John Samuel McConnell

Male 1875 - 1958  (83 years)


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  1. 1.  John Samuel McConnell was born 07 Apr 1875, Scott Co. VA; died 11 May 1958, Staunton, VA; was buried , Sunrise Burial Park, Fairlawn, Pulaski Co. VA.

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    CENSUS RECORDS

    1880 Census
    Name: John S. Mc Connell
    Age: 5
    Birth Year: abt 1875
    Birthplace: Virginia
    Home in 1880: Johnson, Scott, Virginia
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's name: James M. Mc Connell
    Father's Birthplace: Virginia
    Mother's name: Mary Mc Connell
    Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James M. Mc Connell 32
    Mary Mc Connell 30
    Robert L. Mc Connell 8
    John S. Mc Connell 5
    Valare Mc Connell 3
    Willbern M. Mc Connell 7 months

    OBITUARY

    Radford News Journal; 13 May 1958

    Funeral services for John Samuel McConnell will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Grove Avenue Methodist Church. The Rev S.E. Bratton assisted by the Rev. Richard Price will be in charge.

    Active pallbearers will be Dr. John Giesen, Sam Cohen, R.H. Sheffield, Frank Grayson, Giles Goodykoontz, John B. Spiers Jr, Mel Jeffries and Arthur Giesen.

    Honorary pallbearers are Arnold Blayiock, Walter Goodykoontz, I.W. Carns, Gene Grayson, Dr. L.R. Semones, Roy Weaver, Dr, J.P. King, J.S. Eakin, Frank Smyth, Gene Smyth, R.S. Hopkins, L.P. Sutton, John Whitehead, T.M. Jones, Homer Jamison, D.H. Crizer, Charles Mottesheard, J.E. Vest, H.H. Howard, Bill Caldwell, George Lyle, John Goldsmith, and the Men's Bible Class of Grove Avenue Methodist Church.

    Interment will be in the Sunrise Burial Park.

    Birth:
    World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    Name: John Samuel McConnell
    County: Wise
    State: Virginia
    Birth Date: 7 Apr 1875
    Race: White
    Wife: Mae V. McConnell

    Buried:
    Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo:
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40894922&ref=acom

    Died:
    Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
    Name: John Samuel Mcconnell
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age at Death: 83
    Birth Date: 7 Apr 1875
    Death Date: 11 May 1958
    Death Place: Staunton, Augusta, Virginia
    Registration Date: 14 May 1958
    Father: Paul Mcconnell [James McConnell
    Mother: Sarah Quillen [Mary Quillen
    Spouse: Mae Woods
    [Note: He has been a resident of the DeJarnette State Sanitorium for over 2 years. His wife was dead. The informant is listed as the state records from the institution. So the accuracy on his parents may be unreliable.]
    John is listed as a retired insurance salesman from Nicklesville in Scott Co. VA.

    John married Mae Woods. Mae was born 28 May 1881, Baltimore Co. MD; died 09 Dec 1953, Radford, VA; was buried , Sunrise Burial Park, Fairlawn, Pulaski Co. VA. [Group Sheet]