1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Baileysville District, taken on 4 Apr 1930, Page 74A, Family #41.
Listed as Bettie Lee Short, age 8 mons, born in WV, in household of father, Lee Short.
2. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1949); Page 206; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Cline; age 21; born and living at Pineville, WV; single; son of A.G. and Addie Cline; married on
12 Nov 1949; at Baileysville, WV; Betty Short Hines; age 20; born and living at Baileysville, WV;
widow; daughter of Lee and Rosalie Short.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1959); Page 138; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Cline; age 24; born in Logan Co, WV; single; living at Hanover, WV; son of Connie C. and
Ja;;oe Cline; married on 2 Sep 1959 at Justice, WV; Peggy Joyce Walker; age 16; born at Coal Mtn,
WV; single; living at Hanover, WV; daughter of Wirth and Bertha Walker.
1. Wyoming Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1959); Page 138; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Cline; age 24; born in Logan Co, WV; single; living at Hanover, WV; son of Connie C. and
Ja;;oe Cline; married on 2 Sep 1959 at Justice, WV; Peggy Joyce Walker; age 16; born at Coal Mtn,
WV; single; living at Hanover, WV; daughter of Wirth and Bertha Walker.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1966); Page 142; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Claude Cline; age 18; born on 29 Aug 1947 at Mohawk, WV; single; living at Mohawk, WV;
son of Clyde and Dorothy (Stepp) Cline; married on 20 Jul 1966 at Iaeger, WV; Brenda Kay Bishop;
age 17; born on 1 Nov 1948 at Litwar, WV; single; living at Litwar, WV; daughter of Oley Anderson
and Blanche Lenore (Robinette) Bishop.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1966); Page 142; WV Archives Web Site.
Robert Claude Cline; age 18; born on 29 Aug 1947 at Mohawk, WV; single; living at Mohawk, WV;
son of Clyde and Dorothy (Stepp) Cline; married on 20 Jul 1966 at Iaeger, WV; Brenda Kay Bishop;
age 17; born on 1 Nov 1948 at Litwar, WV; single; living at Litwar, WV; daughter of Oley Anderson
and Blanche Lenore (Robinette) Bishop.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1946); Page 417; WV Archives Web Site.
Clyde Cline; age 22; born and living at Mohawk, WV; single; married on 28 Sep 1946 at Panther, WV;
Dorothy K. Stepp; age 20; born at Dengis (sic, Dingess), WV; single; living at Panther, WV; with
consent of Mrs. Claude Stepp, mother of Dorothy K. Stepp.
1.1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; E.D. 24-58; taken 9 Jul 1940; Page 1129B;
Image 20 of 60; Household #145.
Listed as Dorothy Stepp; age 13; born in WV; single; 6th grade education; attending school; lived in
Buchanan Co, VA on 1 Apr 1935; in household of father, J. Claude Stepp.
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name: Dorothy Kathleen Stepp
[Dorothy Kathleen Cline]
[Dorothy Cline]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 19 Dec 1926
Birth Place: Trace Mingo, West Virginia
[Dingess, West Virginia]
Death Date: 7 Mar 1996
Father: Claude Stepp
Mother: Margaret Copley
SSN: 232341349
Notes: Dec 1944: Name listed as DOROTHY KATHLEEN STEPP;
Mar 1967: Name listed as DOROTHY KATHLEEN CLINE;
20 Mar 1996: Name listed as DOROTHY CLINE"
1. 1870 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy Township; Grundy PO; taken on 16 Jul 1870; Page 190B;
Family #61/52.
Listed as John J. Justice; age 3 mons; born in VA; in household of father, Joab Justice.
2. 1880 Census, Buchanan Co, VA; Grundy District; taken on 16 Jun 1880; Page 359B; Family #144/144.
Listed as John J. Justice; age 10; born in VA; in household of father, Joab Justice.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Panther; taken on 18 Apr 1910; Page 92A;
Family #26.
Listed as Preston Cline; age 8; born in WV; in household of father, Andrew Cline.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 2 Apr 1930; Page 201A; Family #3.
Listed as Preston Cline; age 29; born in WV; married at 20; farmer; head of household.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__ (1934); Page 99; WV Archives Web Site.
Preston Cline; age 33; born in McDowell Co, WV; widowed; miner; living at Panther, WV; son of
Andrew and (sic) (no mother entered) Cline; married on 14 Jun 1934 at Panther, WV; Mary Lester;
age 19; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; daughter of J.D. and Harriett.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__ (1934); Page 99; WV Archives Web Site.
Preston Cline; age 33; born in McDowell Co, WV; widowed; miner; living at Panther, WV; son of
Andrew and (sic) (no mother entered) Cline; married on 14 Jun 1934 at Panther, WV; Mary Lester;
age 19; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; daughter of J.D. and Harriett.
