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Edward "Ned" Greathouse
(1807-1897)
Matilda Blosser
(1816-1895)
Jesse "Buffalo" Tanner
(1795-1885)
Judith "Polly" Miller
(Abt 1804-1860)
Isaac Benjamin Greathouse
(1842-1881)
Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Tanner
(1842-1932)
Ervin M. Greathouse
(1864-1950)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Effie Leveary Webb

Ervin M. Greathouse 2

  • Born: 16 Aug 1864, Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia 1
  • Marriage: Effie Leveary Webb on 19 Mar 1887 in Paxton, Roane County, West Virginia 1
  • Died: 22 Feb 1950, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia at age 85
  • Buried: Richwood -Richwood Cemetery, Nicholas County, West Virginia

bullet   Other names for Ervin were From 1870 Census E. Erwin 2 3 and From 1880 Census Emry I.

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bullet  Notes:

Effie's family bible gives birth as 16 August 1864. Based on Nicholas County tax records, Ervin and Effie moved to Richwood, Nicholas County, WV sometime in 1907. Their children were born in Roane Co., except for Zona and Paul. Ervin had an injury to one of his legs, which he later lost to gangrene.


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bullet  Details of his life include:

He has conflicting birth information of 1867. Based on Census of 1880...

Household of Isaac B. Greathouse
S038 GREATHOUSE Isaac B. WM 38 Farmer
Sarah WF 35 Wife KeepingHouse
Emry I. WM 13 Son Works on Farm
L. Jane WF 11 Daughter At Home
L. Bell WF 10 Daughter At Home
Calvin A. WM 8 Son
Ida May WF 5 Daughter
Lucy D. WF 3 Daughter
Matilda L. WF 1 Daughter

He appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1870 in Spencer District, Roane County, West Virginia. In the household of Isaac Greathouse:
3) E. Erwin Greathouse, age 6, born August
2

Tombstone: Ervin M. Greathouse, Richwood -Richwood Cemetery, Nicholas County, West Virginia.
Date of Birth: 16 Aug 1864 Date of Death: 22 Feb 1950


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Ervin married Effie Leveary Webb, daughter of Charles Augustus Webb and Unknown, on 19 Mar 1887 in Paxton, Roane County, West Virginia.1 (Effie Leveary Webb was born on 3 Feb 1870 in , Roane County, West Virginia,1 died in 1938 in Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia and was buried in Richwood -Richwood Cemetery, Nicholas County, West Virginia.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

352
Marriage License
West Virginia, County of Roane, to-wit:
To any Person Licensed to Celebrate Marriages:
You are hereby authorized to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church or religious denomination, and the laws of the STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Ervin M. Greathouse and Effie L. Webb.
Given under my hand, as Clerk of the County Court of County of Roane, this 19th day of March 1887.
Signed G.W. Hundley
Clerk, County Court of Roane County
Minister's Return or Endorsement
I, B.H. Hickle, a Minister of the Gospel do certify that on the 19th day of March 1887, at the residence of Chas. A. Webb I united in marriage the above named and described parties, under authority of the foregoing License. Signed J. H. Hickle.

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Sources


1 Effie Leveary Webb - Family Data in Greathouse Family Bible, The Holy Bible (London, Edinburgh, New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode, circa 1878.).

2 1870 United States Federal Census (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), Spencer District, Raone County, West Virginia, page 6-109, dwelling 65, family 66, Isaac Greathouse household.

3 Janice Hunt Slutz, Descendants of John Hunt (Family Tree Maker descendant report, Janice Hunt Slutz, 15 October 2003).


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