Elizabeth F. "Lizzie" Canaday
1861 - 1939 (77 years)-
Name Elizabeth F. "Lizzie" Canaday Nickname Lizzie Birth 20 Jun 1861 Glen Lyn, Giles Co., VA 
[1] Gender Female Death 19 Feb 1939 Glen Lyn, Mercer Co., WV [1] Cause: carcinoma of uterus Person ID I15607 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 8 Dec 2025
Father Flemming S. Canaday Mother Clara Toney Family ID F11702 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marshall Washington Walkup, b. 18 Jan 1848, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 18 May 1918, Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 70 years) Marriage 7 Mar 1878 Mercer Co., WV [2] - Married by James H. Johnston.
Divorce 9 Dec 1893 Mercer Co., WV [3] - This cause having been regularly matured at Rules by service of process on the said defendant, and the filing of plaintiffs bill, came on this 9th day of Decr. 1893 to be heard upon the plaintiffs bill and the depositions of witnesses, and was argued by counsel, and the said defendant still failing to plead, answer or demure, It is adjudged ordered and decreed that the bond of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant be dissolved that the plaintiff and defendant be divorced from each other a Vinculo matrimonii And the plaintiff here in Court waives all question at this time as to the custody of the children of the marriage, and this case is directed to be omitted from the Docket.
Children 1. Elsie Lee Walkup, b. Jan 1880, Willowton, Mercer Co., WV d. Between 1930 and 1940 (Age 49 years)2. Carl Toney Walkup, Sr., b. 5 Sep 1882, Glen Lyn, Giles Co., VA d. 2 Feb 1946, Princeton, Mercer Co., WV (Age 63 years)3. Lenoria Walkup, b. 2 Apr 1884, Mercer Co., WV d. 7 May 1885, Mercer Co., WV (Age 1 year)Family ID F6794 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Dec 2025
Family 2 George W. Hale, b. Feb 1860, VA d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1895 [4] Family ID F16724 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2016
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Event Map 
Birth - 20 Jun 1861 - Glen Lyn, Giles Co., VA 
Marriage - 7 Mar 1878 - Mercer Co., WV Divorce - 9 Dec 1893 - Mercer Co., WV = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), 16 May 2016, death certificate 2107 (1939), Elizabeth F. Hale, accessed 16 May 2016. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1540] West Virginia. Mercer County., Mercer Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 1: 30, line 8, Walkup-Cannady, 1878; accessed 16 May 2016. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2537] West Virginia. Mercer County., Mercer Co., WV Chancery Order Book, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org), 8: 345, M. W. Walkup v. Lizzie F. Walkup, divorce, 9 Dec 1893; accessed 8 Dec 2025 (Reliability: 3).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99K9-371V. - [S1911] West Virginia, Mercer County, FCR: Mercer Co., WV 1900, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 1766, East River, enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 9A, p. 94, dwelling 134, family 138, George W. Hale, accessed 16 May 2016 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), 16 May 2016, death certificate 2107 (1939), Elizabeth F. Hale, accessed 16 May 2016. (Reliability: 3).