1. 1900 Census, Roane Co, WV; Harper District; taken on 11 Jun 1900; Page 55B; Image 14 of 45;
Family #117/117.
Listed as Edward J. Goodwin; age 8; born in Oct 1891 in WV; in household of father, Dudley V.
Goodwin.
2. Clay Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1909); Page 501; WV Archives Web Site.
E.J. Goodwin; age 19; born in Roane Co, WV; living in Clay Co, WV; married on 29 Sep 1909 at
residence of Sherman Moore, minister; Ida Hanshaw; age 17; born in Roane Co, WV; living in
Clay Co, WV.
3. 1910 Census, Clay Co, WV; Henry District; taken on 6 May 1910; Page 292A; Image 40 of 56;
Family #254/258.
Listed as Edawrd J. Goodwin; age 19; born in WV; married once for less than a year; farm laborer;
in household of father, Dudley V. Goodwin.
4. Fayette Co, WV; WW I; Draft Registration Card #2253; 5 Jun 1917; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Edward Jack Goodwin; age 26; born on 10 Oct 1890 at Spencer, WV; living at Mapelwood, WV;
woodsman; employed by Babcock Coal and Coke, Mapelwood, WV; married; dependent wife and
3 children; tall with slender build; blue eyes and light brown hair.
5. Fayette Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1919); Page 62; WV Archives Web Site.
Edward Goodwin; age 28; born at Spencer, WV; widowed; timberman; living at Landisburg, WV;
son of D.V. and V.D.; married on 13 Apr 1919 at Maplewood, WV; Ella Alma Shuck; age 19; born
and living at Maplewood, WV; single; daughter of Sell.
6. 1920 Census, Fayette Co, WV; Sewell Mtn District; Danese; taken on 20/21 Jan 1920; Page 260B;
Family #44/46.
Listed as Edward J. Goodwin; age 29; born in WV; married; laborer in lumber camp; head of
household.
7. McDowell Co, WV; WW II Draft Registration Card #U-1428; 27 Apr 1942; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Edawrd Jackson Goodwin; age 50; born on 10 Oct 1891 at Spencer, WV; living at Norfork, WV;
employed by A.H. Thompson; person who will always know address, Ella Goodwin, wife, Northfork,
WV; 5' 10 1/2" tall; 192 lbs; blue eyes; gray hair; ruddy complexion; scars of left side of face next to
ear.
8. Social Security Death Index; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Edward Goodwin; born on 10 Oct 1890; died in Jul 1965; last residence, WV; SS #235-10-5835;
card issued in WV before 1951.
9. Wyoming Co, WV; Death Registry; Vol #5; Page 8; WV Archives Web Site.
Edward O. (sic, J); Goodwin; age 74; born on 10 Oct 1890 in WV; married; living at Kopperston,
WV; son of Dudley and Verna (McKnawn) Goodwin; died on 13 Jul 1965 at Kopperston, WV from
a coronary thrombosis due to arterio sclerosis; buried on 16 Jul 1965 in Hillcrest Memorial;
informant, Ella Goodwin, Kopperston, WV.
1. Fayette Co, WV; Marriage Registry; Vol #__(1919); Page 62; WV Archives Web Site.
Edward Goodwin; age 28; born at Spencer, WV; widowed; timberman; living at Landisburg, WV;
son of D.V. and V.D.; married on 13 Apr 1919 at Maplewood, WV; Ella Alma Shuck; age 19; born and
living at Maplewood, WV; single; daughter of Sell.
2. 1920 Census, Fayette Co, WV; Sewell Mtn District; Danese; taken on 20/21 Jan 1920; Page 260B;
Family #44/46.
Listed as Ella Goodwin; age 19; born in WV; married; in household of husband, Edward J. Goodwin.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__ (1915); Page 250; WV Archives Web Site.
John D. Lester; age 26; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Panther, WV; son of T.M.
and W.; married on 27 Feb 1915 at Panther, WV; Harriett Whitt; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Fleming and Peggy.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '68 018531; WV Archives Website.
John D. Lester; age 79; born on 10 Feb 1889 in WV; widowed; miner; living at Panther, WV; son of
Tom and Westine (Burks) Lester; died on 8 Nov 1968 at Panther, WV from an acute coronary
thrombosis; buried on 10 Nov 1968 in family cemetery, Panther, WV; informant, Clarence Burks,
Panther, WV.
1. 1900 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 18 Jun 1900; Page 270B; Family #560.
Listed as Harriett Whitt; age 4; born in WV in Jul 1895; in household of father, Fleming Whitt.
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Panther; taken on 23 Apr 1910; Page 98B;
Family #66.
