"Simon and Melvina Barker Shimp were married in 1894 in Ohio but soon moved to a hillside farm near Liverpool, WV. 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."[1]
Burial - Liverpool Cemetery, Sandyville, Jackson County, West Virginia.
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).
Census - 2 Apr 1930, Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, ED 6, pg, 1/22, visit 1.
Census - 2 Apr 1940, Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, ED 18-6. pg. 1/33, visit 7.
Death certificate gives father's name as John W. Barker. [4]
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205895876/melvina-a-shimp: accessed 14 November 2022), memorial page for Melvina A. Barker Shimp (16 Dec 1872–7 Nov 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205895876, citing Liverpool Cemetery, Sandyville, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Bonnie (contributor 46917571).
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