William Floyd Shawver
1862 - 1945 (83 years)-
Name William Floyd Shawver Birth 8 Jul 1862 Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 17 Aug 1945 Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV [2] Cause: myocardial infarction & acute throat infection Burial 20 Aug 1945 Mountain View Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV [2] Person ID I12912 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
Father William Cavendish Shawver, b. 26 May 1834, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 7 Mar 1901, Corliss, Fayette Co., WV (Age 66 years) Mother Sarah Catherine Crane, b. Dec 1838, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD d. Aug 1910, Corliss, Fayette Co., WV (Age 71 years) Marriage 12 Dec 1855 Greenbrier Co., VA [3] Family ID F5653 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Annie B. Amick, b. 24 Jul 1863, Corliss, Fayette Co., WV d. 1 Oct 1941, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 78 years) Marriage 16 Oct 1884 Fayette Co., WV [4] Children 1. Glenn Lake Shawver, b. 17 Aug 1888, Ravenseye, Fayette Co., WV d. 28 Jan 1962, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 73 years)2. Guy Shawver, b. Jun 1892, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. 1914, Elk River, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 21 years)3. William Paxton "Todd" Shawver, b. 17 Mar 1893, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. 23 Feb 1937, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 43 years)4. Walter F. "Mike" Shawver, b. 10 Jul 1896, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. 18 Jun 1931, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 34 years)5. Anna Lucille Shawver, b. 12 Jul 1899, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. May 1980, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 80 years)6. John William Shawver, b. 5 Feb 1903, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. 19 Apr 1944, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 41 years)7. Kathleen O. Shawver, b. 10 Apr 1905, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. 1 Jan 1996, Macon, Bibb Co., GA (Age 90 years)Family ID F5671 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
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Birth - 8 Jul 1862 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA 
Burial - 20 Aug 1945 - Mountain View Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - The Charleston Daily Mail, 18 August 1945
An illness of six months was fatal Friday to William Floyd Shawver, 83, general manager of the roofing firm of William F. Shawver Sons Co. at 507 Capitol St. He died at his home at 228 Bradford St. at 1:40 p.m. Mr. Shawver was born July 8, 1862, in Rupert and came to Charleston in 1890. He established his business in 1893, first dealing in hardware, tinware and other merchandise, but in 1918 sold all except the roofing and sheet metal departments to what is now known as the Southern Hardware Co. His wife, the former Annie E. Amick of Corliss, died in October, 1941. Mr. Shawver was a member of the Masonic Blue lodge, the Scottish Rite bodies and the Baptist Temple. Survivors include a son, Glenn Lake Shawver of Charleston; two daughters Mrs. F. E. Rectenwald of Charleston and Mrs. R. C. Monaghan of Beaumont, Tex.; a brother, Lee Shawver of Corliss: two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Neff of Portsmouth, O., and Mrs. Dora Harrah of Ansted; 10 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. The Simpson mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.
- The Charleston Daily Mail, 18 August 1945
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Sources - [S529] Greenbrier Co., WV BB 1A, p. 70, line 189 (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as September 1862 - [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #10474, Dist. No. 200, Serial No. 1080 (Reliability: 3).
- [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991).
- [S1070] Dodd, Jordan, West Virginia Marriages, 1863-1900, (Online Database).
- [S529] Greenbrier Co., WV BB 1A, p. 70, line 189 (Reliability: 3).