McDowell and Wyoming Individuals and Families

Notes


George Washington Milam

1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Barker's Ridge District, taken on 8 Jun 1900, Page 216A, Family #41.
Listed as George W. Milam, age 16, born in WV in Jul 1883, in household of father, Henry M. Milam.


Jefferson David Cadle Sr

1. "Raleigh Co, WV; Marriages 1850-1911; Ronald R. Turner.
Emma Dora Smith; age 17; born in Raleigh Co, WV; married on 9 Feb 1885 in Raleigh
Co, WV; David Cadle; age 18; born in Wyoming Co, WV.
2. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 143A; Family #623/738.
Listed as David Cadle; age 63; born in WV; married at 21; farmer; head of household.


Amy Smith

1. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 143A; Family #623/738.
Listed as Amie Cadle; age 47; born in WV; in household of husband, Jefferson D. Cadle.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1945); Page 213; WV Archives Web Site.
A.M. Acord; age 66; born in Raleigh Co, WV; widowed; living at Mullens, WV; son of H.P. and Nancy
Acord; married on 4 Nov 1945 at Maben, WV; Amy Smith; age 56; born in Raleigh Co, WV; divorced;
living at Mullens, WV; daughter of Abraham and Nancy Jane Smith.


Jefferson David Cadle Jr

1. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 143A; Family #623/738.
Listed as David Cadle, Jr; age 25; born in WV; in household of father, Jefferson D. Cadle.


Isadora "Dora" Cadle

1. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 143A; Family #623/738.
Listed as Dora Cadle; age 20; born in WV; in household of father, Jefferson D. Cadle.


Cora Lee Cadle

1. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 26 Apr 1930; Page 143B; Family #623/738.
Listed as Cora L. Cadle; age 11; born in WV; in household of father, Jefferson D. Cadle.


Lacy Homer Cook

1. 1910 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 22 Apr 1910, Page 110B; Family #135.
Listed as Macy H. Cook; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, John Cook.
2. 1920 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Tams Precinct; Cook Town; taken on 13 Jan 1920; Page 94A;
Family #222.
Listed as Lacy H. Cook; age 15; born in WV; in household of mother, Roxanna Cox Cook.
3. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 3 Apr 1930; Page 89B; Family #34.
Listed as Homer Cook; age 26; born in WV; single; railroad laborer; in household of mother,
Roxanna Cox Cook.
4. Slab Fork Cemetery; Tams Mtn; Raleigh Co, WV.
(WV Route 16 and Old Slab Fork Road)
L. Homer Cook; born on 15 Jun 1904; died on 27 Jul 1997; buried here.


Etta J.

1. Slab Fork Cemetery; Tams Mtn; Raleigh Co, WV.
(WV Route 16 and Old Slab Fork Road)
Etta J. Cook; born on 28 May 1912; died on 23 Jan 1978; buried here.


Nelson J. Farley

1. 1860 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Joes Branch PO, taken on 11 Jul 1860, Page 682, Family #220.
Listed as Nelson Farley, age 8, born in VA, in household of father, John Farley.
2. 1880 Census, Raleigh Co, WV, Slab Fork District, Page 157D; Family #24.
Listed as Nelson Farley, age 28, born in WV, farmer, head of household.
3. 1910 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Town District; Pemberton Precinct; taken on 19 May 1910; Page 177A;
Family #784/792.
Listed as Nelson Farley; age 57; born in WV; married twice, last time for 4 yrs; farmer; head of household.


Ida J.

1. 1910 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Town District; Pemberton Precinct; taken on 19 May 1910; Page 177A;
Family #784/792.
Listed as Ida L.J. Farley; age 46; born in WV; married twice, last time for 4 yrs; 1 child, none living; in household of
husband, Nelson J. Farley.


