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Hattie Ann <I>Sergant</I> DeStubner

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Hattie Ann Sergant DeStubner

Birth
Left Hand, Roane County, West Virginia, USA
Death
19 Aug 1962 (aged 72)
Pinch, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Clendenin, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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HATTIE ANN SERGENT, D/O DAVID (NMN) SERGENT AND ELIZABETH IRENE McGLOTHLIN, B. 11 DEC. 1889 IN ROANE CO. WV; DIED 19 AUG. 1962 IN THE ARMS OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER, CAROL ANN (ARNOLD) FOUTY AT THE HOME OF OLEN P. AND ELIZABETH I. (HARPER) SUMMERFIELD OF HEART ATTACK IN PINCH, KANAWHA CO. W.VA.

HATTIE MARRIED 1ST, MARCELLUS CAMPBELL HARPER BEARING SEVEN CHILDREN, RUSSELL DAVID, DARRELL THOMAS, ROBERT BROOKS, RAYMOND WOODROW, ELIZABETH IRENE, CARL LEON AND GOLDIE MARIE; HATTIE AND MARCELLUS CAMPBELL HARPER DIVORCED IN 1940.

HATTIE ANN MET HER SOULMATE, EMILE CHRISTIAN de STUBNER, A BARON BORN IN SWITZERLAND ON 22 MARCH 1882 AND WHO DIED 17 JULY 1967 AT HIS HOME IN MANHATTEN CO., N.Y. HE WAS A CHEMIST, INVENTOR AND CONCERT PIANIST. THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHARLESTON, WV ON 3 NOV. 1948. NO CHILDREN OF THIS UNION.

HATTIE ANN WAS A NURSE, WHO AS A YOUNG GIRL, BEGAN HER NURSING CAREER IN ROANE COUNTY, AROUND JOHNSON'S CREEK. SHE TOLD OF VISITING HOMES WHERE ENTIRE FAMILIES HAD BEEN WIPED OUT BY CONSUMPTION AND FLU; SHE TOLD HOW SHE AND DR. WALKER WOULD BURN RAGS IN THE HOME TO HIDE THE STENCH OF DEATH. SHE DELIVERED MANY BABIES IN ROANE AND KANAWHA COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE ASSISTING OF THIS COMPILER'S BIRTH IN 1937.

HATTIE WOULD SING IN THE MANY CHURCHES SHE ATTENDED, WITH A CLEAR ALTO VOICE. WHEN SHE DIED SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH IN CHARLESTON, W.VA.

IN PERSONAL APPEARANCE HATTIE WAS 5'8, SLIM IN STATUE AND WITH LONG CHESTNUT BROWN HAIR, BUT AS A CHILD HER HAIR WAS A STRAWBERRY-BLOND. SHE HAD SPARKLING BLUE EYES. SHE WAS CONSIDERED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO CONSTANTLY STRIVED TO EDUCATE AND UP-GRADE HERSELF AND FAMILY.

HER HOBBIES INCLUDED READING, RAISING ORCHIDS AND ROSES, ATTENDING SYMPHONIES, WHERE AS SHE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; HER HUSBAND, EMILE CHRISTIAN de STUBNER ACCOMPANIED HER TO MANY MUSICAL EVENTS IN N.Y. SHE WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF EMILE WHEN HE PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL. WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER, HATTIE ANN, TRAVELED TO N.Y, I OFTEN ACCOMPANIED HER.

EMILE de STUBNER, SINCE BOYHOOD, WAS FRIENDS WITH ALBERT ENSTINE. ALBERT HAD MARRIED EMILE'S COUSIN AND HAD TWO CHILDREN. I NEVER MET HIS CHILDREN, BUT DID GO TO HIS HOME IN LONG ISLAND, N.Y. AS A YOUNG GIRL WITH MY GRANDPARENTS, EMILE AND HATTIE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF HATTIE ANN.

SHE WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE AND I MISS HER IMMENSELY. I ONLY WISH MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE KNOWN HER AS I KNEW HER, TO HAVE SHARED THE MANY EXPERIENCES AND LEARNED THE MANY LESSONS SHE TAUGHT.

