Melvin Hazlett Kunkle and Oma Verne Gordon

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Husband Melvin Hazlett Kunkle ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Nov 1878 2
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           Died: 23 May 1967 - Boyd Co, KY
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jacob Kunkle (1837-1886) 3
         Mother: Catherine Haslett (1841-1889) 3

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       Marriage: 19 Jun 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA 2

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Wife Oma Verne Gordon ²

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           Born: 8 Aug 1880 2
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           Died: 11 Mar 1958 - Boyd Co, KY
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         Father: Clinton Plumer Gordon (1854-1922) 4 5
         Mother: Joanna Jane Murtland (1859-1930) 6

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Children

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1 M [Infant] Kunkle ¹

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           Born: Nov 1902
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           Died: 1902 or 1903
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2 M Warren Gordon Kunkle ²

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           Born: 25 Nov 1903 2
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           Died: Sep 1982
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         Spouse: Virginia C. Coster (1915-      ) 2
           Marr: 19 Dec 1940 2

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3 F Kathleen Virginia Kunkle ²

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           Born: 11 Dec 1905 2
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           Died: 7 Dec 1966 - Boyd Co, KY
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4 F Doris Rosamond Kunkle ⁷

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           Born: 20 Jul 1908 7
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           Died: Sep 1983 - Boyd Co, KY
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         Spouse: E. C. Howard (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 16 Jun 1925 8. (Divorced)

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5 M Maurice Lynn Kunkle ⁷

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           Born: 18 May 1911 7
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           Died: 16 Feb 1984 - Boyd Co, KY
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         Spouse: B. Irene Pelphrey (1921-1998) 7
           Marr: 6 Nov 1937 9

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6 F Pauline Margaret Kunkle ^{1 7}

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           Born: 29 Jun 1913 1 7
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           Died: 1 May 1993 - ? Florida
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         Spouse: George Hambell (      -      ) 10
           Marr: Dec 1939. (Divorced)

         Spouse: William Lanigan (      -      ) 10
           Marr: (Divorced)

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7 F Louise Estelle Kunkle ^{1 7}

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           Born: 3 Sep 1914 1 7
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           Died: 5 Sep 1991 - ? West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co, FL
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         Spouse: Stephen Summers (1909-      )
           Marr: 18 Oct 1941 7. (Divorced)

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General Notes: Husband - Melvin Hazlett Kunkle

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In 1921 the family moved to Ashland, Kentucky, where he worked at Armco Steel until his retirement.

SSDI: MELVIN KUNKLE 30 Nov 1878 May 1967 41101 (Ashland, Boyd, KY) (none specified) 402-05-1876 Kentucky
KY Death Record: KUNKLE MELVIN H 088 BOYD BOYD 05-23-1967 020 09787 1967

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General Notes: Wife - Oma Verne Gordon

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Her infant son was murdered when a month old. The baby's milk, left on the porch each morning, was poisoned. Her brother, Clinton, hired a New York detective to find the culprit but no conclusive evidence was found.

KY Death Record: KUNKLE OMA G 077 BOYD BOYD 03-11-1958 009 04400 1958

1 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 40.

2 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 36.

3 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 34.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

5 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 21.

6 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 34.

7 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 37.

8 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 41.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 42.

10 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 48.