McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Ida Jane Allen

1. "Births Wyoming Co,WV...", Haga, 1878.
Unnamed female Allen was born on 10 Dec 1878 to L. and Elizabeth Allen.
2. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, compiled by William A. Marsh, Vol 4, page 688.
Slab Fork Township, page 012.
Listed in household of father, Larkin Allen, age 2.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #5; Page 75; WV Archives Web Site.
Erastus Allen; age 28; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV; son of (_______) and Harriett Allen;
married on 13 Nov 1895 at Larkin Allen's; Ida Allen; age 18; born and living in Wyoming Co, WV;
daughter of Larkin and Elizabeth Allen.
4. Raleigh Co, WV Death Certificate #17431; WV Archives Web Site.
Ida Brooks Daniels; age 69 yrs, 10 mons, 24 days; born on 27(sic, 10) Dec 1878 in Wyoming Co,
WV; living at Bolt, Raleigh Co, WV; daughter of Larkin and Elizabeth (Massie) Allen; died on 20 Nov
1950 in Beckley Hospital, Beckley, Raleigh Co, WV from cirrhosis of liver; buried on 23 Nov 1950 in
Allen Cemetery.


Walter B. Perdue

1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Center District, Family #8.
Listed as B. Pardew, age 3 months, in household of father, Tobias Pardue.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 25 Apr 1910, Page 219A, Family #98.
Listed as Walter B. Pardue, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, Tobias Pardue.
3. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 31 Jan 1920; Page 193B; Family #75/75.
Listed as Walter B. Perdew; age 19; born in WV; in household of father, Tobias Perdue.
4. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book #__(1922); Page 278; WV Archives Web Site.
Walter B. Perdew; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pineville, WV; son of Tobias Perdew;
married on 15 Sep 1922 at Pineville, WV; Adda Magdalene Webb; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
living at Rockview, WV; daughter of Frank Webb.
5. Wyoming Co, WV Death Certificate #6854; WV Archives Web Site.
Walter B. Perdue; age 54; born on 15 Dec 1900 in WV; married; coal miner; living at Brenton,
Wyoming Co, WV; son of Tobias and Mary A. (Brinegar) Perdue; died on 4 May 1955 in the Wyoming
General Hospital, Mullens, Wyoming Co, WV from "Ulcer of Stomach"; buried on 6 May 1955 in Cook
Cemetery; informant, Addie Perdue.
6. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Walter B. Perdue; born in 1900; died in 1955; buried in Lee Cook Cemetery, Brenton,
Wyoming Co, WV.


Ada Magdalene "Addie" Webb

1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Center District, taken on 13/14/15 Jan 1920,
Page 189A, Family #5.
Listed as Addie Webb, age 15, born in WV, in household of father, J. Frank Webb.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book #__(1922); Page 278; WV Archives Web Site.
Walter B. Perdew; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Pineville, WV; son of Tobias Perdew;
married on 15 Sep 1922 at Pineville, WV; Adda Magdalene Webb; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
living at Rockview, WV; daughter of Frank Webb.
3. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Addied Perdue; born on 25 Dec 1905; died in Dec 1971; living at Brenton, Woming Co, WV at death.
4. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Addie M. Perdue; born in 1905; died in 1971; buried in Lee Cook Cemetery, Brenton,
Wyoming Co, WV.


James Theodore Miller

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 420; WV Archives Web Site.
James Theodore Miller; age 21; born in Iaeger, WV; single; living at Baileysville, WV; son of A.L.
and Mary Miller; married on 2 Jul 1938 at Baileysville, WV; Orpha Cook; age 32; born and
living in Baileysville, WV; divorced; daughter of Josiah and Mary Cook.


Orpha Cook

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysvelle District, taken on 16 Apr 1910;
Page 186B, Family #54.
Listed as Orpha Cook, age 5, born in WV, in household of father, Josiah Cooke.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville Distrcit, taken on 7 Jan 1920, Page 136B, Family #32.
Listed as Orpha Cook, age 15, born in WV, in household of father, Josiah Cooke.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 420; WV Archives Web Site.
James Theodore Miller; age 21; born in Iaeger, WV; single; living at Baileysville, WV; son of A.L.
and Mary Miller; married on 2 Jul 1938 at Baileysville, WV; Orpha Cook; age 32; born and
living in Baileysville, WV; divorced; daughter of Josiah and Mary Cook.
4. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Orpha Miller; born on 1 Jul 1905; died in Feb 1981; living at Sandy Ridge, Stokes Co, NC at death.
5. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries
http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Orpha C. Miller; born on 1 Jul 1905; died on 4 Feb 1981; buried in Lee Cook
Cemetery, Brenton, Wyoming Co, WV.


John H. Lucas

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as John Lucas; age 43; born in Jan 1857 in VA; married 16 yrs; employed in iron ore mines;
head of household.
2. 1910 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 2 May 1910; Page 103A;
Family #493/516.
Listed as John H. Lucas; age 51; born in VA; married once for 25 yrs; farmer; head of household.


