1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ermie Lee Smith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1959
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 12 Apr 1982
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Ermie Lee Smith
Mother: Rose Marie Stacy
Spouse: Opalene Allen Blankenship"
1. Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opaline Allen
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1955
Birth Place: Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1972
Marriage Place: Clallam, Washington, USA
Spouse: Chet Blankenship"
2. Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opalene Allen
Gender: Female
Race: White
Divorce Age: 26
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1954
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1972
Divorce Date: 20 May 1981
Divorce Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Chester Blankenship
Number of Children: 4"
3. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opalene Allen Blankenship
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 27
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1954
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 12 Apr 1982
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Allen
Mother: Martha Jane Davis
Spouse: Ermie Lee Smith"
4. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opalene Allen
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1954
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1987
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Allen
Mother: Martha Davis
Spouse: Jerry Endicott"
1. Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Chet Blankenship
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1948
Birth Place: Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1972
Marriage Place: Clallam, Washington, USA
Spouse: Opaline Allen"
2. Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Chester Blankenship
Gender: Male
Race: White
Divorce Age: 23
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1947
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1972
Divorce Date: 20 May 1981
Divorce Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Opalene Allen
Number of Children: 4"
1. Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opaline Allen
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1955
Birth Place: Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1972
Marriage Place: Clallam, Washington, USA
Spouse: Chet Blankenship"
2. Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opalene Allen
Gender: Female
Race: White
Divorce Age: 26
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1954
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1972
Divorce Date: 20 May 1981
Divorce Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Chester Blankenship
Number of Children: 4"
3. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opalene Allen Blankenship
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 27
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1954
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 12 Apr 1982
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Allen
Mother: Martha Jane Davis
Spouse: Ermie Lee Smith"
4. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Opalene Allen
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1954
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 7 Apr 1987
Marriage Place: Grundy, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Allen
Mother: Martha Davis
Spouse: Jerry Endicott"
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 19 Apr 1910; Page 273A; Image 15 of 32;
Family #145/145.
Listed as Emma J. Hairston; age 3; born in WV; Black; in household of father, Edward Hariston.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; North Fork District; Clark; taken 12 Feb 1920; 153B; Image 23 of 44;
Family #252/252.
Listed as Emma J. Hairston; age 13; born in WV; Black; in household of mother, Amanda Key Hairston.
3. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Welch; E.D. 24-28; taken on 22 Apr 1940;
Page 569A; Image 3 of 4; Household #20.
Listed as Emma Hairston; age 33; born in WV; divorced; Negro; 6th grade education; lived in same place on
1 Apr 1935; domestic maid; in household of brother, John William Hairston.
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River Didtrict; taken on 28 jun 1900; Page 254B; Image 31 of
68; Family #276/276.
Listed as Charlie Davis; age 7; born in Mar 1893 in WV in household of father, William I. Davis.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Bradshaw; taken on 5 May 1910; Page 74B;
Image 20 of 28; Family #154/155.
Listed as Charlei L. Davis; age 16; born in VA; in household of father, William I. Davis.
3. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Ancestry.com Wev Site.
"Name: Charlie Lee Davis
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1893
Birth Place: West Virginia, USA
Street address: Paynesville
Residence Place: McDowell, West Virginia, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Short
Hair Description: Not Bald
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown"
4. Buchanan Co, VA; Death Certificate #18297; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Charley Lee Davis; age 58 yrs, 5 mons, 9 days; born 12 Mar 1893 in Paynesville, WV; married;
husband of Mrs. Rosela Davis; miner; living at Blackie, VA; son of William Ironton and Martha Ann
(Lester) Davis; died 21 Aug 1951 in Grundy Hospital, Grundy, VA; due to fracture of 5th craneal
vertabra from auto accident; buried 23 Aug 1951 in Davis Cemetery, Blackie, VA; informant, W.A.
Davis, Hurley, VA.
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River Township, taken on 28 Jun 1900,
Page 255A, Family #282.
Listed as Mary R. Lester, age 8, born in Oct 1891 in VA; in
household of father, Joseph Lester.
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Richard Allen
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 20
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1961
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1981
Marriage Place: Hurley, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Allen
Mother: Martha Jane Davis
Spouse: Janet Mullins"
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Janet Mullins
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 17
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1963
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1981
Marriage Place: Hurley, Virginia, USA
Father: Adison Mullins
Mother: Josephine Lester
Spouse: Richard Allen"
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Ramon Lafyette Blankenship
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1944
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 18 Mar 1967
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Father: Lafyette Blankenship
Mother: Lottie Blankenship
Spouse: Oma Jean Allen"
1. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Oma Jean Allen
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 16
Birth Date: abt 1951
Marriage Registration Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 18 Mar 1967
Marriage Place: Buchanan, Virginia, USA
Father: Boyd Allen
Mother: Martha Jane Davis
Spouse: Ramon Lafyette Blankenship"
1. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Martha Jane Allen
[Martha Jane Daniels]
[Martha Daniels]
[Martha Jane Davis]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1920
Birth Place: McDau West, Virginia
[McDowell, West Virginia]
Death Date: 10 Feb 2007
Father: Charlie L Davis
Mother: Rosalie Lester
SSN: 540723209
Notes: Apr 1971: Name listed as MARTHA JANE ALLEN;
18 Dec 2002: Name listed as MARTHA JANE DANIELS;
17 Feb 2007: Name listed as MARTHA J DANIELS"
2. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Martha J. Daniels
Last Residence:
24620 Hurley, Buchanan, Virginia
BORN: 7 Mar 1920
Last Benefit: 24620, Hurley, Buchanan, Virginia
Died: 10 Feb 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (1971)"