1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1917); Page 410; WV Archives Web Site.
Dave Cunningham; age 22; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; soldier; living at Bluefield, WV; son of
Louis and Nannie; married on 18 Aug 1917 at Maybeury, WV; Irene Howard; age 19; botn in Tazewell
Co, VA; single; daugher of R.L. and A.L. Howard.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as D.H. Cunningham; age 34; born in WV; married at 21; coal miner; head of household.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1917); Page 410; WV Archives Web Site.
Dave Cunningham; age 22; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; soldier; living at Bluefield, WV; son of
Louis and Nannie; married on 18 Aug 1917 at Maybeury, WV; Irene Howard; age 19; botn in Tazewell
Co, VA; single; daugher of R.L. and A.L. Howard.
2. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as Irene Cunningham; age 27; born in VA; married at 15; in household of husband, David H.
Cunningham.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as Eiliem (sp?) Cunningham; age 11; born in WV in household of father, David H. Cunningham.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as David H. Cunningham, Jr; age 11; born in WV in household of father, David H. Cunningham.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as Juanita Cunningham; age 4; born in WV in household of father, David H. Cunningham.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as Margaret Cunningham; age 2 yrs, 1 mon; born in WV in household of father, David H.
Cunningham.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Elkhorn District; Switchback; taken 7 Apr 1930; Page 254A; Image
13 of 24; Family #120/120.
Listed as Joean Cunningham; age 1 mon; born in WV in household of father, David H. Cunningham.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 467; WV Archives Web Site.
Jesse McCoy; age 18; born 4 Aug 1947 in Panther, WV; single; no previous marriage; living at
Panther, WV; son of Glen and Violet (Bailey) McCoy; married on 13 Nov 1965 on Horse Creek, Iaeger,
WV; Mae Branham; age 20; born 21 May 1945 in Panther, WV; single; no previous marriage; living
at panther, WV; daughter of John and Ella (Bryant) Branham; with consent of Glen and Violet McCoy,
parents of Jesse McCoy, and John and Ella Branham, parents of Mae Branham.
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 467; WV Archives Web Site.
Jesse McCoy; age 18; born 4 Aug 1947 in Panther, WV; single; no previous marriage; living at
Panther, WV; son of Glen and Violet (Bailey) McCoy; married on 13 Nov 1965 on Horse Creek, Iaeger,
WV; Mae Branham; age 20; born 21 May 1945 in Panther, WV; single; no previous marriage; living
at panther, WV; daughter of John and Ella (Bryant) Branham; with consent of Glen and Violet McCoy,
parents of Jesse McCoy, and John and Ella Branham, parents of Mae Branham.
1. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Vernon Arthur Dunn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 33
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1907
Birth Place: Nighttown, Indiana, USA
Residence Place: Roderfield, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Roderfield, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Employer: Carter Coal Co
Weight: 150
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: Stella Lena Dunn
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Vernon Arthur Dunn Self (Head)
Stella Lena Dunn Wife"
1. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Alfiere
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 3 Dec 1927
Birth Place: Kyle, West Virginia, USA
Residence Place: Powhatan, Mcdowell, West Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 3 Dec 1945
Employer: Lanzi's Grocery
Weight: 130
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: Virginia Lachese
Household Members:
Name Relationship
John Alfiere Self (Head)"
2. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Alfiere
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1927
Birth Place: Kyle McDowel, West Virginia
Death Date: 29 Oct 2007
Father: Fred Alfiere
Mother: Catherine Poonessa
SSN: 234429013
Notes: Aug 1944: Name listed as JOHN ALFIERE"
3. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: John Alfiere
Last Residence:
14303 Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York
Born: 3 Dec 1927
Died: 29 Oct 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)"
4.FindAGrave.com; submitted by LS; 9 Mar 2015.
" John Alfiere
Birth 3 Dec 1927
Kyle, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 29 Oct 2007 (aged 79)
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Burial
Saint Joseph's Cemetery
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Plot Resurrection Mausoleum 4: Level 3, Crypt #085"
1.FindAGrave.com; submitted by LS; 9 Mar 2015.
" Jennie Giannone Alfiere
Birth 24 Apr 1931
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Death 9 Apr 2004 (aged 72)
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Burial
Saint Joseph's Cemetery
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Plot Resurrection Mausoleum 4: Level 3, Crypt #085"Additional Information Posted.
"Buffalo News"JENNIE A. (GIANNONE) ALFIERE
"Jennie A. Alfiere, a former Girl Scout leader, died Friday (April 9, 2004) in Schoellkopf Health Center after a long illness. She was 72.
"Mrs. Alfiere was born Jennie Giannone in Niagara Falls and attended local schools.
"A longtime homemaker, Mrs. Alfiere was a leader of Girl Scout Troop 25 during the 1960s and 1970s.
"From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, she worked in the laundry department at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
"She enjoyed camping and cooking.
