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Clarence Otterbein "Ott" MYER

Clarence Otterbein "Ott" MYER

Male 1879 - 1957  (78 years)

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  • Name Clarence Otterbein "Ott" MYER 
    Born 4 May 1879  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 8 May 1899 to 11 Nov 1901  [5] 
    Pvt, Co A, 14th Inf Regt, US Army (honorable discharge) 
    Military From 16 Nov 1903 to 27 Sep 1904  [5] 
    Pvt, Co G, 2nd Inf Reg, US Army (deserted) 
    Residence 1916  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1925  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1930  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Occupation carpenter  [1] 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 7] 
    Residence 1942  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 20 May 1957  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I89635  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2018 

    Father Oscar Peter MYER,   b. May 1842, Wetzel Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1916, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Mother Nancy Ellen CARDER,   b. 7 Jul 1848,   d. 25 Aug 1925, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F36636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine L. "Kate" POWELL,   b. 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1952  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1925  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930 on Morgans Run Road:
      Clarence O. Myer, 50, farmer; wife Kate, 47; orphan child Clarence Hennings, 13.
      NOTE: Clarence Henning was the son of James Rolland "Roley" Henning and Mary Zirkle. His mother died in 1917. His father remarried in 1919 and soon moved to another part of the state, where he raised a family of three children with his second wife. Clarence Henning was Catherine "Kate" Powell Myer's first cousin once removed; his paternal grandmother, Calista Powell, was her aunt.
    Family ID F38492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

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

    4. [S2167] 1880 Census, Jackson County, WV.

    5. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S643] Obituary of father.

    7. [S2041] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).