Marion County Remembers

Remembering CPL James Harper Hibbs (Grant Town) October 3, 1923 - February 20, 1945 ---- CPL James Harper Hibbs (Service Number 444786) was born in Grant Town, West Virginia, on October 3, 1923, the son of John and Marie (Fusarini) Hibbs. In 1920, John and Marie were living with John's parents at their dairy farm, where John worked (1920 Census). John later worked as a trackman (1930 census) and tipple repair man (1940 Census) at the coal mine. John's 1942 WWII Draft Card lists his employer as Koppers Coal Company, which worked out of Grant Town. James was a 1942 graduate of Fairview High School, where he participated in the Science Club, Pep Club, Press Club, and was on the baseball team. It is note-able that at least 3 members of Fairview High School's 1941 Baseball team were killed in service during WWII- James Hibbs, Glen Cosner, and George Krevosky. 18 year-old James Harper Hibbs registered for the draft on June 30, 1942. At the time, he was an employee of Koppers Coal...

Remembering PVT William Clifton Travis (Fairmont) October 17, 1909 - February 9, 1945 ---- PVT William Clifton Travis (Service Number 35560215) was born in Fairmont, WV on October 17, 1909, the son of Clyde and Bertha Kimmel. When William was born, his family lived at 17 Bolton Street in Fairmont and Clyde worked as a brakeman for the B&O Railroad (1910 Census). In 1912, their family moved to Market Street ("Moving").  In 1917 tragedy struck Bertha's family. Her younger brother Thomas died of tuberculosis in December of 1917, her mother died of tuberculosis in January of 1918, and yet another brother, George, died of tuberculosis in July of 1918. Unfortunately, Bertha herself contracted tuberculosis, and in February of 1919, Clyde and Bertha sold their Market Street home ("Personals," 11 February 1919) and moved to Arcadia, Texas where Clyde's parents resided, in hopes of restoring Bertha's health. Bertha died April 19, 1919 in Texas, leaving Clyde w...

2025 Data: January: Running tally for adding GPS to graves: 3,062 (+74 added by me, +1 someone else) New Woodlawn Findagrave Memorials created: 415 (+6, 445 memorials total)  Percentage of graves with GPS: 32% Photo requests fulfilled: 2 ---- 2024 Data: January: GPS data added to graves (by uploading photos): 1,873 (+338) New Findagrave Pages created: 79 Percentage of graves with GPS: 21% February: Running tally for adding GPS to graves: 2,094 (+384) New Findagrave Pages created: 294 (+51)  Percentage of graves with GPS: 23% [Broke foot at the end of February, still only adding photos taken in November]  May: Running tally for adding GPS to graves: 2,213 (93 added by me, 13 added by Terry Ward) New Findagrave Pages created: 303 (+9)  Percentage of graves with GPS: 24% June: Running tally for adding GPS to graves: 2384 (+229) New Woodlawn Findagrave Pages created: 346 (+43, 373 pages total)  Percentage of graves with GPS: 25% July: Running tally for adding GPS to...