Death Records

By cavis , 5 February 2026
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Death of George W. Thompson - 1915

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Wichita Falls Times Record News 11/9/1915
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1466)

11/9/1915
p. 5

        Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the friends who 
so kindly remembered us in our re-
cent bereavement and to express our 
appreciation for the beautiful floral 
offerings.    (Signed)
        Mr. and Mrs. Mart Roberson
        Mrs. M. J. Thompson


[refers to the death of Mrs. Thompson's
step-son George W. Thompson who 
was also Mrs. Roberson's step-brother]
 

By cavis , 15 November 2025
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Will of George Adam Bush, Sr. - 1811

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Lewis Co., West Virginia Wills & appraisements, 1817-1835
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1461)

WikiTree Free Space page:
[[Space:Lewis_Co.%2C_West_Virginia_Wills_%26_appraisements%2C_1817-1835_p._234 | Will of George Adam Bush Sr.]]
Space:Lewis Co., West Virginia Wills & appraisements, 1817-1835 p. 234

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99KQ-3WK2?i=150&cat=82003

p. 234-235

Last Will and Testament of Adam Bush

In the name of God amen.  I Adam Bush of Harrison County and commonwealth of Virginia being in sound mind and memory but being weak and debilitated from old age, do make this my last will and testament, in manner following that is to say, towit.  —
First I give and bequeath all my personal property to Margaret Bush (widow and relict of my son Adam Bush) with whom I live) to be by her enjoyed, during her life, and if any part thereof shall remain at her decease, then my will is that such remainder shall go to and be the rightful property of her son Palser to be by him his heirs and assigns forever enjoyed.  Whereas I have heretofore given to my son John Bush now deceased Two Hundred Acres of Land on Buckhanon River which was all the Estate [unclear word] by me given to him and as his portion as one of my children, and whereas  made a verbal contract with my said son John for one hundred acres of Land on Freemans Creek a branch of the West fork River which I was to convey to him in a certain in a certain time period he paid to me twenty five pounds, which the said John never did pay nor any part thereof and since that contract was forfeited.  I, as I had a right to do conveyed said Land to Adam Hickman, and by said Hickman since conveyed to John Smith who now is in possession thereof rightfully.  I have also given all the rest of my children their portion as children. —
I nominate and appoint my said Daughter in Law Margaret Bush Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, and to exercise the functions of such Executrixship without entering into bond or giving security.  Hereby working all other & former wills or bequeaths heretofore made or executed by me.

In Testimony whereof I the said George Adam Bush do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal on this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord on Thousand eight hundred and eleven.
                                   his
            George A.      @B     Bush
                                 mark

Signed sealed delivered and
pronounced to us by George
Adam Bush as his last will
and Testament, & as witnesses
thereto do set our hands
    Archbald B. Wilson
    David Hickman
    Josiah D. Wilson
    Jas S. Tingle
    Pauls Butcher
    Adam Smith

At court held for Lewis County September Term, 1820 This Last will and testament of George A Bush was presented in open court & proved by the oath of Paulson Butcher & Adam Smith according to law and admitted to record
    a copy    Teste    D. Stringer  C. L. C.

 

By cavis , 14 September 2025
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Obituary of Grayce Pettit Williams - 1960

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Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio 5/31/1960
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1452)

May 31, 1960
p. 9

Mrs. Richard Williams Dies; Rites Wednesday

    Mrs. Grayce P. Williams, 41, wife of Veterans Administrator Richard A. Williams, of Bloomfield Rd., New Concord, died at 6:45 a.m. Monday in Cambridge Community Hospital after being hospitalized the past two weeks.  She had been ill 16 1/2 months.
    Born April 24, 1919, in Bridgewater, Pa., she was a daughter of George and Lena Griffey Pettit.  She was a member of First U. P. Church, Guernsey Chapter 211, OES, Cambridge Shrine 14, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, and formerly was a registered nurse at Protestant Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Besides her husband and her parents, she leaves two sons, Brent Chadler [sic] and Brad Allen, both of the home; and one sister, Mrs. Lawrence Hines of Elkhurst, W. Va.  One sister preceded her in death.
    The body is at Scott Funeral Home where friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday.  Last rites will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home by Rev. Charles McCormick.  Burial will be in Northwood Cemetery.

