SgtMaj. Spurgeon Lawrence Hinkle and Bride Rita Ray Miller:Information about Thomas Jefferson Kiser
Thomas Jefferson Kiser (b. Nov 1863, d. 20 Jun 1930)
Notes for Thomas Jefferson Kiser:
Information supplied by his grand daughter, Hazel /Hinkle/ Ransberger in May 2006. By his first wife Skeens: Verdie (Leah) and Cordie (Cordia) married brothers, Leonard and Jimmy Hinkle. Nettie married an Iman and had Ottmen and Carl. Cordies children were Elbert, who married Wilma Short with children James and Austin; Austin who never married; Beecher who married Johnny Mace and no children (Beecher was a school teacher, coach and later President of the Nicholas County School Board - He died in 2005); Clarence who married Virginia Marsh with a son Bill (Clarence was a teacher and coach and President of the Greenbrier County School Board); Lewis (Lee) who never married (He was a heavy weight boxer and served in Korea in 1952). Aunt Cordie has two sets of twins of which Lewis was the only survivor. Nancy Omah (Omie) and Alva married brothers.Omie married Mallard Bailey with children Osval, Kermit, Virgil who drowned, Albert who married a women named Peggy, Romie who married Helen Light with sons Rand and Tommy, Mary who married John Alderson with son John and daughter Ann, Edgel, and Alice who married Steve Postik. Alva maried Cletus Bailey with son Lester and daughters Ruth, Opan who married Bob Bragg and Marvine who married a Stoop. Martha M. (Pet) married Bill Crews with a step daughter Pearl and step son Merle.
By his second wife, Dobson: Myrtle who married Alvin (Shorty) Spencer with son Robert (Bob) and daughter Paula who married David Brooks; Lawrence who married Leona Hinkle (My cousin) with son Edward who married Phyllis Spencer (Edward was a Marine Corps Pilot, flew missions over Korea during the war, and was of the rank of Major when his plane went down in PA), daughter Margaret Ann who married Clair Mescaro; Boyd who married Ethel Mullins with a son Leslie (Buster) and daughter Tostie; Tom who married Donna O'Dell with son Clayton and daughter Jean; and Goldie who married Dennis Mc Clung with sons Dale, Jerry and Jack, and daughter Ocie Lee.
By his third wife, Sue Walker:a daughter O'Dessa who had a daughter that married a Shoney of Shoney's Restaurant's and resides in Charleston, WV.
Jefferson Kiser worked in the woods as a surveyor for my grand father, Leonard Hinkle, who was his son in law.Jeff died in the home of his son Tom on West Walnut Street, Richwood, WV, across from Millard Hinkle's house. He was listed in the 1930 census, District 1,Richwood, Oakford Avenue, Cherry River, East, page 10.
More About Thomas Jefferson Kiser and Telitha Skeen:
Marriage: 1883
More About Thomas Jefferson Kiser and Julie Ann Dobson:
Marriage: Bef. 1902
Children of Thomas Jefferson Kiser and Susan J. Walker are:
- Emma A. Walker, b. Abt. 1906, WV.
- Bessie Walker, b. Abt. 1909, WV.
- Odessa Walker, b. Abt. 1912, WV.
Children of Thomas Jefferson Kiser and Telitha Skeen are:
- +Leah Alvertia Kiser, b. 18 Sep 1886, Fletcher, Jackson, WV, d. 19 Dec 1976, Richwood, Nicholas County, WV394.
- +Sarah Janette Kiser, b., WV, d. Aft. 1960.
- +Cordia Kiser, b. Jun 1885, WV,d., Richwood, Nicholas County, WV.
- +Nancy Omah Kiser, b. Jun 1891, WV,d., Richwood, Nicholas County, WV.
- +Martha M. Kiser, b. Feb 1892, WV, d. Aft. 1960, Nicholas County, WV.
- +Alva Kiser, b. Jun 1887, WV,d., Richwood, Nicholas County, WV.
Children of Thomas Jefferson Kiser and Julie Ann Dobson are:
- +Myrtle Kiser, b. Abt. 1901, WV, d. 11 May 1998, Richwood, Nicholas County, WV395.
- +Lawrence Kiser, b. Abt. 1903, WV,d., Richwood, Nicholas County, WV.
- +Boyd Kiser, b. Abt. 1904, WV,d., Richwood, Nicholas County, WV.
- +Goldie Kiser, b. Abt. 1906, WV.
- +Thomas Kiser, b. Abt. 1908, WV,d., Richwood, Nicholas County, WV.