Elizabeth was likely born and was raised at her parents' home on a small farm, in the area known as Zicafoose Hollow, near the town of Asbury. She married Warren G. "Billy" Cummings August 15, 1924, and they became the parents of Elizabeth Belle "Betty" and Frances Jean. Early in their marriage he was an aircraft mechanic at Ft. Eustis, VA, and she was an "Army wife." They next returned to Zicafoose Hollow. Billy left for the Charleston, WV, area about 1929. The 1930 Census showed him to be age 27, boarding with the Boggess family, and proprietor of an auto repair shop in the Cabin Creek District of Kanawha County, WV. He died in 1932 or 1933. Elizabeth and her girls lived with her parents in Zicafoose Hollow for several years. She and her family are believed to also have lived at one time in a property known as "the Harvey house," which had the geographic coordinates of 37.820524, -80.540145. In later years Elizabeth worked as a live-in housekeeper. Around 1950 she and Betty were living in the home of a farmer, Charles Rowe, south of Alderson, WV, where her duties included caring for the invalid wife of Charles. In Elizabeth’s final years she lived with Betty in Charleston, WV, where Betty worked for the US Postal Service. Various death dates and sources include: WV Death Index, 6 July 1969; Social Security, July 1969; and headstone, 6 July 1970.
Grave marker coordinates: 37.895610, -80.624344
Grave marker coordinates: 37.895610, -80.624344
Elizabeth was likely born and was raised at her parents' home on a small farm, in the area known as Zicafoose Hollow, near the town of Asbury. She married Warren G. "Billy" Cummings August 15, 1924, and they became the parents of Elizabeth Belle "Betty" and Frances Jean. Early in their marriage he was an aircraft mechanic at Ft. Eustis, VA, and she was an "Army wife." They next returned to Zicafoose Hollow. Billy left for the Charleston, WV, area about 1929. The 1930 Census showed him to be age 27, boarding with the Boggess family, and proprietor of an auto repair shop in the Cabin Creek District of Kanawha County, WV. He died in 1932 or 1933. Elizabeth and her girls lived with her parents in Zicafoose Hollow for several years. She and her family are believed to also have lived at one time in a property known as "the Harvey house," which had the geographic coordinates of 37.820524, -80.540145. In later years Elizabeth worked as a live-in housekeeper. Around 1950 she and Betty were living in the home of a farmer, Charles Rowe, south of Alderson, WV, where her duties included caring for the invalid wife of Charles. In Elizabeth’s final years she lived with Betty in Charleston, WV, where Betty worked for the US Postal Service. Various death dates and sources include: WV Death Index, 6 July 1969; Social Security, July 1969; and headstone, 6 July 1970.
Grave marker coordinates: 37.895610, -80.624344
Grave marker coordinates: 37.895610, -80.624344
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