Notes:

This last name is also spelled Kerby.

John married Ruhama STALLMAN on 10 Jun 1862 in Calhoun, West Virginia. Ruhama (daughter of Peter STALLMAN and Jane HOLBERT) was born on 16 Aug 1841 in , Gilmer, VA, USA; died on 1 Dec 1901 in Hur, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States; was buried in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William Ayers SAMPSON on 12 Apr 1885 in Calhoun, West Virginia. William (son of Harvey George SAMPSON, Sr and Anna G. or S. RIGGS) was born in Dec 1859 in Calhoun, West Virginia; died in 1909; was buried in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Clayton NUTTER. Charles (son of Jacob NUTTER and Martha "Matilda Jane" GREATHOUSE) was born in 1865 in Calhoun, West Virginia, USA; died in 1943 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

If he is the Ralph Sampson who was drafted into World War II, his closest kin was listed as Emma Sampson. It is likely this is his wife. He also enlisted in World War I. Emma was again nearest kin. He was listed as short, of medium build with light hair and blue eyes.

Notes:

If he is the Homer who was in World War I, then his birthdate is from that record and he was married when he enlisted. His wife was not named.

Notes:

He was 5 foot 8 inches tall, of medium build, light hair and blue eyes when he joined the service in World War I on Sep. 12, 1918. He was unmarried at the time. He was employed by his stepfather - C.C. Nutter and lists his mother, Mary B. Nutter. He was living with his mother and stepfather in the 1930 census and was still single at the time.

Notes:

Ira was listed at age 27 in the 1930 census rccords for Akron, Ohio. He was born in West Virginia. He had been married for 2 and a half years to a Kathleen who was age 16 when they married. They had a son William who was age 1 and 11/12ths. He was employed in the Rubber Factory in the Tube Room. He was not a veteran at the time. I can find him in no other census record. The closest social security number match to him is "Ira Sampson SSN: 298-01-9445 Born: 30 Aug 1901 Died: Mar 1963 State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )". It's a very unusual name so I suspect these are one and the same person. Jim remembers that he died when he was in college at Marietta between 1963-1965 so this would still fit that memory. This record does not give where he lived at the time of his death or his birthplace. According to his daughter, Nancy, he lived many places in his lifetime. Jim said he lived in Vienna, W.VA in about 1947. He remembers meeting him once when he was of school age where he lived in Mineral Wells, W.VA. He was drafted into World War II. He was an alcohlic and a gambler. He owned a hauling business in which he owned 2 trucks in Akron, Ohio - both of which he lost through gambling.

The interesting part is that DNA evidence from descendants of Nancy absolutely indicate that either Ira Sampson was not the father of Nancy or that Ira was adopted and did not have a father or mother with the surnames of Sampson and Kirby.

Family/Spouse: Kathleen OSTERDOCK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eva Mae NUTTER. Eva (daughter of Charles Clayton NUTTER and Nancy Susan Catherine MITCHELL) was born on 18 Sep 1892 in Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America; died on 6 Feb 1983 in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States of America; was buried in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Eva Mae NUTTER about 1928. Eva (daughter of Charles Clayton NUTTER and Nancy Susan Catherine MITCHELL) was born on 18 Sep 1892 in Rocksdale, Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America; died on 6 Feb 1983 in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, United States of America; was buried in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Though she goes by the name of her mother's first husband, her father was actually Ira Sampson. She learned this from her Aunt Effee in her late teens. In her marriage record, she exagerated her age by 3 years and gave her father's name as Bruce O. Riggs. She said she was 21 as of Aug. 12, 1943. She was a waitress and lived in Coolville, Ohio at the time. 4

Nancy married Arthur Lemoyne HETZER on 20 Dec 1943 in Pomeroy, , WV, USA. Arthur (son of Arthur Albert HETZER and Mabel Ellen COWDERY) was born on 18 May 1921 in Reedsville, Meigs, OH; died on 13 Dec 2011 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]