 

By cavis , 16 July 2025
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Probate data for Matthew Hines - 1804

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Index to Administrations E-K 1784-1941, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1432)


"Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-L9QM-P?cc=1999196&wc=9PMD-ZNL%3A268497301%2C268504001&lang=en&i=371), Montgomery > Administration record index 1784-1941 E-K > image 372 of 617; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.


p. 290 
No.:  11,932
Estate:  Hines Mathew
Residence:  Horsham
Letters granted:  Dec 31 1804    
Book:  1
Page:  177
Inventory filed:  Dec 31 1804    
Account filed:  June 13 1806

not found in books of wills

 

By cavis , 12 July 2025
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West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture & History - Hines death records

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Hines Death Records at West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture & History  
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1430)

Search page:  https://wvculture.org/vital-records-interactive/


Register of Deaths

https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=572705&frame=00129

p. 5
Line 55
Hines Susan
white
female
Date of death:  10/23/1855
Place of death:  Braxton County Va
Cause of death:  Effection of the heart
Age:  —
Parents:  Lynch
Where born  Pocahontas County Va
Occupation:  -
Consort of or unmarried:  Matthew Hines
Person giving the information of death:  Samuel W. Hines
Designation of informant:  Son


Register of Deaths

https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=572705&frame=00152

p. 28
Line:  26
Hines Mary Louisa
white
female
Date of death: 12/9/1873 
Place of death:  Braxton Co.
Age:  58 years
Parents:  Levi & Nancy Skidmore
Where born:  Braxton
Occupation:  -
Consort of or unmarried:  wife
Person giving the information of death:  Hines Hiram
Designation of informant:  Husband


Register of Deaths

https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=572705&frame=00164

1878
Line 24
Hines Hiram
white
male
Date of death:  Aug 15
Place of death:  Braxton
Cause of death:  Violence
Age:  66 years
Parents:  Mathew & Susan Hines
Where born:  Braxton
Occupation:  Farmer
Consort of, or unmarried:  Husband
Name of person giving information of death:  Hudson Hines
Designation of informant ... :  Son


Register of Deaths within Upper Assessment Dist., for the county of Braxton in the year ending Dec. 31, 1897.

https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=572705&frame=00222

Line 40
Hines Susan
white
female
Date of death:  Sep 20
Place of death:  Centralia
Cause of death:  -
Age:  76 years
Parents:  -
When born:  1822
Occupation:  -
Consort of, or unmarried:  -
Name of person giving information of death:  Hines M. F.
Designation of informant ... :  Son


Isaac   none


Mariah  none


 

By cavis , 11 July 2025
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Death record of Amanda Clifton Hines - 1961

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Death Certificate for Amanda Clifton Hines
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1429)


https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=2074167&ImageNumber=402

WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALH - DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Serial No. 97                            61 015398

Name of Deceased:  Amanda Evelyn Hines
Date of Death:  Nov. 5, 1961

Place of Death:  Marshall County, Glen Dale, Glen Dale Hospital; inside city limits

Usual Residence:  206 Parriott Ave., Moundeville, Marshall Co., W. Va.
Inside city limits; not a farm

Female, White, Widowed
Date of birth:  Mar., 25, 1884
Age:  77 years 7 months 10 days
Occupation:  Housewife
Birthplace:  West Virginia
Father:  John Clifton
Mother:  Jane Baldwin
Informant:  Mrs. D. S. Oura  Moundeville

Cause of death:  Double pneumonia -  2 Edema of lungs
Due to:  Bed patient at rest home
Interval between onset and death:  3 or 4
Other conditions:  none
Autopsy:  No
Accident:  Bruised both legs & hips from falls
Place of injury:  Rest home  Cameron, Marshall Co., W. Va.

I attended deceased from Nov 3, 1961 to 11/5, 1961 and last saw the deceased alive on 11/5, 1961.  
Death occurred at Reynolds Memorial Hospital at 2:00 pm on the date stated above, and to the best of my knowledge, from the causes stated.

Signature:  R. A. Ashworth M. D.   906 - 3rd St. Moundeville, W.Va    Signed:  11-6.61

Burial, Cremation, Removal:  Removal
Date:  11/5/61
Cemetery:  Mt. Moriah, Smithfield, Penn
Funeral Director:  L. R. Lutes [signed]

Dated Rec'd by Local Registrar:  November 5, 1961
Registrar's signature:  Mary L. McCombs
 

By cavis , 10 July 2025
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Social Security Death Index - Lawrence C. Hines

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Social Security Death Index - Lawrence C. Hines
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1427)

Death Record

Name:  Lawrence C. Hines
State of Issue:  North Carolina West Virginia
Date of Birth:  Tuesday May 10, 1910
Date of Death:  Saturday August 27, 1988
Est. Age at Death:  78 years, 3 months, 17 days


Last known residence:

City:  Mims
County:  Brevard
State:  Florida
Zip Code:  32754
Latitude:  28.7179
Longitude:  -80.9323

 

By cavis , 19 June 2025
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Death of Michael Hines

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Death Records 1930-1940, Lewis Co., West Virginia
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1415)


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QPS-Q48?cat=81450&i=63&lang=en