HATTIE'S DESIRE WAS TO HAVE BEEN BURIED NEAR EMILE IN NEW YORK, BUT ALAS, THE DEAD DO NOT MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS, FOR HER LIVING CHILDREN, RUSSELL, DARRELL AND ELIZABETH THOUGHT IT BEST TO BURY HER WITH HER CHILDREN WHO HAD PRE-DECEASED HER - AND I BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ULTIMATE DECISION. SHE WAS A WOMAN WHOM SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE AS BEING BORN BEFORE HER TIME, BUT SHE WAS MY MENTOR, MY BEST FRIEND.
HATTIE ANN SERGENT, D/O DAVID (NMN) SERGENT AND ELIZABETH IRENE McGLOTHLIN, B. 11 DEC. 1889 IN ROANE CO. WV; DIED 19 AUG. 1962 IN THE ARMS OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER, CAROL ANN (ARNOLD) FOUTY AT THE HOME OF OLEN P. AND ELIZABETH I. (HARPER) SUMMERFIELD OF HEART ATTACK IN PINCH, KANAWHA CO. W.VA.

HATTIE MARRIED 1ST, MARCELLUS CAMPBELL HARPER BEARING SEVEN CHILDREN, RUSSELL DAVID, DARRELL THOMAS, ROBERT BROOKS, RAYMOND WOODROW, ELIZABETH IRENE, CARL LEON AND GOLDIE MARIE; HATTIE AND MARCELLUS CAMPBELL HARPER DIVORCED IN 1940.

HATTIE ANN MET HER SOULMATE, EMILE CHRISTIAN de STUBNER, A BARON BORN IN SWITZERLAND ON 22 MARCH 1882 AND WHO DIED 17 JULY 1967 AT HIS HOME IN MANHATTEN CO., N.Y. HE WAS A CHEMIST, INVENTOR AND CONCERT PIANIST. THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHARLESTON, WV ON 3 NOV. 1948. NO CHILDREN OF THIS UNION.

HATTIE ANN WAS A NURSE, WHO AS A YOUNG GIRL, BEGAN HER NURSING CAREER IN ROANE COUNTY, AROUND JOHNSON'S CREEK. SHE TOLD OF VISITING HOMES WHERE ENTIRE FAMILIES HAD BEEN WIPED OUT BY CONSUMPTION AND FLU; SHE TOLD HOW SHE AND DR. WALKER WOULD BURN RAGS IN THE HOME TO HIDE THE STENCH OF DEATH. SHE DELIVERED MANY BABIES IN ROANE AND KANAWHA COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE ASSISTING OF THIS COMPILER'S BIRTH IN 1937.

HATTIE WOULD SING IN THE MANY CHURCHES SHE ATTENDED, WITH A CLEAR ALTO VOICE. WHEN SHE DIED SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH IN CHARLESTON, W.VA.

IN PERSONAL APPEARANCE HATTIE WAS 5'8, SLIM IN STATUE AND WITH LONG CHESTNUT BROWN HAIR, BUT AS A CHILD HER HAIR WAS A STRAWBERRY-BLOND. SHE HAD SPARKLING BLUE EYES. SHE WAS CONSIDERED A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO CONSTANTLY STRIVED TO EDUCATE AND UP-GRADE HERSELF AND FAMILY.

HER HOBBIES INCLUDED READING, RAISING ORCHIDS AND ROSES, ATTENDING SYMPHONIES, WHERE AS SHE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; HER HUSBAND, EMILE CHRISTIAN de STUBNER ACCOMPANIED HER TO MANY MUSICAL EVENTS IN N.Y. SHE WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF EMILE WHEN HE PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL. WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER, HATTIE ANN, TRAVELED TO N.Y, I OFTEN ACCOMPANIED HER.

EMILE de STUBNER, SINCE BOYHOOD, WAS FRIENDS WITH ALBERT ENSTINE. ALBERT HAD MARRIED EMILE'S COUSIN AND HAD TWO CHILDREN. I NEVER MET HIS CHILDREN, BUT DID GO TO HIS HOME IN LONG ISLAND, N.Y. AS A YOUNG GIRL WITH MY GRANDPARENTS, EMILE AND HATTIE. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF HATTIE ANN.

SHE WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE AND I MISS HER IMMENSELY. I ONLY WISH MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE KNOWN HER AS I KNEW HER, TO HAVE SHARED THE MANY EXPERIENCES AND LEARNED THE MANY LESSONS SHE TAUGHT.

HATTIE'S DESIRE WAS TO HAVE BEEN BURIED NEAR EMILE IN NEW YORK, BUT ALAS, THE DEAD DO NOT MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS, FOR HER LIVING CHILDREN, RUSSELL, DARRELL AND ELIZABETH THOUGHT IT BEST TO BURY HER WITH HER CHILDREN WHO HAD PRE-DECEASED HER - AND I BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HARMONY WITH THEIR ULTIMATE DECISION. SHE WAS A WOMAN WHOM SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE AS BEING BORN BEFORE HER TIME, BUT SHE WAS MY MENTOR, MY BEST FRIEND.

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Hattie Ann Harper DeStubner



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