Walter Earl PRIEST

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Living with parents in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia
• Census: 1910, Living in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia
• Occupation: 1910; Laborer
• Census: 1920, Living in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia
• Occupation: 1920; Steel Worker - Steel Mills
• Census: 1930, Living in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia
• Occupation: 1930; Barber

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.

Walter married Margaret JONES on 25 Dec 1895 in Monroe County, Ohio. Margaret was born in 1869 in Monroe County, Ohio; died on 17 Apr 1909 in Brooklyn, Wetzel County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Mary Elizabeth TRUEX about 1908. Mary was born about 1879; died on 02 Oct 1927 in Wetzel County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Florence ? after 1927. Florence was born about 1875 in West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]