"Survivors include her husband of 52 years, John A.; four daughters, Linda Barauskas, Sharon Caruana and Patricia, all of Niagara Falls, and Diana Allinson of North Tonawanda; two sons, James of Lewiston and Anthony of Niagara Falls; four sisters, Carmela "Connie" Bresko, Frances Jamgochian and Sarah Giannone, all of Niagara Falls, and Rosemary Hayes of Tampa, Fla.; a brother, Anthony Giannone of Niagara Falls; and 15 grandchildren.
"A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 22nd and Niagara streets, with prayers at 9:15 in M.J. Colucci & Son Funeral Chapel, 468 19th St.
"Entombment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery."
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; taken on 1 May 1930; Page 221A;
Family #320/321.
Listed as Cleo Roberts; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Harvey Roberts.
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Sandy River District; Paynesville; E.D.24-58; taken on 10 August
1940; Page 1144B; Image 50 of 60; Household #366.
Listed as Cleo Roberts; age 17; born in WV; single; 4th grade education; lived in same house on
1 Apr 1935; in household of father, Harvey Roberts.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1965); Page 419; WV Archives Web Site.
William Robert Martin; age 48; born 1 May 1917 in Patrick Co, VA; dovorced; 1 previous marriage;
living at Coalwood, WV; son of James and Mattie (Woods) Martin; married on 30 Aug 1965 in Welch,
WV; Daisy Cleo Roberts Nelson; age 43; born 6 May 1922 in Bradshaw, WV; widow; one previous
marriage; living at Box 114, Premier, WV; daughter of Harvey and Hannah (Kennedy) Roberts.
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #13408; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Thomas Ray Saltz; age 18; born and living in Berwind, WV; single; cook in restaurant; single; son of
Albert Thomas and Francis (Morrison) Saltz; married on 9 May 1959 in Tazewell Co, VA; Lenda Lea
Wood; age 18; born and living in Warriormines, WV; single; daughter of Everatt and Katherine
(Crawford) Wood.
2. Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Saltz
Birth Year: 1942
Times Married: 1
Residence: Lakewood, Cuyahoga
Spouse's name: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse's Birth Year: 1941
Spouse - Times Married: 1
Spouse's Residence: Out of State
Marriage Duration (Years): 24
Number of Minor Children: 2
Grounds for Divorce: Gross Neglect of Duty
To Whom Decree Granted: Wife
County of Decree: Cuyahoga
Decree Date: 18 Jan 1984
Cerificate Number: 926
Volume Number: 5232"
3. Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1942
Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1987
Marriage Place: Harris, Texas, USA
Spouse: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 46"
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #13408; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Thomas Ray Saltz; age 18; born and living in Berwind, WV; single; cook in restaurant; single; son of
Albert Thomas and Francis (Morrison) Saltz; married on 9 May 1959 in Tazewell Co, VA; Lenda Lea
Wood; age 18; born and living in Warriormines, WV; single; daughter of Everatt and Katherine
(Crawford) Wood.
2. Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Saltz
Birth Year: 1942
Times Married: 1
Residence: Lakewood, Cuyahoga
Spouse's name: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse's Birth Year: 1941
Spouse - Times Married: 1
Spouse's Residence: Out of State
Marriage Duration (Years): 24
Number of Minor Children: 2
Grounds for Divorce: Gross Neglect of Duty
To Whom Decree Granted: Wife
County of Decree: Cuyahoga
Decree Date: 18 Jan 1984
Cerificate Number: 926
Volume Number: 5232"
3. Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1942
Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1987
Marriage Place: Harris, Texas, USA
Spouse: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 46
4. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda Lea Wood
[Lenda Wood Saltz]
[Lenda Saltz]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 May 1941
Birth Place: War McDowell, West Virginia
[Warriormine, West Virginia]
Death Date: 23 Sep 2001
Father: Everette M Wood
Mother: Catherine G Crawford
SSN: 234642244
Notes: Dec 1957: Name listed as LENDA LEA WOOD;
May 1960: Name listed as LENDA WOOD SALTZ;
Jun 1962: Name listed as LENDA LEA SALTZ;
03 Oct 2001: Name listed as LENDA L SALTZ"
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Floyd Lanny Martin; 27 Jul 2015.
"Lenda Lea Saltz
Birth 2 May 1942
Death 23 Sep 2001 (aged 59)
League City, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Burial UnknownAdditional Information Posted:
"Lenda Lea Saltz"LEAGUE CITY - Lenda Lea Saltz, 59, of League City, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2001, in Woodville, Texas.
L"enda was born May 2, 1942, in Warrior Mine, West Virginia and was a member of the West Bay Assembly of God Church in Dickinson, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 28, 2001, at 10 a.m. at the West Bay Assembly of God Church in Dickinson, with Pastor Melvin Ware and Reverend Johnny Horner officiating. The family will receive friends at the Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson on Thursday evening, September 27th from 5 to 8 p.m.
