Sylvester Lee Flanagan (1903 - 1962)

Born 16 Feb 1903 in Buena, Tucker, West Virginia, United States

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Died 9 Apr 1962 at age 59 in Paw Paw, Hampshire, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sylvester Lee Flanagan was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.

Sylvester Lee Flanagan was born to Jesse Flanagan and Fannie Frances Wolford on February 16, 1903 in Buena, Tucker, West Virginia. ^[1]

He grew up in Dry Fork, living with his parents and siblings. When his father passed away sometime before 1920, his mother moved in with her widowed father, bringing her 5 children. ^[2]

He continued to live with his mother through 1940, as can be seen by the 1930 and 1940 Census'. She appears to have owned the farm on which they lived and which he worked.^[3][4]It's likely that he continued to live there with her until her death in 1954. He is buried next to her in the Flanagan Memorial Cemetery in Laneville, Tucker, West Virginia. ^[5]

Though there is no record of a marriage, and Sylvester was single through the 1940 Census, he appears to have married some time after that. He died in Paw Paw, Hampshire County, West Virginia on April 9, 1962. His marital status is listed as "married" and the informant of his death was Thelma Flanagan. ^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQ6-7RX : 4 December 2014), Sylvestes Flanagan, 16 Feb 1903; citing Buena, Tucker, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,710.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLX-BWQ : accessed 19 September 2017), Lee Flanagan in household of Aaron Walford, Dry Fork, Randolph, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 149, sheet 13B, line 80, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1971; FHL microfilm 1,821,971.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMC3-KPG : accessed 19 September 2017), Sylvester Lee Flanagan in household of Fannie Flanagan, Dry Fork, Randolph, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 4A, line 11, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2554; FHL microfilm 2,342,288.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZR-GW5 : accessed 19 September 2017), Lee Flanagan in household of Annie Flanagan, Dry Fork Magisterial District, Randolph, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-6, sheet 2A, line 15, family 18, 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 4444.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL1-2NGH : 13 December 2015), Sylvester Lee Flanagan, 1963; Burial, Laneville, Tucker, West Virginia, United States of America, Flanagan Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 102807937, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102807937.
6. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMVL-QQT : 4 December 2014), Sylvester Lee Flannagan, 09 Apr 1962; citing Paw Paw, Hampshire, West Virginia, County Records, p 22 A, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 815,357.
7. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMSC-P8D : 4 December 2014), Sylvester Lee Flannagan, 09 Apr 1962; citing Hampshire, West Virginia, County Records, 4920, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 2,074,170.

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