1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1946); Page 334; WV Archives Website.
Ira James Napier; age 25; born in Wayne Co, WV; single; living in Gary, WV; married on 5 Apr 1946
in Welch, WV; Easter Juanita Bumgarner; age 23; born in Davy, WV; single; living at Iaeger, WV.
2. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 5 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 17; Dwelling #122..
Listed as Ira Napier; age 29; born in WV; married; machine operator in coal mine; head of
household.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1946); Page 334; WV Archives Website.
Ira James Napier; age 25; born in Wayne Co, WV; single; living in Gary, WV; married on 5 Apr 1946
in Welch, WV; Easter Jaunita Bumgarner; age 23; born in Davy, WV; single; living at Iaeger, WV.
2. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 5 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 17; Dwelling #122..
Listed as Juanita Napier; age 27; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Ira Napier.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 5 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 17; Dwelling #122..
Listed as Kinzer Napier; age 3; born in WV; in household of father, Ira Napier.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken 4 Apr 1930; Page 67 B;
Family #50.52.
Listed as Ethel A. Shirley; age 5; born in WV; in hoousehold of father, Harry E. Shirley.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Sandy Huff; E.D. 24-60; taken on 17 May
1940; Page 1245A; Image 127 of 132; Household #985.
Listed as Ethel Shirley; age 15; born in WV; 7th grade education; attending school; lived in same
place on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Thomas Shirley.
3. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 6 Apr 1950; Seet Number 18; Dwelling #123.
Listed as Ethel Roberts; age 29; born in WV; widow; head of household.
4. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Ethel Ann Shirley [Ethel Ann Evans] [Ethel Cross] [Ethel McFaddin] [Ethel Evans]
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Date 23 Aug 1923
Birth Place Davy McDowel, West Virginia [Welch McDowe??, West Virginia]
Death Date 26 Jan 1999
Father
Harrey E Shirley
Mother
Pearl A Chambers
SSN 234325542
Notes Sep 1941: Name listed as ETHEL ANN SHIRLEY;
Apr 1958: Name listed as ETHEL ANN EVANS;
Feb 1962: Name listed as ETHEL ANN CROSS;
Jan 1970: Name listed as ETHEL ANN MCFADDIN;
24 Feb 1999: Name listed as ETHEL A EVANS"
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 6 Apr 1950; Seet Number 18; Dwelling #123.
Listed as Delores Roberts; age 9; born in OH; in household of her mother, Ethel Shirley Roberts.
1. 1860 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Household of father, Henderson Bailey.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Register; Book #___(1879); Page 27; Line #29; WV Archives Web Site.
Leroy C. Bailey; age 22; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living in Wyoming Co, WV; married on 8 Oct 1879
in Wyoming Co, WV; Martha D.Toler; age 16; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living in Wyoming Co, WV.
3. "Births Wyoming Co, WV...", Haga, 1858.
4. "Wyoming Co, WV Heritage...", "Jesse L. Adams" article, page 74.
5. 1870 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Huff Creek District; taken on 12 Aug 1870; Page 585A;
Family #58/56.
6. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Huff Creek District; taken on 2 Jun 1880; Page 518A; Family #6/6.
Listed as head of household, age 22, as a farmer.
7. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, transcribed by Pauline Haga.
Baileysville District, Family #69.
Listed as Leroy C. Bailey, age 42, as head of household.
8.1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysvelle District, taken on 26 Apr 1910;
Page 191B, Family #165.
Listed as Leroy C. Bailey, age 52, born in WV, married 30 yrs, farmer, head of household.
9. 1920 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Bailyesville District, taken on 16 Jan 1920,
Page 140A, Family #89.
Listed as Leroy Bailey, age 62, born in WV, farmer, head of household.
10. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, State Road 64, taken on 3 Apr 1930, Page 1B, Family #14.
Listed as Leroy Bailey, age 73, born in WV, married at 22, farmer, head of household.
11. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 135; WV Archives Website.
L.C. Bailey; born 7 Mar 1856 in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Trent, WV; son of Henderson and Peggie;
married on 9 May 1938 in Davy, WV; Maggie Margaret Jacobs; born in 1863 in ____; living at Davy,
WV; daughter of _______.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 135; WV Archives Website.
