1. Gracie Ring was born the daughter of John Ring and Emma Willard. She was born in 1907 in Pulaski, Virginia. Grace was married 3 times. Her first husband was Riley Spry and they were married in Orville, Logan County, West Virginia. She was 18 years old and Riley was 21. Riley worked in the coal mines and they lived in McBeth, West Virginia.[1]
2. In 1910 Grace's family lived in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
2. The 1930 Census finds Riley and Gr ace living in Logan, West Virginia with their two daughters, Helen and Emma.[2]
3. Grace's 2nd husband was Lewis Nelson. They were married in West Virginia.
4. Gracie's 3rd husband was Paris S. (Dockey) Vance from Gill, WV. They were married in Lawrence County, OH, USA in 1944.[3]
1. Citing this Record "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR1C-GX9 : 4 December 2014), Riley Spry and Gracie Ring, 1925; citing Logan, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,283.
2. Citation "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMH7-X4X : accessed 3 April 2017), Gracie Spry in household of Riley Spry, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 10B, line 92, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2540; FHL microfilm 2,342,274.
3.. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 GS Film Number 001574158 Digital Folder Number 005016828 Image Number 00250
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