1. Ancestry.com Web Site, Samuel Presley search, 12 Jan 2002, "Gene Pool
Individual Records", submitted by unknown.
Martha Dillion; born in 1877 at Thorpe in McDowell Co, WV; died on 22 Dec
1920 at Blackwolf, McDowell Co, WV; daughter of George N. and Rhoda
Belcher Dillion; married Samuel Paris Presley, son of Joshua and Emerilla
Dillion Presley
Son, Crockett Presley; born in 1897 at Bishop, Tazewell Co, VA.
2. FamilySearch.com, LDS Web Site, submitted by Robert Daniel Cox, 15934
La Verida Dr, Victorville, CA 92392.
Samuel Paris Presley; born on 11 Feb 1872 at Boissevain, Tazewell Co, VA;
died on 28 Jul 1963 at Anawalt, McDowell Co, WV; buried on 31 Jul 1963 at
Church of God Cemetery, Abb's Valey, (Tazewell Co), VA: married first Martha
Dillion; second Nancy Hess.
Son of Samuel and Martha, James Presley; born abt 1901 at Blackwolf, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1934); Page 17; WV Archives Web Site.
Sherman Mitchem; age 32; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Pageton, WV; son
of R.B. and Nannie; married on 18 May 1934 at Wilcoe, WV; Hallie Sexton; age 17; born in
Wythe Co, VA; single; daughter of M.L. and Sarah.
2. 1940 Census, Dickenson Co, MI; Randville; E.D. 22-20B; taken on 24 Apr 1940; Page 386A;
Image 9 of 14; Household #91.
Listed as Hallie G. Mitchem; age 22; born in WV (sic, VA); married; 6th grade education; lived in
McDowell Co, WV on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Sherman Mitchem.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 5 May 1910; Page 225A; Image 23 of
43; Family #196/200.
Listed as Calvin Mitchem; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Floyd Mitchem.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 16/17 Jan 1920; Page 198B; Image 6
of 16; Family #46/46.
Listed as Callie Mitchem; age 17; born in WV; in household of father, Floyd Mitchem.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1925); Page 115; WV Archives Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; miner; living at Capels, WV; son of
Floyd and Julia; married on 6 Jun 1925 at Northfork, WV; Lettie Green; age 18; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; single; daughter of William and ____.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 147; WV Archives Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 33; born in Wyoming Co, WV; divorced; miner; living at Capels, WV; son of
Floyd and Julia; married on 22 Nov 1935 at Welch, WV; Mabel Berbert; age 27; born in Wise Co,
VA; single; living at Capels, WV; daughter of Fred and Bird.
5. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Anawalt; E.D. 24-11; taken on 18 Apr 1940;
Page 211A; Image 39 of 58; Household #349.
Listed as Callie Mitchem; age 37; born in WV; married; 6th grade education; lived in Davy, WV
on 1 Apr 1935; coal miner; head of household.
6. McDowell Co, WV Death Certificate #'71 018467; WV Archives Web Site via LDS Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 70; born in Nov 1902 in WV; married; husband of Della Foster Mitchem; living
at Anawalt, WV; pin machine operator (mine bolting machine); SS#235-07-3947; son of Floyd
and Judy (Mullins) Mitchem; died 11 Dec 1971 in the Doctors Memorial Hospital. Welch, WV;
from broncho pneumonia due to advanced silicosis with recurrent pneumothroax, left; buried
13 Dec 1971 in Roselawn Cemetery, Princeton, WV; informant, Della Mitchem, Anawalt, WV.
7. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; born 17 Nov 1902; died in Dec 1971; last residence, Anawalt, WV;
SS#235-07-3947; card issued in WV before 1951.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 147; WV Archives Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 33; born in Wyoming Co, WV; divorced; miner; living at Capels, WV; son of
Floyd and Julia; married on 22 Nov 1935 at Welch, WV; Mabel Berbert; age 27; born in Wise Co,
VA; single; living at Capels, WV; daughter of Fred and Bird.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Anawalt; E.D. 24-11; taken on 18 Apr 1940;
Page 211A; Image 39 of 58; Household #349.
Listed as Mabel Mitchem; age 31; born in VA; married; 6th grade education; lived in McDowell Co,
WV on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Callie Mitchem.
3. WV Deaths, 1904-1999; LDS Web Site; County Records; Vol #15; Page 1968.
Mable Mae Mitchem; age 60; born 15 Jun 1908 in VA; married; housewife; living at Anawalt, WV;
daughter of Fred and Bertie (Dickson) Burbert; died 17 Nov 1968 at Welch, WV; buried 19 Nov
1968 in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, WV.
1. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Anawalt; E.D. 24-11; taken on 18 Apr 1940;
Page 211A; Image 39 of 58; Household #349.
Listed as Russell Mitchem; age 2; born in WV; in household of father, Callie Mitchem.
1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 5 May 1910; Page 225A; Image 23 of
43; Family #196/200.
Listed as Calvin Mitchem; age 6; born in WV; in household of father, Floyd Mitchem.
2. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Center District; taken on 16/17 Jan 1920; Page 198B; Image 6
of 16; Family #46/46.
