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Note: WWI Draft Registration Card, dated 5 Jun 1917 Price Vass Age 27 Date of Birth: Oct. 17, 1882 (should be 1890 base on stated age) Born: Nesco, WV Residence: Eccles, WV Death Certificate, Fayette Co., WV, No. 8450 P. W. Vass, miner, born 14 Oct 1891, Nesco, WV, wife Lessie Toney, son of John Vass of Beckley and Cora Stover of WV, residence Kilsyth, WV, died 3 Jul 1929 of severe crushing injuries, in Montgomery, Fayette Co., buried 6 Jul 1929 in North Beckley. Information provided by Mrs. P. W. Vass. Tombstone inscription in Toney Cemetery - Price Vass 1890 - 1929 Obituary in Charleston Gazzette newspaper. Sunday, July 7, 1929: "Price Vass Dies Funeral services for Price Vass, 30, who died at a Montgomery hospital on Thursday afternoon of injuries received in the mines at Oswald were held from the Christian church of Beckley Saturday monring at eleven o'clock, the Rev. Ritchie Ware officitiating. Vass was fatally injured by a runaway trip of empty cars in the mines at Oswald on Thursday morning. He is survived by his widow, Less Vass, and four children: Alburn, Margaret, Elsworth adn Mary Lou Vass. His mother, Mrs. Cora Meadows and four half-brothers and four half-sisters also survive him. The brothers and sisters are Paul, John and Orin Meadows of Beckley; and David Meadows of Detroit, Mich.; Ella Bertie Meadows of Beckley; Hallie Meadows of Charleston, and Mrs. Alexander Arthur of Mount Hope." 1900 Census, Quinnimont, Fayette Co., WV, 12 June Joseph C. Meadows, Head, Mar 1859, 41, WV WV WV Cora F. Meadows*, Wife, Dec 1872, 27, WV WV VA William P. Stover, Stepson, Oct 1890, 9, WV WV WV Eli F. Meadows, Dau, Jun 1895, 4, WV WV WV Maryetta Meadows, Dau, Sep 1896, 3, WV WV WV Lola B. Meadows, Dau, Mar 1899, 1, WV WV WV *married 5 years, mother of 5 children with 4 still living. 1920 Census, Sullivan, Raleigh Co., WV Pless Vass, Head, 29, WV WV WV, Laborer, Coal Mine Lessie Vass, Wife, 28, WV WV WV Aulbaurn Vass, Son, 3 7/12, WV WV WV Wallace Vass, Son, 1 6/12, WV WV WV Dink Shepherd, Boarder, 43, VA VA VA, Miner, Coal Mine Julian E. Payne, Boarder, 25, WV WV WV, Miner, Coal Mine Roy Wise, Boarder, 18, WV WV WV, Miner, Coal Mine 1930 Census, Town, Raleigh Co., WV Lessie Vass, Widow, 38, WV WV WV William A. Vass, Son, 13, WV WV WV Margaret P. Vass, Dau, 7, WV WV WV Ellsworth Vass, Son, 4, WV WV WV Mary L. Vass, Dau, 2, WV WV WV Garnet L. Vass, Dau, 3/12, WV WV WV
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