L.C. Bailey; born 7 Mar 1856 in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Trent, WV; son of Henderson and Peggie;
married on 9 May 1938 in Davy, WV; Maggie Margaret Jacobs; born in 1863 in ____; living at Davy,
WV; daughter of _______.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 196; WV Archives Website.
Albert Baker; born 26 Oct 1913 in Elkhorn, WV; Colored; living at Coalwood, WV; son of Floyd and
Marie; married on 15 Jun 1938 in Welch, WV; Claudine Brooks; born 9 Mar 1915 at Pearisburg, VA;
Colored; living at Welch, WV; daughter of Will and Martha.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 196; WV Archives Website.
Albert Baker; born 26 Oct 1913 in Elkhorn, WV; Colored; living at Coalwood, WV; son of Floyd and
Marie; married on 15 Jun 1938 in Welch, WV; Claudine Brooks; born 9 Mar 1915 at Pearisburg, VA;
Colored; living at Welch, WV; daughter of Will and Martha.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 61; WV Archives Website.
Dennis Baker; born 18 Nov 1910 in AL; Colored; living at Coalwood, WV; son of Dennis and Lula
Baker; married on 3 Mar 1938 at Welch, WV; Sylvia Jane Tyes; born 9 Jun 1919 in TN; Colored; living
at Coalwood, WV; daughter of Sol and Mary Tyes.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1938); Page 61; WV Archives Website.
Dennis Baker; born 18 Nov 1910 in AL; Colored; living at Coalwood, WV; son of Dennis and Lula
Baker; married on 3 Mar 1938 at Welch, WV; Sylvia Jane Tyes; born 9 Jun 1919 in TN; Colored; living
at Coalwood, WV; daughter of Sol and Mary Tyes.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1914); Page 357; WV Archives Website.
George W. Tilly; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living in Switchback, WV; son of
Lee and Nancy; married on 26 Sep 1914 in Maybeury, WV; Molly Hughes; age 22; born in Pulaski
Co, VA; single; daughter of Carney and Missouri; person giving information, Lee Tilly.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Powhatan Village; taken 3 Jan 1920; Page 130A;
Family #59/59.
Listed as Mollie Tilley; age 21; born in WV; married; in household of husband, George W. Tilley.
3; 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Northfork District; McDowell; taken 15 Apr 1940; Page 1006;
Household #358.
Listed as Mollie Tilley; age 39; born in VA; no education; lived in same place on 1 Apr 1935; in
household of husband, George W. Tilley.
1. Facebook Private Message to Larry E. Smith; 29 Dec 1923. "I know very little about my mothers family. My Greatgrand father was George Washington Tilley and my Greatgrad Mother was Molly Hughes. They had one daughter, Lular Mae Tilley. Lular Mae was my grandmother. my great grandfather worked I the mines. I have heard Welch and Davy mentioned. My geartgrand father is buried on Blizard Mountain. Any help would be so appreciated.
My mother had 2 sisters,
Vergie and Leatha Sadler (Ed Sadler is the father died at a young age of a heart attack ) Ialso remember a lady they calledAunt Ruby Hughes."
2. op cit; 31 Dec 2023
"Thank you for all of your help. I know my great-grandfather worked in the mines. He died of lack of lung in the mid 1960’s. He was just over 5 ft and my great-grandmother was 4ft 11”. I wish I knew where they lived and anything about distant family.'
3. op cit; 5 Jan 2024
"Molly and George had one daughter, Lular Tilly who married Ed Sadler. Lular had two daughters with Ed Sadler. Vergie Octavia who married Dewey Bauswell and moved to MI in the early 1950’s. Letha married Marshall Robert Ball from VA and the also moved to Michigan in the mid 1950’s.
Lular had a baby out of wedlock with Paul Goodson who worked in the mines in McDowell County. The child was my mother Pauline who went by the last name of Sadler. My mother met her father in Fries, Va. in 1970. Lular and Pauline moved to Michigan in 1955. George Washington Tilly remained in McDowell County. Molly his X-wife was married to John Holloway and they moved to Michigan in 1964 after the death of Grandpa Tilly. Grandpa Tilly lived in McDowell County with Molly and John Holloway until he died from Black Lung in 1963. Lular Sadler my grandmother lived in Michigan with Ray Silcox until she died From a brain tumor in 1967. That is all I know. I believe there may be some of the Tilly family in McDowell County but I have no leads or information on the Hugh’s family.
I wish I knew more."