Listed as Callie Mitchem; age 17; born in WV; in household of father, Floyd Mitchem.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1925); Page 115; WV Archives Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; miner; living at Capels, WV; son of
Floyd and Julia; married on 6 Jun 1925 at Northfork, WV; Lettie Green; age 18; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; single; daughter of William and ____.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 147; WV Archives Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 33; born in Wyoming Co, WV; divorced; miner; living at Capels, WV; son of
Floyd and Julia; married on 22 Nov 1935 at Welch, WV; Mabel Berbert; age 27; born in Wise Co,
VA; single; living at Capels, WV; daughter of Fred and Bird.
5. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Anawalt; E.D. 24-11; taken on 18 Apr 1940;
Page 211A; Image 39 of 58; Household #349.
Listed as Callie Mitchem; age 37; born in WV; married; 6th grade education; lived in Davy, WV
on 1 Apr 1935; coal miner; head of household.
6. McDowell Co, WV Death Certificate #'71 018467; WV Archives Web Site via LDS Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; age 70; born in Nov 1902 in WV; married; husband of Della Foster Mitchem; living
at Anawalt, WV; pin machine operator (mine bolting machine); SS#235-07-3947; son of Floyd
and Judy (Mullins) Mitchem; died 11 Dec 1971 in the Doctors Memorial Hospital. Welch, WV;
from broncho pneumonia due to advanced silicosis with recurrent pneumothroax, left; buried
13 Dec 1971 in Roselawn Cemetery, Princeton, WV; informant, Della Mitchem, Anawalt, WV.
7. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Callie Mitchem; born 17 Nov 1902; died in Dec 1971; last residence, Anawalt, WV;
SS#235-07-3947; card issued in WV before 1951.
1. E-mail; 24 Aug 2012; Stella (____).
"Oliver Blankenship married Carrie Justice d.o. Salisbury Justice and Bertie Bailey on 1 Jan. 1929, they had one child, Violet Katherine Blankenship. Carrie died 19 April 1930.
Oliver married Della Foster 16 March 1931-this was second marriage for Della-first husband was Bobby Smith-killed in Ky. Della and Oliver had no children.
Oliver died 25 May 1955, buried at Four Pole cemetery at Mohawk, Wv."
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1931); Page 355; WV Archives Web Site.
Oliver Blankenship; age 22; born in McDowell Co, WV; widowed; miner; living at Mohawk, WV; son
of Mose and Annie; married; on 16 Mar 1931 at Iaeger, WV; Della Smith; age 21; born in Carter Co,
widow; daughter of John and Nancy.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Mohawk; E.D. 24-57; taken on 4 Apr 1940;
Page 1055B; Image 6 of 74; Household #57.
Listed as Della Blankenship; age 30; born in KY; 4th grade education; lived in same place on 1 Apr
1935; in household of husband, Oliver Blankenship.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #16719; WV Archives Web Site.
Lewis Chapman Elmore; age 63; born 12 Jan 1982 in Giles Co, VA; widowed; living at Skygusta,
WV; retired miner; SS#233-16-0769; son of Albert and Lissie Elmore; died 31 Dec 1955 in
Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; from carcinoma of left lung with arteriosclerosis heart disease and
cardiac insufficiency; buried 3 Jan 1956 at Thorpe, WV; informant, Mrs. Sylvia Dudley.
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Elkhorn District, page 154B, Family 93.
Listed as Lottie Rose, age 6, born in Dec 1893, in WV, in household of father, William M. Rose.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; taken on 20 Apr 1910; Page 66B; Family #132/176.
Listed as Lottie Rose; age 16; born in WV; in household of father, William M. Rose.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #10449; WV Archives Web Site.
Lottie Jane Elmore; age 54; born at Gary, WV; married; living at Leckie, WV; daughter of Mack W.
Rose and unknown mother; died 3 Aug 1952 at Leckie, WV; from osteogenic sarcoma of left
humerous with hypertensive vascular disease; buried 9 Aug 1952 at Thorpe, WV; informant,
Lewis Elmore.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1936); Page 349; WV Archives Web Site.
Clifford Mitchem; age 26; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; miner; living at Gary, WV; son of
R.B. and Nannie Mitchem; married on 9 May 1936 at Leckie, WV; Sylvia Elmore; age 18; born in
McDowell Co, WV; single; living at Black Wolf, WV; daughter of Lewis and Lottie Elmore.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Adkin District; Thorpe #11; E.D. 24-3; taken on 22 Apr 1940;
Page 61A; Image 57 of 64; Household #483.
Listed as Sylvia Mitchem; age 22; born in WV; married; 6th grade education; lived in same place
on 1 Apr 1935; in household of husband, Clifford Mitchem.
3. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Sylvia Virginia Dudley; born 19 May 1918; died 23 Nov 2000; last residence, Princeton, Mercer Co,
WV; SS#234-38-7104; card issued in WV before 1951.
4. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Sylvia Virginia Mitchem [Sylvia Vir Dudley] [Sylvia Dudley] [Sylvia Virginia Elmore]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 May 1918
Birth Place: Thorpe McDow, West Virginia [Gary McDowel??, West Virginia]
Death Date: 23 Nov 2000
Father:
Louis Elmore
Mother:
Lottie Rose
SSN: 234387104
Death Certificate Number: FIX FOR "01" DOD 03/01
Notes: Apr 1943: Name listed as SYLVIA VIRGINIA MITCHEM;
Feb 1954: Name listed as SYLVIA VIR DUDLEY;
18 Apr 2001: Name listed as SYLVIA V DUDLEY"