Virginia Way was a member of the graduating class of 1930 of Coshocton High School.
In 1900, 30 year old farmer Philip Pouilton owned a farm in Boston Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio with his wife, Mamie (28) and daughters Laura (5) and Mable (3 mos). Philip's parents lived next door.
In 1920, Mamie Poulton (48) owned a farm in Somerset Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio. She lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Roy Shepard. Mamie's sister-in-law, Mary Poulton Claus, lived next door. Her father- and mother-in-law lived two doors away.
In 1910, Mary H. Claus (41) lived on the farm next to her parents' in Somerset Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio. Mary is listed as married (not widowed or divorced), but her husband was not listed in the household with her. According to the census, this was her first marriage; she had been married for two years; and she had no children.
At the time of the 1920 census, widow Mary H. Claus (50) lived alone on a farm in Somerset Twp. Her occupation was "farmer." Living on the adjacent farms were Mary's parents on one side, and her widowed sister-in-law, Mamie Poulton, on the other.
In 1930, Mary H. Clause (62) owned a farm worth $6000 on Temperanceville-Barnseville Road in Somerset Twp., Belmont Co., OH, where she lived with her 82 year old widowed mother. Mary's occupation was "farming manager." (The men on the census page were listed simply as "farmers.")
In 1900, Charles A. Howiler (29) owned a farm in Seneca Twp., Monroe County, Ohio where he lived with his wife, Lottie E. (27), children William O. (4), Mary J. (3), and his widowed mother, Leana (68).
From death certificate:
Name: Charles A. Howiler
Residence: Woodsfield, Ohio
Age: 80 years 5 days
Birth: 14 Feb 1871, Seneca Twp., Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Marital status: Widowed
Father: Joseph Howiler
Mother: -----
Informant: Mr. E. M. Harper
From the Zanesville Signal, pg 9, on 13 Aug 1938:
BARNESVILLE -- Mrs. Charles Howiler, Calais, died in Cambridge,
where she had received treatment in a hospital, Friday morning [12 Aug
1938]. She was well known here. Mr. Joanna Howiler of Greenmount
avenue, is a sister-in-law.
Living in Chicago in 1920. Married, no children. Occupation: Locomotive engineer.
Living in a rooming house in Chicago in 1930. Marital status: single. Occupation: Locomotive engineer.
In 1930, James H. Poulton (40) owned a home worth $10,000 at 1928 East High Street in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. He lived with his wife, Clare J. (35), and children Mary E. (12), Jean E. (12), and servant Hazel Eulett (25). James was a physician.
From death certificate:
Name: Dr. James H. Poulton
Residence: Southern Apt.
Age: 47 years 5 months 13 days
Birth: 03 May 1887, Temperanceville, Ohio
Occupation: Phys. And Surg.
Marital status: Divorced
Spouse: Clara Poulton
Father: William Poulton, Ohio
Mother: Ellen Burkhart, unknown
Informant: Clara Poulton, High and Belmont Ave.
Social Security # issued in West Virginia in 1966.
In 1920, Roy (27) and Laura (24) Shepard lived on the farm of Laura's widowed mother, Mamie Poulton in Somerset Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio.
In 1920, 87 widow Lena Howiler lived in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Thomas and Margaret M. McMillan in Seneca Twp., Monroe County, Ohio.
According to her death certificate, Lena's father's surname (Stephen Howiler) was the same as her husband's (Joseph Howiler).