McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families

Notes


Dewey Elwood Armes

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1949); Page 34; WV Archives Website.
Dewey Elwood Armes; age 23; born in Buchanan Co, VA; single; living at Squire, WV; married on 31
Jan 1949 in McDowell Co, WV; Alice Marie Sheets; age 21; born and living in Warriormine, WV.


Alice Marie Sheets

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1949); Page 34; WV Archives Website.
Dewey Elwood Armes; age 23; born in Buchanan Co, VA; single; living at Squire, WV; married on 31
Jan 1949 in McDowell Co, WV; Alice Marie Sheets; age 21; born and living in Warriormine, WV.


Harvey Edwards Armes

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008838; WV Archives Website.
Harvey Edwards Armes; age 21; born 14 Sep 1949 in WV; never married; US Army soldier; living at
Warriormine, WV; son of Dewey and Alice (Sheets) Armes; died 24 Jun 1971 at Warriormine, WV;
due to self inflected shot gun wound to the chest at his home; buried 26 Jun 1971 in Sparks Cemetery.
Warriormine, WV; informant, Dewey E. Aemes, Warriormine, WV.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Judy Llamas; 4 Sep 2022.
" Harvey Edwards Armes
Birth 14 Sep 1949
West Virginia, USA
Death 24 Jun 1971 (aged 21)
McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial Tom Sparks Cemetery
Paynesville, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 243234672"

Additional Information Posted:
" Harvey was the son of Dewey Armes and Alice Sheets. He was an U.S. Army soldier. He died from
a self-inflicted gun shot wound"


Arthur Bolen

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 313; WV Archives Website.
Arthur Bolden (sic, Bolen); age 24; born in Bradshaw, WV; single; living at Newhall, WV; married on
23 Jun 1944 at War, WV; Wady K. White; age 22; born in Bradshaw, WV; single; living at War, WV.


Wady Kathrine White

1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1944); Page 313; WV Archives Website.
Arthur Bolden (sic, Bolen); age 24; born in Bradshaw, WV; single; living at Newhall, WV; married on
23 Jun 1944 at War, WV; Wady K. White; age 22; born in Bradshaw, WV; single; living at War, WV.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #15148; WV Archives Website.
Wady katherine Bolen; age 34; born 2 Apr 1920 in Buchanan Co, VA; married; housewife; living in
rural Big Creek District near war, WV; daughter of Donald and Ellen (Young) White; died 14 Dec 1954;
due to sunshot wound to the abdomen; homicide; in a shack near mines near War, WV; buried 18
Dec 1954 at Bradshaw, WV; informant, Arthur Bolen.
2. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by Clifford Edsel Miller; 17 Aug 2012; maintained by Michael
Dye.
" Wady Katherine Bolen
Birth 2 Apr 1922
Death 14 Dec 1954 (aged 32)
Burial Noah Stewart Cemetery
Buchanan County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 95486754"


Larry Dale Bolen

1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License # 70 023426; Ancestry.com Website.
Larry Dale Bolen; age 19; born 8 Jun 1951 in War, WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; 1 yr HS
education; living at War, WV; son of Arthur and Wady. K. (White) Bolen; married on 15 Jun 1970 in
Lebanon, VA; Judy Gale Banes; age 16; born in Grundy, VA; 29 Oct 1953; single; this is her 1st
marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at War, WV; daughter of George and Edith F. (Church) Barnes.
2. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License # 74-042491; Ancestry.com Website.
Larry Dale Bolen; age 23; born 8 Jun 1951 in WV; divorced; this is his 2nd marriage; 2 yrs HS
education; living at Raysal, WV; son of Arthur and Wadie Katherine (White) Bolen; married on 14 Sep
1974 in Lebanon, VA; Doris Jean Castle; age 17; born 28 Apr 1957 in KY; single; this is her 1st
marriage; 3 yrs HS education; living at Affutt, Johnson Co, KY; daughter of Patrick and Hazel (Blanton)
Castle.


Judy Gale Barnes

1. Russell Co, VA; Marriage License # 70 023426; Ancestry.com Website.
Larry Dale Bolen; age 19; born 8 Jun 1951 in War, WV; single; this is his 1st marriage; 1 yr HS
education; living at War, WV; son of Arthur and Wady. K. (White) Bolen; married on 15 Jun 1970 in
Lebanon, VA; Judy Gale Banes; age 16; born in Grundy, VA; 29 Oct 1953; single; this is her 1st
marriage; 1 yr HS education; living at War, WV; daughter of George and Edith F. (Church) Barnes.


Edith Vistory Bolen

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008842; WV Archives Website.
Edith Victory Nolen; age 3 mons; born 11 Mar 1971 living at War, WV; daughter of Larry Dale and
Judy (Barnes) Bolen; died 23 Jun 1971 at War, WV; due to broncho pneumonia; buried 23 Jun 1971
in Barnes Cemetery, Warriomine, WV; informant, Larry D. Bolem, War, WV.


Elmer Avent Bowman

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008843; WV Archives Website.
Elmer Avent Bowman; age 76; born 19 May 1895 in VA; married; husband of Edna Wellman; coal
miner; SS# 236-10-3538; living at Caretta, WV; served in the military; son of Lee Bowman and
unknown mother; die 18 Jun 1971 in Doctors Memorial Hospital, Welch, WV; chronic congestive
heart failure with pulmonary embolism; buried 21 Jun 1971 in Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield,
VA; informant, Mrs. Edna Bowman, Caretta, WV.


Michele Chiensolo

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008844; WV Archives Website.
Michele Chiensolo; age 75; born 6 Jun 1896 in Italy; married; husband of Lucia Pontoleo; coal miner;
SS# 236-07-1776; served in WW I; living at Roderfield, WV; son of Nick and Angeline (Stozieno)
Chiensolo; died 9 Jun 1971 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to repiratory failure and probable
cardiac failure; buried 12 Jun 1971 in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield, WV; informant, Lucia
Chiensolo, Roderfild, WV.


Natheniel Dismond Jr

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008845; WV Archives Website.
Nathaniel Dismond; age 50; born 14 Feb 1921 in MD; married; husband, of Loraine Hairston; Negro;
coal miner; SS# 224-12-7248; living at Box 207 Eckman, WV; son of Nathaniel and Lizzie (_____)
Dismond; died 13 Jun 1971; DOA Stevens Clinic, Welch, WV; due to bullet wound of head; homicide;
shot by another in car at Coalwood, WV; buried 18 Jun 1971 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bluewell, WV;
informant, Loraine Dismond, Box 207, Eckman, WV.


Charles Ford

1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008846; WV Archives Website.
Charles Ford; age 35 yrs, 5 mons; born 25 Dec 1935 in WV; never married; Negro; laborer for City of
Welch, WV; served in the military; living at Hemphill, WV; son of Warren Lovelace and Jospehine
Ford; died 20 Jun 1971 in Welch Emergency Hospital, Welch, WV; due to bullet wound of abdomen;
homicide; shot by another at Hemphill, WV; buried 21 Jun 1971 in Springhill Cemetery, Charleston,
WV; informant, Josephine Ford, Charleston, WV.