Letha Gladys (Riddle) Stewart (1902 - 1971)

Born 17 Feb 1902 in Newberne, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Hartman Stewart — married 5 Oct 1924 in Smithville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1971 at age 69 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

Gladys (Riddle) Stewart was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.

Letha Gladys Riddle was born in 1902. ^[1]

In 1924, Gladys married as his second wife Robert Hartman Stewart. They were the parents of 9 children:

• Mary Virginia (Stewart) Husk Forest
• Robert Sherwood Stewart
• Raymond Wesley Stewart
• George Edwin Stewart
• Kenneth Milton Stewart
• Cecil Lee Stewart
• Nina (Stewart) Seeber
• Norma (Stewart) Cox Seeber Chaddock
• Joseph Duaine Stewart

Gladys passed away in 1971 after a long battle with heart disease. ^[2] She is buried in New Mount Olive Cemetery, Burnt House, Ritchie County, West Virginia. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1LY-Z68 : 10 February 2018), Letha Riddle, 17 Feb 1902; citing Newberne, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 808,256
2. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMWR-6BH : 7 December 2018), Letha Gladys Stewart, 05 Aug 1971; citing Wood, West Virginia, County Records, 12679, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 2,114,468.
3. ↑ "Find a Grave", database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33005878/letha-gladys-stewart : accessed 08 May 2022), memorial page for Letha Gladys Riddle Stewart (17 Feb 1902–5 Aug 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33005878, citing New Mount Olive Cemetery, Burnt House, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Karen Stewart (contributor 46908947). Find A Grave: Memorial #33005878

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJH-Z3N : accessed 24 January 2021), Gladys L Riddle in household of Gainer G. Riddle, De Kalb, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 9A, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1680; FHL microfilm 1,375,693.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2C-8G8 : 20 January 2021), Gladys Riddle in entry for Gainer G Riddle, 1920.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYD8-GX8 : 11 February 2018), Robert H Stewart and Gladys Riddle, 1924; citing Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 839,541.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCQ-P4Z : accessed 24 January 2021), Gladys Stewart in household of Robert H Stewart, Murphy, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 5A, line 50, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2554; FHL microfilm 2,342,288.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CQ-NCV : 8 January 2021), Gladys Stewart in household of R H Stewart, Troy Magisterial District, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-12, sheet 18B, line 71, family 332, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4403.