"Survivors include her husband, Thomas Saltz; two daughters, Lisa MacFarlane and husband, Walter and Abigail Lynn Jerkins and husband, Mark; son, Anthony Saltz and Cricket Ann; stepfather, Emmett Burcham; half-sister; Renae Brunty; three brothers, Ronnie Wood and wife, Leah, Clinton Wood and wife, Linda, and Everett Wood and wife, Edith and six grandchildren, Anthony II,
Christopher, Justin, Jacob, Amanda and Nichole."Serving, as pallbearers will be the deacons of the Assembly of God Church.
"Memorials may be made to the Building Fund, West Bay Assembly of God Church, 3607 East 646, Dickinson, Texas 77539.
"James Crowder Funeral Home Dickinson, Texas
Sep 26 2001
Galveston Daily News..."
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #13408; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Thomas Ray Saltz; age 18; born and living in Berwind, WV; single; cook in restaurant; single; son of
Albert Thomas and Francis (Morrison) Saltz; married on 9 May 1959 in Tazewell Co, VA; Lenda Lea
Wood; age 18; born and living in Warriormines, WV; single; daughter of Everatt and Katherine
(Crawford) Wood.
2. Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Saltz
Birth Year: 1942
Times Married: 1
Residence: Lakewood, Cuyahoga
Spouse's name: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse's Birth Year: 1941
Spouse - Times Married: 1
Spouse's Residence: Out of State
Marriage Duration (Years): 24
Number of Minor Children: 2
Grounds for Divorce: Gross Neglect of Duty
To Whom Decree Granted: Wife
County of Decree: Cuyahoga
Decree Date: 18 Jan 1984
Cerificate Number: 926
Volume Number: 5232"
3. Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1942
Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1987
Marriage Place: Harris, Texas, USA
Spouse: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 46"
1. Tazewell Co, VA; Marriage License #13408; Ancestry.com Web Site.
Thomas Ray Saltz; age 18; born and living in Berwind, WV; single; cook in restaurant; single; son of
Albert Thomas and Francis (Morrison) Saltz; married on 9 May 1959 in Tazewell Co, VA; Lenda Lea
Wood; age 18; born and living in Warriormines, WV; single; daughter of Everatt and Katherine
(Crawford) Wood.
2. Ohio, Divorce Abstracts, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Saltz
Birth Year: 1942
Times Married: 1
Residence: Lakewood, Cuyahoga
Spouse's name: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse's Birth Year: 1941
Spouse - Times Married: 1
Spouse's Residence: Out of State
Marriage Duration (Years): 24
Number of Minor Children: 2
Grounds for Divorce: Gross Neglect of Duty
To Whom Decree Granted: Wife
County of Decree: Cuyahoga
Decree Date: 18 Jan 1984
Cerificate Number: 926
Volume Number: 5232"
3. Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda L Wood
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1942
Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1987
Marriage Place: Harris, Texas, USA
Spouse: Thomas R Saltz
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 46
4. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Web Site.
"Name: Lenda Lea Wood
[Lenda Wood Saltz]
[Lenda Saltz]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 May 1941
Birth Place: War McDowell, West Virginia
[Warriormine, West Virginia]
Death Date: 23 Sep 2001
Father: Everette M Wood
Mother: Catherine G Crawford
SSN: 234642244
Notes: Dec 1957: Name listed as LENDA LEA WOOD;
May 1960: Name listed as LENDA WOOD SALTZ;
Jun 1962: Name listed as LENDA LEA SALTZ;
03 Oct 2001: Name listed as LENDA L SALTZ"
5. FindAGrave.com Web Site; submitted by Floyd Lanny Martin; 27 Jul 2015.
"Lenda Lea Saltz
Birth 2 May 1942
Death 23 Sep 2001 (aged 59)
League City, Galveston County, Texas, USA
Burial UnknownAdditional Information Posted:
"Lenda Lea Saltz"LEAGUE CITY - Lenda Lea Saltz, 59, of League City, Texas passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2001, in Woodville, Texas.
L"enda was born May 2, 1942, in Warrior Mine, West Virginia and was a member of the West Bay Assembly of God Church in Dickinson, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 28, 2001, at 10 a.m. at the West Bay Assembly of God Church in Dickinson, with Pastor Melvin Ware and Reverend Johnny Horner officiating. The family will receive friends at the Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson on Thursday evening, September 27th from 5 to 8 p.m.
"Survivors include her husband, Thomas Saltz; two daughters, Lisa MacFarlane and husband, Walter and Abigail Lynn Jerkins and husband, Mark; son, Anthony Saltz and Cricket Ann; stepfather, Emmett Burcham; half-sister; Renae Brunty; three brothers, Ronnie Wood and wife, Leah, Clinton Wood and wife, Linda, and Everett Wood and wife, Edith and six grandchildren, Anthony II,
Christopher, Justin, Jacob, Amanda and Nichole."Serving, as pallbearers will be the deacons of the Assembly of God Church.
"Memorials may be made to the Building Fund, West Bay Assembly of God Church, 3607 East 646, Dickinson, Texas 77539.
"James Crowder Funeral Home Dickinson, Texas
Sep 26 2001
Galveston Daily News..."