William Henry Blankenship Sr

1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Precinct 9; taken on 4 Feb 1920; Page 142B; Family #523/614.
Listed as Henry Blankenship; age 30; born in WV; married; coal miner; head of household.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as William Blankenship; age 34 (sic); born in WV; married at 22; timberman; head of household.
3. Greenbrier Co, WV; WW II Draft Registration Card #263; Lewisburg, WV; 27 Apr 1942.
William Henry Blankenship; age 55; born on 29 Jul 1886 in Greenbrier Co, WV; living in Iaeger, McDowell Co, WV;
employed by Work progress Administartion (WPA); person who will always know address, Rendy Blankenship, wife;
5' 8" tall; 144 lbs; black eyes and gray hair; light complexion.
4. Social Security Death Index; LDS Web Site.
William Blankenship; born on 29 Jul 1886; died in Oct 1962; died in WV.


Rinda Jane Milam

1. 1910 Cenus, MCDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Huger Precinct; 25/26 Apr 1910; Page 236A; Family #161/161.
Listed as Rinda J. Milam; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, James F. Milam.
2. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Precinct 9; taken on 4 Feb 1920; Page 142B; Family #523/614.
Listed as Rinda Blankenship; age 16; born in WV; married; in household of husband, William H. Blankenship.
3. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as Rinda Blankenship; age 26; born in WV; married at 14; in household of husband, William H. Blankenship.
4. McDowell Co, WV Death Certificate #10206; WV Archives Web Site.
Rinda Blankenship; age 52; born in Jan 1903 in McDowell Co, WV; married; daughter of James and Martha England
Milam; died on 25 Jul 1955 in Stevens Clinic, Welch, McDowell Co, WV of a pulmonary embolism following gall
bladder surgery; buried on 28 Jul 1955 in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery; informant, Eddie Blankenship.


Cecil Ellis Blankenship

1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Precinct 9; taken on 4 Feb 1920; Page 142B; Family #523/614.
Listed as Cecil Blankenship; age 1 yr 2 mons; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Blankenship.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as Cecil Blankenship; age 11; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Blankenship.


William Henry Blankenship Jr

1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as Junior Blankenship; age 5; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Blankenship.
2. "Bluefield Daily Telegraph"; Bluefield, WV; 11 Mar 2007; Newspaper obit. "PRINCETON — Henry Blankenship Jr., 83, of Old Bluefield Road, Princeton, formerly of Maitland, died early Friday morning, March 9, 2007, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born Dec. 15, 1923 in Iroquois, he was the son of the late Henry and Rinda Milam Blankenship. Mr. Blankenship was a veteran of World War II serving with the U.S. Navy. He held a lifetime membership in the American Legion Post No. 8 of Welch. "Mr. Blankenship retired from the McDowell County Board of Education in the Maintenance Department. He was a member of Airport Church of God, Bluefield. Henry loved playing musical instruments, making music, and listening to bluegrass and gospel music. He had moved from Maitland to Princeton in 2002. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Marushia Blankenship, along with three brothers, Cecil, Eddie and Johnny Blankenship. "Survivors include his only child, Libby Rotenberry and her husband Jay of Princeton; two grandchildren, Jill Hensley and Andrea Rotenberry, both of Princeton; two great grandchildren, Shane and Brooke Hensley; siblings, Stella Akers of Fayetteville, N.C., Thelma Sliger and David Blankenship, both of Lakeland, Fla., Shelby Haskins and Elmer Blankenship, both of Flint, Mich., Teddy Blankenship of Tennessee, Jimmy Blankenship of Premier, Buddy Blankenship of Welch; a host of nieces and nephews. "Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 12, 2007, from the Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory on Athens Road in Princeton with Pastors Dana Hambrick and Virginia Russ officiating. Entombment will follow in the Chapel of the Wildwood Mausoleum of the Roselawn Memorial Gardens on Courthouse Road in Princeton.


Stella Blankenship

1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as Stella Blankenship; age 4; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Blankenship.


Harold "Buddy" Blankenship

1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as Buddy Blankenship; age 3 yrs, 4 mons; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Blankenship.