Listed as Harriett Whit; age 14; born in WV; in household of father, Fleming Whitt.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__ (1915); Page 250; WV Archives Web Site.
John D. Lester; age 26; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; farmer; living at Panther, WV; son of T.M.
and W.; married on 27 Feb 1915 at Panther, WV; Harriett Whitt; age 18; born in McDowell Co, WV;
single; daughter of Fleming and Peggy.
4. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #16802; WV Archives Web Site.
Harriett (written in); Mrs. John Lester; age 58; born at Panther, WV; married; living at Panther, WV;
daughter of Flem and Peggy (Bailey) Whitt; died on 23 Apr 1953 in No 1 Hospital, Welch, McDowell
Co, WV from diabetes mellitus; buried on 26 Apr 1953 at Panther, WV; informant, John A. Lester.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate # '71 008830; WV Archives Website.
Calvin Lester; age 33; born 24 Apr 1938 in WV; single; miner; living at Panther, WV; son of John D.
and Harriett (Whitt) Lester; died 27 May 1971 at Panther, WV; due to shot gun wound to the chest;
homicide; shot by another; buried 29 May 1971 in Family Cemetery, Panther, WV.
1. 1920 Census; Sandy River District; Iaeger; taken on 19Mar 1920; Page 249A; Image 28 of 35;
Family #279/283.
Listed as Elwood Cline; age 4 yrs, 1 mon; born in WV; in household of father, James A. Cline.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 12 Apr 1930; Page 233A' Image 21
of 35; Family #168/169.
Listed as Clarence Cline; age 14; born in WV; in household of father, James A. Cline.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1941); Page 20; WV Archives Web Site.
Clarence Cline; age 26; born at Iaeger, WV; widowed; living at Panther, WV; married on 10 Apr
1941 at Panther, WV; Cosby Lester; age 21 (sic, 15); born and living at Panther, WV; single.
4. "US WW II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Clarence E. Cline; born in 1915 in WV; living in WV; enlisted on 19 May 1942 at Huntington, WV;
private; grammar school; lumberman; married; 6' 5 "??' weight 115 lbs??.
5. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #3263; WV Archives Web Site.
Clarence E. Cline; age 25 yrs, 1 mon, 19 days; born on 11 Feb 1925 (sic, 1915) at Iaeger, WV;
married; husband of Causby Cline; age 24; conveyer coal loader in coal mine; living at rural
Greenbrier, Panther, WV; son of James A. and Little (sic, Lydia) (Robinett) Cline; died instantly on 30
Mar 1949 at Kroll Litz, Panther, McDowell Co, WV from crushing injury to chest and right shoulder;
buried on 2 Apr 1949 in Blankenship Cemetery, Panther, WV; informant, Brooks Cline, Panther, WV
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 12 Apr 1930; Page 206A;
Family #70/71.
Listed as Cosby Lester; age 3 yrs, 5 mons; born in WV; in household of father, Mack Powers Lester.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1941); Page 20; WV Archives Web Site.
Clarence Cline; age 26; born at Iaeger, WV; widowed; living at Panther, WV; married on 10 Apr 1941
at Panther, WV; Cosby Lester; age 21 (sic, 15); born and living at Panther, WV; single.
3. Fanning Funeral Home; Iaeger, WV; Posted Obit.
"Sept. 23, 1926 - Oct. 24, 2014"Cosby Cline, 88, of Gary, WV, formerly of Panther, WV, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014, at the McDowell Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Gary, WV.
"Cosby was born October 23, 1926, in Panther, WV, a daughter of the late Mack and Laura Cline Lester. She was a cook at the Panther Elementary School for 15 years and was a member of the Panther Missionary Baptist Church.
"In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one daughter, Wilma Sue Cline; one son, Luther Cline; two grandchildren; one brother, Mike Lester; six half sisters, Amanda Cline, Cynthia Lester, Ada Lester, Bertha Blankenship, Relda Bailey and Pearly Whitt; and six half brothers, Preston Cline, Bob Cline, Brown Cline, Adam Jid Cline, Bill Cline and Maston Cline.
"Survivors include one daughter, Ann Justice and husband Willis of Panther, WV; one son, Jimmy Cline and wife Laura of Chicago, IL; ten grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
"Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at 1 o'clock with Elder Fred Bailey, Elder Arthur Short and Elder Dallas Dotson, Elder Zeb Justice and Elder Danny Hurley officiating at the Little Zion Old Regular Baptist Church in Greenbrier Hollow near Panther, WV. Burial will follow in the Tom Lester Cemetery in Greenbrier Hollow near Panther, WV. ..."
(Conflict in birth month from lead "Sep" to text of obit "Oct")