Scottie Gainer ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Center District, Calhoun, WV on 25 April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 18, Family 126, Roll 1677
Center District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Home rented
Scottie Gainer..Daughter..9..WV
(Living with parents.)

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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Center District, Calhoun, WV on 30 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 18, Family 195, Roll 1950
Center District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Farm owned, no mortgage
Scottie Gainer..Son..19..WV
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - The gender was mistakenly listed as a son instead of a daughter.
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• She was buried after 9 May 1994 in the Bryner United Methodist Church Cemetery in Center District, Calhoun, WV.

• Her obituary was published in the Calhoun Chronicle on 19 May 1994 in Grantsville, WV.

Scottie Dawson, 93, of Parkersburg, formerly of Joker, died Monday, May 9, 1994, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg.

She was born in Calhoun, a daughter of the late Everett and Ella French Hathaway Gainer. She operated the Joker Post Office for several years and was a lifelong homemaker. She was a member of Bryner Chapel United Methodist Church.

Surviving are two sons, Glen Dawson and John E. Dawson, both of Parkersburg; two daughters, Edna L. Mason of Jacksonville, Ill., and Carolyn J. Elza of Parkersburg; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Everett Gainer of Annamoriah and Lora Gainer of Ocala, Florida; and one sister, Eleanor Barnes of Grantsville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David Kelsey Dawson; one sister, Audrey Garretson; and two brothers, Artie Gainer and Vernon Gainer.

Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. Glendon McKee officiating. Burial was in Bryner Chapel Cemetery, near Mt. Zion.

(Source: Calhoun Chronicle, Grantsville, West Virginia, 19 May 1994)
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Scottie married David Kelsey Dawson on 16 February 1922 in Calhoun County, WV.¹ (David Kelsey Dawson was born on 16 December 1899 in Calhoun County, WV,¹ died on 27 March 1984 ¹ and was buried in March 1984 in Center District, Calhoun, WV ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Calhoun County, West Virginia Marriages
Groom: DAWSON, Kelsy
Age: 22
Birthplace: Calhoun
Parents: John & Mollie
Bride: GAINER, Scottie
Age: 21
Birthplace: Calhoun
Parents: Everet & Pink
Marriage date: 16 Feb 1922
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