Clara
Opal
Shimp
Born in Liverpool, Roane County, West Virginia
Daughter of Simon A Shimp
and Melvina A (Barker) Shimp
Sister of
Columbus Floyd Shimp and Everett Oscar Shimp
Wife of
David Arthur Gray
— married
19 Oct 1929 in Jackson County, West Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Aug 2014
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Biography
"Simon and Melvina Barker Shimp were married in 1894 in Ohio but soon moved to a hillside farm near Liverpool. Country life was difficult for the young couple. There was no electricity, running water, or natural gas available in the rural area. As their family grew to include three sons and a daughter, rooms were added to their two room home....Simon and Melvina’s daughter, Clara, completed requirements for the normal school certificate and taught in rural schools before marrying David Gray. "[1]
1900 Census for Reedy, Roane Co., WV: S Shimp (33, b. 1867 WV), wife Min Shimp (28, b. Ohio 1872), C F Shimp (5), E Q Shimp (0). [2]
1910 Census for Reedy, Roane Co., WV: Simon Shimp (42, b. OH) and wife Vina A Shimp (37, b. OH) with children Columbus F (14), Everet O (10), Clary O (7), and Theodore L (4). [3]
1920 Census for Reedy, Roane Co., WV: Simeon Shimp (52, b. Ohio), wife Melvina Shimp (47, b. Ohio), children C Floyd (24), Oscar (19), Clara (17), and Lakin (13).
Married David Gray on October 19, 1929. He was 28 and born in Wirt County, WV.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Shimp Family Advised Fund website, Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. http://www.pacfwv.com/content/shimp-family-advised-fund
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9ZD-HCZ : accessed 25 Aug 2014), E Q Shimp in household of S Shimp, Reedy district Reedy town, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241772.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPFT-2P5 : accessed 25 Aug 2014), Everet O Shimp in household of Simon Shimp, Reedy, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 10A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375709.
- ↑ Marriage license: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=567226&ImageNumber=36
- "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPNM-62H : accessed 30 Aug 2014), Clara O Gray, Mar 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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