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George Arnold STITT

George Arnold STITT

Male 1899 - 1972  (72 years)

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  • Name George Arnold STITT 
    Born 11 Aug 1899  Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date 1898 on his headstone is incorrect. In his WW I and WW II draft registrations, he reported his birth date as 11 Aug 1899. In the 1900 Census, enumerated on 16 June 1900, his age was listed as 9 months, with a birth date of August 1899, and his name was entered as Arnold Stitt.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Toby Twp, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1918, 1920  [1, 5] 
    garage foreman, West Union Auto Co. 
    Residence 1918, 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Census 1930  Cameron, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [3] 
    gas company right-of-way agent 
    Residence 1935  Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    tool dresser in oil field 
    Occupation 1942  [4] 
    employed by Charles Oliver of Bellaire Ohio "over state of West Virginia" 
    Residence 1942  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1950  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education West Union High School, Mountain State Business College  [7, 8] 
    Residence 1957  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 11 Mar 1972  Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I80582  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2024 

    Father John C. STITT,   b. 24 Jun 1867, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1956, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Margaret "Maggie" MCCALL,   b. 21 Apr 1869, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1955, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F34482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edrie E. LOWE,   b. 29 Dec 1899, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1968, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married CA 1918  [3] 
    Separated 1950  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on 21 April 1940 at 306 Church Street:
      Arnold Stitt, 40, tool dresser in oil field, resided 1935 in Shinnston WV; wife Edrie, 40, resided 1935 in Shinnston; son Robert, 19, student, resided 1935 in Shinnston; dau-in-law Freda, 19, typist, resided 1935 in rural Doddridge Co; bro-in-law James E. Kyle, 59, automobile mechanic; sister-in-law Etta Kyle, 59; nephew James T. Kyle, 26, unemployed; great-niece Rose Marie Kyle, 5; lodger Ralph Bee, 52, divorced, advertising salesman, resided 1935 in the same house; lodger Harry Kyle, 54, married, steel mill worker. All born in West Virginia except for Arnold Stitt and James & Harry Kyle, born in Pennsylvania.
    Children 
     1. Robert Emerson STITT,   b. 11 Dec 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1993, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F34481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    3. [S2428] 1930 Census, Marshall County, WV.

    4. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).

    7. [S691] West Union Herald, 11/7/1957.

    8. [S1596] Newspaper article, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, January 7, 1915.

    9. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S301] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).