Wife Of -
1st ?Husband:
Hurston Maynard
(12-16-1876)

2nd Husband:
James H. Marcum

Daughter Of:
James Spry
(4-15-1848)
and
Sarah Elizabeth (Maynard) Spry
(5-22-1855)

She was always referred to by my family members as "Slethie-Jane", never as just "Slethie" or "Saletha/Soletha" .. Della 3-13-2009

(Per State of West Virginia Death Certificate #'57 014799)
Full Name:
Sletha Jane Marcum

DOB: 3-11-1876
DOD: 11-18-1957

Birth Place:
West Virginia

Residence At Death:
Holden, Logan County, WV

Place Of Death:
Holden, Logan County, WV

Cause Of Death:
Pneumonia; cirrhosis of liver

Attending Physician:
Bruce Vest, M.D.
Holden Hospital, Logan County, WV

Father's Name & Birth Place:
"Unknown"

Maiden Name & Birth Place of Mother:
Sarah Spry*

Name & Address of Informant:
Clarence Marcum
Ragland, Mingo County(dl), WV

Date & Place of Burial:
11-20-1957
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Peck's Mill (Logan/dl), Logan County, West Virginia

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NOTE:
*Per Family History/Records, "Sletha-Jane"/"Soletha-Jane" was the daughter of:
James Spry
and
Sarah Elizabeth (Maynard) Spry

Buried at Queen's Ridge Cemetery, Dunlow, Wayne County, West Virginia, are several of her family members, including "Sletha-Jane's"/"Saletha-Jane's" Daughter:
(1) Flora (Marcum) Maynard
(per head-stone: Flora Marcum);

(2) Her Parents:
James Spry
and
Sarah Elizabeth (Maynard) Spry;

(3) Grandparents:
John Maynard
and
Saletha Jane ([Adkins]-Moore) Maynard; and

(4) Great-Grandmother:
Elizabeth (Stephenson) Moore [Adkins] Queen (2nd wife of Absalom Queen b. 1791)

(Per my Grandfather, "Sletha-Jane""/"Saletha-Jane" was known as "one of the most beautiful women in the county", also that they spoke "of a wedding" but "she left with another fella" (quoting Grandfather); I'm not sure he ever "got over her", always having a "twinkle in his eyes" when he spoke her name .. Della 3-13-2008

Additions/corrections welcome .. Della 3-13-2008

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