Mary Catherine

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as Mary C. Lucas; age 41; born in Oct 1858 in VA; married 16 yrs; 11 children, 7 living;
in household of husband, John H. Lucas.
2. 1910 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 2 May 1910; Page 103B;
Family #493/516.
Listed as Catherine Lucas; age 51; born in VA; married 25 yrs; 12 children, 8 living;
in household of husband, John H. Lucas.


Walter M. Lucas

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as Walter M. Lucas; age 14; born in Sep 1885 in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.
2. 1910 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 2 May 1910; Page 103B;
Family #493/516.
Listed as Walter Lucas; age 24; born in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.


John A. Lucas

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as John A. Lucas; age 13; born in Feb 1887 in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.
2. 1910 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 2 May 1910; Page 103B;
Family #493/516.
Listed as John A. Lucas; age 23; born in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.


Levi Lucas

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as Levi Lucas; age 12; born Mar 1888 in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.


Artie I. Lucas

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as Artie I. Lucas; age 7; born Jun 1892 in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.


Endora Lucas

1. 1900 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 9 Jun 1900; Page 232A;
Family #149/152.
Listed as Endora Lucas; age 4; born Jan 1896 in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.
2. 1910 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 2 May 1910; Page 103B;
Family #493/516.
Listed as Dora Lucas; age 12; born in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.


Laura Lucas

1. 1910 Census, Page Co, VA; Shenandoah Iron Works District; taken on 2 May 1910; Page 103B;
Family #493/516.
Listed as Laura Lucas; age 8; born in VA; in household of father, John H. Lucas.


Enoch Miller Adams

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Huff Creek District, Page 250A, Family #8.
Listed as Eric Miller, age 4, born in WV, in household of father, Ora Miller. Twin of Herbert Miller.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 17 Jan 1920, Page 140 B, Family #95.
Listed as Enoch Adam, age 14, born in WV, in household of father, Ora Adams.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1929); Page 199; WV Archives Web Site.
Enoch Adams; age 23; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; laborer; living at Davy. WV; son of Ora and
America; married on 31 Dec 1929 at Davy, WV; Amanda Walker; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
single; daughter of Hanry and Marina.
4. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 73A, Family #30?.
Listed as Enoch Adams, age 23, born in WV, farmer, head of household.
5. Wyoming Co, WV Web Site, Cemeteries; http://members.aol.com/jlcooke2/cemetery.htm
Enoch Adams; born on 6 Feb 1905; died on 23 Oct 1976; buried in Adams Cemetery, Big Branch,
Wyoming Co, WV.
6. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
Enoch Adams; born on 4 Feb 1905; died in Oct 1976; living at Roderfield, McDowell Co, WV at death.


Amanda Walker

1.1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysvelle District, taken on 26 Apr 1910; Page 191B, Family #148.
Listed as Manda Walker, age 1, born in WV, in household of father, Henry Walker.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 6 Jan 1920, Page 138A, Family #61.
Listed as Manda Walker, age 12, born in WV, in household of father, Henry Walker.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1929); Page 199; WV Archives Web Site.
Enoch Adams; age 23; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; laborer; living at Davy. WV; son of Ora and
America; married on 31 Dec 1929 at Davy, WV; Amanda Walker; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
single; daughter of Hanry and Marina.
4. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 73A, Family #30?.
Listed as Amanda Adams, age 20, born in WV, married at 20; in household of husband, Enoch M.
Adams.


Willard Adams

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 73A, Family #30?.
Listed as Willard Adams, age , born in WV, in household of father, Enoch M. Adams.


Ora Lee Adams

1. "The Register Herald"; Beckley, WV; Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008; Newspaper Obit.
"PINEVILLE — Ora Lee Adams, 61, of Pineville, died early Sunday morning, June 15, 2008, at his residence.

"Mr. Adams was born March 7, 1947, in Baileys-ville, W.Va., a son of the late Enic and Amanda Walker Adams.

"He was a graduate of Baileysville High School and graduated from Southern West Virginia Community College with a degree in Criminal Justice. Also, he was a disabled United States Army veteran, having served during the Vietnam War, a retired member of the Ghost Riders, and a member of the Rockcastle Baptist Church at Keyrock, W.Va.

"In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruby and Louise Lester, and one brother, Willard Adams.

"Survivors include three daughters, Alina Nikki Adams, Christie Adams, and Codi Martin, all of Pineville; three sons, Gary Lee and Allen Ray Adams and Danny Workman, all of Pineville; two sisters, Ella Shields of Baileysville, and Mary Helen Criner of Odd, W.Va.; one brother, Frank Adams of Baileysville; and numerous grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2008, with Rev. Donald Adkins officiating at the Rockcastle Baptist Church in Keyrock. Burial will follow in the Adams Cemetery on Rock House Mountain, where military graveside rites will be conducted by the Wyoming County American Legion, the DAV Post #53, and the VFW Post #8364..."