Thelma Blankenship

1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken on 23 Apr 1930; Page 117B; Family #553/573.
Listed as Thelma Blankenship; age 4 mons; born in WV; in household of father, William H. Blankenship.


Lona Lou Cook

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 4 Apr 1930, Page 74A, Family #43.
Listed as Lona Lou Cook, age 2, born in WV, in household of father, Warren Cook.


Warren Gene Miller

1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 54; WV Archives Web Site.
Warren G. Miller; age 26; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; living at Marianna, WV; son of Albert and
Mae Miller; married on 1 Nov 1947 at Brenton, WV; Vaudaline Cook; age 21; born in Wyoming Co,
WV; single; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Warren and Ethel Cook.


Vaudaline Cook

1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 4 Apr 1930, Page 74A, Family #43.
Listed as Vandaline Cook, age 4, born in WV, in household of father, Warren Cook.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1947); Page 54; WV Archives Web Site.
Warren G. Miller; age 26; born in Wyoming Co, WV; single; living at Marianna, WV; son of Albert and
Mae Miller; married on 1 Nov 1947 at Brenton, WV; Vaudaline Cook; age 21; born in Wyoming Co,
WV; single; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of Warren and Ethel Cook.


Oscar Joseph Trent

1. 1900 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 8 Jun 1900, Page 208A,
Family #70.
Listed as Joseph O. Trent, age 5, born in Nov 1894 in WV, in household of father, Fredrick Trent.
2. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysvelle District, taken on 26 Apr 1910;
Page 191B, Family #161.
Listed as Oscar Trent, age 15, born in WV, in household of mother, Alafair Lambert Trent.
3. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book #__(1919); Page 35; WV Archives Web Site.
Oscar Joseph Trent; age 24; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living in Trent, WV; son of Fredrick and
Alafare Trent; married on 3 Sep 1919 at residence of bride; Gladys Ida Davis; age 18; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of I.W. and Pearl Davis.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns creek District; taken on 4 Apr 1930; Page 67B;
Family #52/54.
Listed as O.J. Trent; age 34; born in WV; married at 24; coal loader in mine; head of household.
5. US WW II Draft registration Card #757; Wyoming Co, WV; 27 Apr 1941.
Oscar Joseph Trent; age 48; born on 18 Nov 1893 in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Baileysville, WV;
employed by Red Jacket Coal Co, Wyoming, Wyoming Co, WV; person who will always know
address, Gladys Trent, Baileysville, WV; 5'11"; 180 lbs; brown eyes and bald; ruddy complexion.
6. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #4467; WV Archives Web Site.
Oscar Joseph Trent; age 60; born on 18 Nov 1893 at Trent, WV; married; coal miner; living at
Baileysville, Wyoming Co, WV; son of Fred an Allifair (Lambert) Trent; died on 8 Apr 1954 in Stevens
Clinic, Welch, McDowell Co, WV from azotemia due to malignant nephrosclerosis; buried on
11 Apr (1954) in Shannon Cemetery; informant, Gladys Trent.


Gladys Ida Davis

1. 1910 Census, Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysvelle District, taken on 29 Apr 1910;
Page 193A, Family #174.
Listed as Gladys Davis, age 7, born in WV, in household of father, Irwin W. Davis.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Book #__(1919); Page 35; WV Archives Web Site.
Oscar Joseph Trent; age 24; born in Wyoming Co, WV; living in Trent, WV; son of Fredrick and
Alafare Trent; married on 3 Sep 1919 at residence of bride; Gladys Ida Davis; age 18; born in
Wyoming Co, WV; living at Baileysville, WV; daughter of I.W. and Pearl Davis.
3. 1920 Census; Wyoming Co, WV; Baileysville District; taken on 10 Jan 1920; Page 138B;
Family #70/73.
Listed as Gladys Trent; age 17; born in WV; married; in household of father, Irwin W. Davis.
4. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns creek District; taken on 4 Apr 1930; Page 67B;
Family #52/54.
Listed as Glades Trent; age 27; born in WV; married at 17; in household of husband, Oscar J. Trent.