John William Stringer1
b. 23 October 1885, d. 23 June 1920
Father | Thomas Henderson Stringer2 |
Mother | Margaret Glossip2 |
Birth | 23 Oct 1885 | John William Stringer was born on 23 Oct 1885 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia.1 |
Marriage | 1 Dec 1908 | He married America Virginia Booth, daughter of Joel Booth and America Virginia Crenshaw, on 1 Dec 1908 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.1 |
Cens-1910 | 23 Apr 1910 | John and America moved to McDowell County, West Virginia where they were recorded in 1910 living in Marytown precinct with their first child, "Raymond". John worked as a carpenter. The census taker made the following notation in the margin: "Big Sandy Coal __ - Marytown plant."3 |
| | In the spring of 1920 America gave birth to the couple's 5th child. In June her mother and sister Mary arrived on the train from Virginia for a visit. John had been ill with a cold, but felt better and went to meet them on the train, then returned to work. But his illness quickly worsened.4 |
Death | 23 Jun 1920 | John died of mastoiditis on 23 Jun 1920 in Big Sandy, McDowell County, West Virginia, at age 34.1 |
Burial | | John's body was returned to Meadowview, Virginia by train and from there was taken by horse drawn wagon to Old Glade Spring Cemetery where he was buried.5 |
Reinterred | 1967 | In 1967 he was reinterred in 1967 at Knollkreg Cemetery in Washington County.1 |
Family | America Virginia Booth b. 25 Aug 1889, d. 5 Jul 1967 |
Children | - James Raymond Stringer6 (26 Sep 1909 - 23 Nov 1996)
- Johnie Othello Stringer6 (11 Feb 1912 - 3 Jul 1998)
- Frances Dora Stringer6
- Thomas Edward Stringer6 (30 Apr 1917 - 13 Apr 1992)
- Clyde Allen Stringer6
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Citations
- [S1584] Peggy Lester, "Descendants of America Virginia Crenshaw and Joel Booth", report dated 10 Oct. 2006. Peggy is the daughter of America Virginia Booth and Thomas Henderson Stringer.
- [S1584] Peggy Lester, "Descendants of America Virginia Crenshaw and Joel Booth", report dated 10 Oct. 2006. Peggy is the granddaughter of Thomas Springer and Margaret Glossip.
- [S1304] John Stringer household, 1910 U.S. cens., McDowell Co., West Virginia, pop. sched., Marytown precinct-Browns Creek district, ED 78, sheet 9B, dwelling 168, family 178, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2006, image 2 of 2. Enumeration includes: John Stringer, 24, marr 1 yr, carpenter, Moxie, 20, marr 1 yr, mother of 1 child; Raymond, son, 6/12, b. WV; all others b. VA; in margin is written: Big Sandy Coal _ Marytown plant.
- [S928] Peggy Lester, "America Booth Stringer," e-mail to D. Powell, 12 Oct. 2006.
- [S23] Peggy (Stringer) Lester, "Stringer Family" in Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA, p. 319.
- [S931] Freeman, "Descendants of Margaret Wilson Buchanan and George Sanders Crenshaw."