Walter Earl PRIEST

Male 1875 - 1930  (55 years)


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  • Name Walter Earl PRIEST  [1, 2
    Birth 24 Jan 1875  New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Living with parents in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Living in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1910  [4
    Laborer 
    Census 1920  Living in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1920  [5
    Steel Worker - Steel Mills 
    Census 1930  Living in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1930  [6
    Barber 
    Death 09 Sep 1930  New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage 
    Burial Northview Cemetery, New Martinsville, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Information from Mariana L Zuelsdorf:
      Original Compiled by Carol Hassig, Wetzel County, WV Obituaries Vol. I (Revised), (Wetzel Co. Genealogical Society, 1981 (Revised 1993)), Page 46.
      WALTER E PRIEST
      Walter E Priest, lifelong resident of New Martinsville, passed away at his home here Tuesday evening, September 9th, after a long illness. Mrs. Priest, a son of George W. and Caroline Priest, was born in New Martinsville, January 24th, 1875, and at the time of his death was aged fifty-five years, seven months and fifteen days.
      Mr. Priest was well known in this city and vicinity, and had a large number of friends who were sorrowed by the news of his passing. For a number of years he had been a member of the first Christian Church, and was a man of honorable and upright ideals.
      Surviving, besides his widow, are his mother, and four brothers, Albert, John, Frank and Curtis Priest, all of New Martinsville. His father passed away in 1917.
      Funeral services will be held at Priest homestead on Main Street Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, the Rev. J A Young, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating and interment will be made in the North View Cemetery.
    Person ID I45500  Main Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 

    Father George Washington PRIEST,   b. 14 Dec 1850, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1917, Newark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Caroline HARMAN,   b. 07 Feb 1852, Monroe County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1942, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 30 May 1869  Monroe County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Family ID F11392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret JONES,   b. 1869, Monroe County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1909, Brooklyn, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1895  Monroe County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F11603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Elizabeth TRUEX,   b. Abt 1879   d. 02 Oct 1927, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1908  [1
    Family ID F11604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Florence ?,   b. Abt 1875, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Aft 1927 
    Family ID F11614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S00030] "Descendants of John Harman" by Mariana L. Zuelsdorf.

    2. [S13031] James Earles, The HARMAN Ancestors of Permelia HARMAN.

    3. [S00682] 1880 Census New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    4. [S01095] 1910 Census Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    5. [S01300] 1920 Census Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    6. [S01555] 1930 Census New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    7. [S00014] "Descendants of Andreas Getz" by Marianna L. Zuelsdorf.