Varney, Winston Ewing

1920 - 1993  (73 years)

• Name	Varney, Winston Ewing  [1]
  Birth	5 Jul 1920	Sprague, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Nov 1993	Long Bottom, Meigs, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I45147	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Varney, Henry Clinton,   b. 24 Nov 1887, Ragland, Mingo, West Virginia, USA d. 11 Dec 1962, Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Staton, Magdaline "Maggie" Alice,   b. 22 Mar 1890, Logan County, West Virginia, USA d. Mar 1980, Switzer, Logan, West Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Nov 1914	Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Issue, jt	1934
  	The baby, Carl Ray Thompson, was raised by Nancy's brother, Henry Varney and his wife, Maggie.
  	20230716GHLn- Nancy Alice Varney L7XY-Q1D birth: 28 Sep 1907, Ragland, Mingo, WV res: 1930, Lee, Mingo, WV death: 22 Jan 1934, Ragland, Mingo, WV father: Lewis Varney LZVC-DPX mother: Elizabeth Farley L7XY-9XK spouse: Arthur Frances Thompson GHTF-KM2 20230716GHLn- http://generations-past.net/varney/alexander.html Arthur Francis Thompson Click for a photo album of Frank and Nancy Thompson and their family. Frank, as he was known, was born 25 October 1897 in Goodwin Ferry, Giles County, Virginia. His father was Robert Harvey Thompson. His mother was Emma T. Vaught of Giles County, Virginia. Frank was raised in Giles County, Virginia. He was living and working in Newport, Giles County, VA in 1918 when he signed up for the draft in World War I. Sometime after that he moved to Mingo County, WV. There he met and married 18 year old Nancy Alice Varney. Nancy tragically died of pneumonia on 22 January 1934. She died days after the birth of her sixth child, at the age of 27. Frank was left with five small daughters under ten and a new born baby. The baby, Carl Ray Thompson, was raised by Nancy's brother, Henry Varney and his wife, Maggie. Frank married Letia Estep who had a son, Aubrey, from a previous marriage. She became a mother to the five little girls. Frank died on 2 April 1971 and was buried with Nancy at the Varney Cemetery in Ragland, Mingo County, WV. Nancy Alice Varney was born 28 September 1907 in the old home place in Ragland, Mingo County, WV. Her children were born in the same house. She lived there all her life. She was the youngest of the twelve children of Lewis and Elizabeth Farley Varney. Nancy and Frank had six children: 1. Helen Marie Thompson (1924-2003) married Marian Hysell 2. Francis Lee Thompson married Richard Cramer 3. Eva Faye Thompson (1927-2002) married Warren Rogers 4. Betty Jane Thompson married Charles Wellman 5. Emma Lou Thompson (1931-1978) married Darrell Ervin 6. Carl Ray Thompson (1934-2008) Frank and his family are found on the following censuses. 1910 Federal Census for Newport, Giles County, West Virginia 1920 Federal Census for Lee Township, Mingo County, West Virginia 1930 Federal Census for Lee Township, Mingo County, West Virginia 20230716GHLn- Frank Thompson The Family of Arthur Francis Thompson & Nancy Varney, photo array: Arthur Francis "Frank" Thompson Nancy Varney Thompson Nancy Varney Thompson Carl Ray & Frank Thomson Frances Thompson Cramer Eva Thompson Rogers Chuck & Betty Thompson Wellman Emma Thompson Ervin Carl Ray Thompson Frances, Carl & Eva Thompson Frances, Eva & Helen Thompson Thompson Sisters
  Family ID	F40516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F55103

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Jul 1920 - Sprague, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA Death - 8 Nov 1993 - Long Bottom, Meigs, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Henry Clinton Varney

  
  

TEST MARKER

TNG ID: I45147