Dewey Arbry Bias (1897 - 1992)

Born 11 Sep 1897 in Hewett, Boone, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Leva Jane Manns — married 30 Jun 1917 in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States

Husband of Lora (Osburn) Bias — married 14 Jul 1928 in Queens Ridge, Wayne, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1992 at age 95 in Alliance, Stark, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Dewey was born on 11 September 1897 in Hewett, Boone County, West Virginia to Obediah Bilton Bias and Martha Alice Elkins. He married Leva Jane Mann in 1917, and they had daughters Sarah and Georgia.

Less than two weeks after the birth of Georgia, Leva passed away, on 12 November 1923.

Five years later, Dewey wed Lora Osburn in Wayne county, West Virginia and soon, five more children would join the family. Dewey worked in Timber around Logan County West Virginia, and passed away in Ohio in 1992.

Sources

• "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQ4-31M : 10 March 2018), D. A. Bias, 11 Sep 1897; citing Henett, Boone, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 570,596.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CZ-22J : accessed 29 October 2022), Dewey B* in household of Obediah B B*, Washington district, Boone, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 2A, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,755.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNW-96P : accessed 29 October 2022), Dewey A Bias in household of Obediah B Bias, Washington, Boone, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 4A, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1676; FHL microfilm 1,375,689.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Q9-5JP : 24 December 2021), Dewey Arbry Bias, 1917-1918.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FB14-M5H : 11 February 2018), Dewey O Bias and Leva Jane Mann, 1917; citing Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,788,163.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2F-D32 : 4 February 2021), Dewie Bias in entry for William Mullins, 1920.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTJ4-5XB : 11 February 2018), Dewey Bias and Lora Osburn, 1928; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,497.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCZ-QWR : accessed 29 October 2022), Dewey Bias in household of Thomas R Osborn, Grant, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 6A, line 11, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2556; FHL microfilm 2,342,290.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78S-XB5 : 8 January 2021), Dewey Bias, Grant Magisterial District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50-11, sheet 9B, line 69, family 136, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4450.

• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKGL-1LJ : 30 June 2021), Dewey O Bias, 1992.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107021476/dewey-o-bias: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Dewey O Bias (11 Sep 1897–7 Nov 1992), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107021476, citing Highland Memory Gardens, Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Bonita Hager (contributor 46933846) .