1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Panther; taken on 7 Apr 1930; Page 178A;
Family #109/109.
Listed as Lensey Adams; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Arthur C. Adams.
2. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lensay Burge Adams
Race: White
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1921
Birth Place: Panther, West Virginia, USA
Residence: Corinne, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Occupation: Bob Smith
Weight: 135
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Red
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Arthur Adams
Household Members:
Name
Lensay Burge Adams"
3. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #71 031736; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Lensay Byrge Adams; age 49; born 18 Nov 1921 in WV; divorced; this was his second marriage;
7th grade education; living at Box 55, Freeman, Mercer Co, WV; son of Arthur Clark and Lydia
(Bailey) Adams; married on 16 Aug 1971 at Grundy, Buchanan Co, VA; Grace Cline; age 30; born
WV; divorced; this was her second marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at 1416 Franklin Street,
Bluefield, WV; daughter of William and Belle (Kerns) Browning.
4. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lensay Birge Adams
[Lensay B Adams]
[Lindsey Adams]
SSN: 233309894
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1921
Birth Place: Panther, West Virginia
[Ponther|]
Death Date: Jan 1994
Father: Arthur C Adams
Mother: Lydia Bailey
Disability Status: Disability denied - no record of type.
Claim Date: 13 Mar 1969
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Sep 1941: Name listed as LENSAY BIRGE ADAMS; 13 Mar 1969: Name listed as LENSAY B ADAMS; 08 Feb 1994: Name listed as LINDSEY B ADAMS"
5, FindAGrave.com Web Site; Bailey Cemetery, Panther, McDowell Cop, WV; submitted by
David A. Swiger; 16 Jan 2012.
Lensay Berge Adams; born 18 Nov 1921; died 23 Jan 1994; buried here; no grave marker photo shown;
"Inscription: CPL US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II".
1. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #71 031736; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Lensay Byrge Adams; age 49; born 18 Nov 1921 in WV; divorced; this was his second marriage;
7th grade education; living at Box 55, Freeman, Mercer Co, WV; son of Arthur Clark and Lydia
(Bailey) Adams; married on 16 Aug 1971 at Grundy, Buchanan Co, VA; Grace Cline; age 30; born
WV; divorced; this was her second marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at 1416 Franklin Street,
Bluefield, WV; daughter of William and Belle (Kerns) Browning.
2. Buchanan Co, VA; Marriage License #78 051130; Ancestry.com Web Site.
William Riley Keen; age 37; born 6 Apr 1941 in WV; divorced; this is his second marriage; first marriage
ended 22 Feb 1975; 12th grade education; living at Rt #1, Box 14B, Iaeger, WV; son of Willie and Floria
Melissia (Hurley) Keen; married on 9 Nov 1978 at Grundy, VA; Grace Adams, maiden name Browning;
age 38; born 22 Aug 1940 in WV; divorced' this is her third marriage; last marriage ended 4 Apr 1975;
living at Rt #1, Box 14B, Iaeger, WV; daughter of William and Belle (Kerns) Browning.
3. FindAGrave.com Web Site; Allen Family Cemetery, Pipestem, Summers Co, WV; submitted by
Jana; 24 Nov 2011.
Grace K. Keen; born 22 Aug 1940; died in 1999; buried here; no grave marker photo shown.
1. McDowell Co, WV Gen Web Site; "McDowell County Aricles"; "McDowell County Shooting - Elmer
Dunn - 1903"; submitted by June White.
"DUNN IN DETAIL: Further Facts Relating to the Tragedy Furnished by the McDowell Recorder"Additional details of the killing of Elmer Dunn, son of John W. Dunn, who lives near Princeton in this (Mercer) County, are furnished (to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph) by this following from the McDowell Recorder:
"Elmer Dunn, a popular young man who has been employed by the Ritter Lumber Company on Bradshaw, about twelve miles from Iaeger, was fatally shot by Corbin Riffe, a native of that section of the county, Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, living only an hour afterward. The shot was fired from a shotgun and tore a large hole in the abdomen of young Dunn. Moonshine "licker" which it is said is manufactured in large quantities in that section of the county, seems to have been the cause of the killing. It is reported that Riffe had had a disagreement with another man named Sparks as well as an abundance of the house-made liquor and had gotten a shot gun and wa presumably going after the man when he passed Dunn, who spoke to him very pleasantly, and in reply Riffe cursed Dunn using the most offensive language. Later in the evening Riffe and Dunn were at a house engaged in a stag dance when Riffe commenced pointing his loaded gun at the feet of Dunn, who asked him what he meant. Riffe continued keeping the gun towards Dunn's feet when the latter called the former out to one side, shortly after which the report of the gun was heard and Dunn was seen to fall to the ground. Riffe was taken before Squire Auville at Iaeger who sent him to jail here to await the grand jury. Both men were young, neither having a family.
"Bluefield Daily Telegraph,
July 9, 1903"
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1926); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Jesse, WV; son of Rice Browning;
married on 12 Nov 1926 in Baileysville, WV; Maudie Dameron; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
daughter of Willie Dameron.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1926); Page 478; WV Archives Web Site.
Lawrence Browning; age 21; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Jesse, WV; son of Rice Browning;
married on 12 Nov 1926 in Baileysville, WV; Maudie Dameron; age 19; born in Wyoming Co, WV;
daughter of Willie Dameron.
1. "The Heritage of McDowell County, West Virginia, 1858-1999"; 1999; By Geneva Steel, Tom
Hatcher and Sandra Long; "Gordon and Nadine Ferris"; Article; Page 145; submitted by Nadine
Ferris, HC 61, Box 356, Paynesville, WV 24873.
2. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Norma Jean Payne
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1935
Marriage Registration Place: Russell, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1960
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Virginia, USA
Father: Ray Payne
Mother: Angeline Riffe
Spouse: William Ray Payne