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James Jones Dolliver Everly |
James Jones Dolliver Everly was born in 1875 in or near Herring, Preston County, WV, the son of Absalom and Sarah (Carroll) Everly.
Little is known about his life. The 1923 History of West Virginia, Old and New states that he "died February 1, 1905 in Monongalia County [WV]."
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| Horse and buggy near the Cheat River Bridge on the rural outskirts of Morgantown |
A closer search of West Virginia death indexes reveals that James actually died on Feb. 3, 1904, in Monongalia County, where he was a farmer and unmarried. In the record, his name is given as "J.J.D. Everly" and his age as 29 at death.
More will be reported here when discovered.
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