah Gay ZAHN

Female 1897 - 1991  (93 years)

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  • Name Lelah Gay ZAHN 
    Born 23 Aug 1897  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1898.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1915  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Southwest 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  [5] 
    Residence 1944  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 1991  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I62786  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2017 

    Father Benjamin Franklin ZAHN,   b. Jun 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Mother Eliza Alice LIPSCOMB,   b. 5 Apr 1859, Straight Fork, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1933, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F11447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hobert LIPSCOMB,   b. 16 Sep 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1994  (Age 97 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
    62785_HobertLipscomb_LeliaZahn_MarriageRecord_1Jan1917.jpg    		62785_HobertLipscomb_LeliaZahn_MarriageRecord_1Jan1917.jpg
    62786_ZAHN_Lelah_BirthRecord_DoddridgeCoWV_21Aug1897.jpg    		62786_ZAHN_Lelah_BirthRecord_DoddridgeCoWV_21Aug1897.jpg
    62786_ZAHN_LelahGay_DelayedBirthRecord_DoddridgeCoWV_23Aug1898.jpg    		62786_ZAHN_LelahGay_DelayedBirthRecord_DoddridgeCoWV_23Aug1898.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

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

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    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.)