Levi Elbert Lester

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Huff Creek District; taken on 24 Apr 1930; Page 182B; Family #140.
Listed as Elbert Lester; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, England R. Lester.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Big Sandy; E.D. 24-37; taken on 24
Apr 1940; Page 756B; Image 27 of 35; Household #201.
Listed as Elbert Lester; age 18; born in WV; 4th grade education; lived in Twin
Branch, WV on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, England R. Lester.
3. E-mail; 13 Jan 2013; blesternc@gmail.com.
"...Levi Elbert Lester
b.13 Apr 1922 d. 31 Mar 1983
Wife: Flora Mae Lester b. 10 Aug 1930
Children: i Farley Edward Lester b. 31 Jan 1949
  ii Eddie Emerson Lester b. 14 Dec 1951
  iii Roy Lee Lester b. 31 Dec 1958 d. 6 Jan 1970
  iv Leonard Ray Lester b. 8 Aug 1965
  v Louise Ethel Lester b. 21 Aug 1968


Lacy Edward England

1. US public Record Index; LDS Web Site.
Lacy Edward England; born 29 Jun 1957; living at PO Box 401, Iaeger, WV; from
1 Jan 1998 to 25 Mar 2008.


Tina Louise Lester

1. US public Record Index; LDS Web Site.
Tina Louise England; born 11 Oct 1961; living at PO Box 401, Iaeger, WV; from
1 Apr 1995 to 25 Mar 2008.
2. Fanning Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
" Tina Louise England, 52, of Defeat Branch in Steeles, WV, passed away Friday, May 30, 2014, at Welch Community Hospital.

"Tina was born October 11, 1961, in Pineville, WV, a daughter of Van Ray Lester and Louise Athalene Adams Lester. Tina was a homemaker and enjoyed drawing, sketching and fishing.

"Tina was preceded in death by her mother, Louise A. Lester.

"Those left to cherish her memory are her father, Van Ray Lester of Steeles, WV; her constant companion, James E. Walker, of Steeles; two brothers, Robert Ray Lester and wife Vanessa of Steeles, Teddy Lee "Dank" Lester and wife Rhonda of Steeles; one daughter, Misty D. Desormeaux and husband Joshua P. of Kaplan, LA; one son, Bobby Ray England and wife Marsha of Baileysville, WV; two grandchildren, Laci Elizabeth Desormeaux, of Kaplan, LA and Brently Ross England of Baileysville, WV; special friends, Creta Lou Estep and husband Joe, of Iaeger, WV as well all the Walker Family.

"Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday, June 3, at 11:00 a.m. at the Steeles Community Cemetery in Steeles, WV, with Preacher Gary Walker officiating...."


David Edison Shields

1. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; taken on 19 Jan 1920; Page 141A;
Family #101/104.
Listed as David E. Shields, age 2 yrs, 1 mon, born in WV, in household of father, Fredrick B.
Shields.
2. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 73B, Image 4 of
25; Family #33/33.
Listed as David Shields, age 12, born in WV, in household of father, Fredrick B. Shields.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1939); Page 544; WV Archives Web Site.
David Edison Shields; age 21; born and living at Baileysville, WV; single; son of F.B. and Corba
Shields; married on 30 Dec 1939 at Baisden, WV; Margaret Hall; age 18; born in Elit, VA (no such
place); single; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Walter and Kate Hall.
4. 1940 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; E.D. 55-1; taken on 16 Apr 1940; Page 2A;
Image 3 of 45; Household #13.
Listed as David Shields; age 23; born in WV; divorced; 4 yrs HS education; lived in same house
on 1 Apr 1935; laborer, carpenter's helper; in household of father, Fredrick B. Shields.
5. Putnam Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #72(1952); Page 3; WV Archives Web Site.
Dave Edison Shields; age 24; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at 800 F. St, South Carleston, WV;
son of F.B. and Corbie (Short) Shields; married on 12 Jul 1952 at Bancroft, WV; Betty Zane
Farley; age 20; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Poca, WV; daughter of Edgar and Hazel Farley.
6. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1967); Page 173; WV Archives Web Site.
David Edison Shields; age 49; born 28 Nov 1917 at Baileysville, WV; divorced; 3 previous
marriages; living at Baileysville, WV; son of Fredrick Blaine and Corba (Short) Shields; married on 4
Jun 1967 at North Spring, WV; Ella Effie Adams; age 35; born 21 Jan 1932 at Baileysville, WV;
single; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Enoch and Manda (Walker) Adams.
7. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny, Wyoming Co, WV; submitted by
Patty Greene; 24 Jun 2008.
David E. Shields; born 28 Nov 1917; died 14 Jun 1979; buried here.


Ella Effie Adams

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1967); Page 173; WV Archives Web Site.
David Edison Shields; age 49; born 28 Nov 1917 at Baileysville, WV; divorced; 3 previous marriages;
living at Baileysville, WV; son of Fredrick Blaine and Corba (Short) Shields; married on 4 Jun 1967
at North Spring, WV; Ella Effie Adams; age 35; born 21 Jan 1932 at Baileysville, WV; single; living
at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Enoch and Manda (Walker) Adams.