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Father: Silas Fairbee.^1,4,5
Mother: Bathsheba McMillan.^1,6

Birth date: 21 November 1899
Birth place: Otto, Roane County, West Virginia.^1,2

Artie married Lawrence Summers, son of Joseph Summers and Martha Ellen Matthew, on 31 December 1916 in Roane County, West Virginia. Wellington Lester certified that he united them in marriage at the home of the bride's parents.²

At age 88, Artie died on 1 July 1988 at Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio.^7,8 Interred in the Drakesburg Cemetery, Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio, her name appears as "Artie C. Summers" on the gravestone shared with her husband. The date of their marriage, Dec. 31, 1916, appears in a heart.³

Parents: Thomas and Charlotte Fairbee

Birth date: February 1878
Birth place: Calhoun County, West Virginia.^2,3,4

Silas married Bathsheba McMillan on 6 October 1896 in Calhoun County, West Virginia.²

Silas died in 1952.⁴ He was interred in the Drakesburg Cemetery, Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio.⁴

Parents: James McMillon and D. E. Black

Birth date: November 1878
Birth place: Calhoun County, West Virginia.^3,4,2

The inconsistencies of the spelling of the mother's name are interesting: the births of several children to Silas and Bathsheba Fairbee appear on a single birth register index page, yet the spelling of Bathsheba's name vary widely for each child:
     Bercheba Fairbee
     Sheba Fairbee
     Shibby McMellan
     Shiby McMillan
     Bathsheba Fairbee (orig. said Charlotte but was lined out)
     Bathasheba Fairbee
     Bethsheba Fairbee
It seems likely that the "Charlotte" error stemmed from the name of Silas' mother being Charlotte per the 1910 Federal census.^4,1

Bathsheba married Silas Fairbee on 6 October 1896 in Calhoun County, West Virginia.³

Bathsheba died in 1962.² She was interred in the Drakesburg Cemetery, Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio.²

Father: Lewis Whetzel Church
Mother: Josephine McMasters

Birth date: 20 December 1902
Birth place: West Virginia (probably in Wetzel County as the register reflects births reported by the assessor in that county.)^1,2

Nannie married Arthur E. Miller on 8 May 1921 at Bellton, Marshall County, West Virginia. D. A. Fair certified that he united the couple in marriage.³ She died at age 72 in March 1975.⁴

Father: Lewis Whetzel Church
Mother: Josephine McMasters

Birth date: 12 August 1908.
Birth place: near Bannon, Wetzel County, West Virginia.^2,1,3 She died at age 87 on 11 June 1996.⁴

Father: Lewis Whetzel Church
Mother: Josephine McMasters

Birth date: 12 August 1908.
Birth place: near Bannon, Wetzel County, West Virginia.²

The online image of the Birth Index for Wetzel County shows that twins were born to L. W. and Josephine Church on 12 August 1908, one female named Ethael, and one male with no name given The odd thing was that I could not find evidence of a male twin anywhere else; however two different census years indicated that the twins were both female. The 1910 U.S. census includes Ethel and Eithel, both with an age of one year eight months, in the household of Louis [sic] Church³ The 1920 U.S. census includes 11 year olds Ethel and what looks like Ethele in the household of Lewis Church⁴ My conclusion is that there was simply a typographical error in the birth index: an "M" that should have been a "F" for the child with no name. The index should have indicated that two females were born on 12 August 1908.

Eathel married Jesse J. Crow on 28 March 1936 at Littleton, Wetzel County, West Virginia.¹

Jesse and Eathel were apparently divorced some time between 1936 and 1947 as he was divorced at the time of his death in 1952 and Eathel had married another man in 1947.⁵

Her second marriage was to Burnzo Leichliter on 31 May 1947 at Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. Edward Michael Flanagan, a Minister of the Presbyterian Church, certified that he united the couple in marriage.⁵

Eathel was listed as the informant on the death certificate of her father, Lewis Whetzel Church, dated 17 May 1955. Interestingly, her first name (in what I assume is her signature rather than someone else's handwriting) is written without the "a" - i.e. as Ethel vs. Eathel. Her surname was Leighliter on that document.⁶

At age 82, Eathel died in May 1991.⁷

Father: not yet identified
Mother: not yet identified

Birth date: about 1881
Birth place: Marshall County, West Virginia.²

Harry married Rosa Leona Conner on 18 March 1903 at Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. Housan Riggs, a minister, certified that he united the couple in marriage.²

Father: not yet identified.
Mother: not yet identified.

Birth date: about 1885.¹
Birth place: unknown.

Rosa married Harry R. Logsdon on 18 March 1903 at Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. Housan Riggs, a minister, certified that he united the couple in marriage.¹