LEWIS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
===========================

FULL NAME:  Hines, Mike
Place of Death:  [Weston] State Hospital
Sex:  M 
Color:  W
Single, Married, Widow or Divorced:  D
Date of Death:  4/18/33
Cause of DEATH:  Syphilis
Age:  58 Yrs. 7 Mos. 21 Days      [====> implies bd of 8/28/1874]
OCCUPATION:    -
NAME OF FATHER:  -
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER:  -
PHYSICIAN Name, Address:  H. O. Van Troup, Weston
Place of Burial:  State [Hospital] Cemetery
REGISTRAR Name, Address:  Eulah Marple  Weston


 

By cavis , 4 June 2025
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Will of Samuel Hines - 1803

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Register of Wills, Vol. 2 Norristown, Montgomery Co., Penn. 
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1402)

"Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-297Q-W?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-YWG%3A268497301%2C274383701 : 3 July 2014), Montgomery > Wills 1784-1808 vol 1-2 > image 468 of 642; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.


p. 323

Will of Saml Hines

    The first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three I Samuel Hynes of the Township of Hatfield in the County of Montgomery in the State of Pennsylvania Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind and memory blessed be God for the same do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner following that is Principally and first I do Recommend my soul into the hand of God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executrix and Executor herein named in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection by being enabled to believe in the infinite merits of our adorable Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and Touching such worldly Estate which God hath given me.  I do give and dispose of the same in the manner following
Imprimis my will is and I do order that all my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid and discharged.  Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth my beloved wife her chest of drawers bed and all the beding thereunto belonging her choice of six chairs a Table an Iron pot Tea Kettle and Tea pot and all her Tea ware also her choice of one of my Cows also my pewter and knives and forks - Item my will is and I do order that as soon as convenient after my decease all my Estate real and personal wherever the same may be, be sold by my Executrix and Executor to enable them to fulfill this my will excepting what I have bequeathed to my beloved wife and my will is that no legatee herein be mentioned and shall be permited to have any part of My estate at the Appraisement.  Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth the sum of fifty Pounds Current Lawful Silver money of the State of Pennsylvania. Item my Daughter Mary Wife of William McCasin and my Daughter Elizabeth widow of Philip Wentz deceased being advanced by me at the time of their marriage I therefore bequeath them no Legacy only as Residuary Legatees.  Item I give and bequeath unto Daughter Margaret Hynes, Ann Hynes, Hannah Hines and Eleanor Hynes the sum of fifty pounds Current Lawfull Silver money of said State to each and to every one of them.  Item I give and bequeath unto my son Matthew Hynes the Sum of fifty Pounds Silver money as above said.  Item I give and bequeath unto unto my son Samuel Hynes the sum of fifty pounds Current Silver money as aforesaid. Also I give unto my said son Samuel Hynes my mare and colt.  Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife and unto my above mentioned six daughters and two sons all the Residue of my Estate after paying my Just debts and the legacies above mentioned to be equally divided among them.  Item I do nominate and Constitute my said beloved wife to be Executrix and my Friend John Todd of the Township of Newbritain Yeoman to be Executor of this my last Will and Testament and to hereby authorize them or the Survivor of them to make sale and conveyance of all my Land and Tenement wherever the same my be in as full and ample amanner as I might have done before my decease.  Item I do hereby revoke all and every former will by me made Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and Year abovesaid

Signed Sealed Published and Declared by                          Samuel Hines
said Samuel Hynes as and for his last
will and Testament in the presence of us

Isaiah Thomas John Taylor

Personally came each of the witnesses to the foregoing will and being duly affirmed according to law did say that they were Personally present and did see Samuel Hines the Testator therein named sign and seal & heard him promise and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament and at the doing thereof he was of a perfect sound disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge that they subscribed their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the Testator in his presesince at his request and in the presence of each other.  Be it remembered that on the16th day of August 1803 the foregoing will of Samuel Hines was proved in due form of law and letters Testamentary granted unto Elizabeth Hines and John Todd [?] therein named they having first sworn will and truly to perform the same and render an account according to law. Given under my hand & seal & registered the 16th day of August 1803.

for Register  Peom Colts
 

By cavis , 11 May 2025
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Obituary of Erna Pettit Hines - 2001

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11/8/2001
(C. Avis Catalog entry #1378)

Found at GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/0FC00C6E277FC34D-0FC00C6E277FC34D : accessed 24 June 2022) - subscription required

[Not found at the Post-Gazette site.  No page number given, so possibly only on-line.]


Thursday, 11/8/2001

Erna P Hines, 83
HINES, Erna P., 83, of Butler, formerly of Elkins, W. Va. and Titusville, Fla., died Oct. 26. Young Funeral Home, Butler.