John Henry Haley

1896 - 1976  (80 years)

• Name	John Henry Haley
  Birth	31 Mar 1896	Powley Creek, Summers Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	22 Jun 1900	Quinnimont, Fayette Co., WV   [2]
  	1900
  	Henry was 37, a widower, born Aug 1862 in Virginia, a coal miner. Also living in his household were his children: Nora (age 15, born Mar 1885 in Virginia); Ethel (age 12, born Jan 1888 in Virginia); Jenny (age 7, born Jul 1892 in West Virginia); Cary (age 5, born May 1895 in West Virginia); John (age 3, born Mar 1897 in West Virginia); and Minnie (age 1, born Oct 1898 in West Virginia). Role: Household Member
  Census	1920
  	Rock District, Mercer Co., WV
  Military	World War I  [3]
  Occupation	Miner (Gulf Mining Co.)  [4]
  Death	3 Dec 1976	Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [5]
  Burial	6 Dec 1976	Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [5]
  Person ID	I16329	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	Henry Virgil Haley,   b. 10 Sep 1861, Brush, Lee Co., VA d. 11 Sep 1934, Clear Creek, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mildred "Millie" Greeley,   b. 1871, Mercer Co., WV d. 15 Oct 1898, Wiggins, Summers Co., WV (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1892	Summers Co., WV   [6]
  	Married by W. D. English.
  Family ID	F7099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ada R. McGhee,   b. 9 Aug 1902, WV d. 20 Oct 1928, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1920
  Children	1. Robert Paul "Bob" Haley,   b. 26 Jul 1920, Surveyor, Raleigh Co., WV d. 19 Dec 2003, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F7107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Linnie Myrtle Deck,   b. 31 Jul 1903, Crab Orchard, Raleigh Co., WV d. 24 Aug 1992, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1929
  Children	1. Mildred Henrietta Haley,   b. 25 Apr 1930, Raleigh Co., WV d. 19 Sep 1930, Crab Orchard, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 0 years)   2. John Wiley Haley, Sr.,   b. 16 Jun 1931   d. 14 Dec 2004, Palm Bay, Brevard Co., FL (Age 73 years)   3. Emory Dennis Haley
  Family ID	F7108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Mar 1896 - Powley Creek, Summers Co., WV Burial - 6 Dec 1976 - Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, WV, 5 December 1976 John Henry Haley, 80, Sophia, died Friday at 2:45 p.m. in a local hospital of an apparent heart attack. Born at Hinton, March 31, 1896, he was a son of the late Henry and Mildred Haley. Haley was a retired miner, a member of the UMWA Local Union 6108, Slab Fork, Sophia Free Will Baptist Church and a World War I veteran. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Linnie Beck Haley, at home; three sons, Robert P. and John W. both of Crab Orchard and Dennis, Port Malabar, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Goldie Cook, Baltimore, Md.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Williams Funeral Home with the Revs. George Smith and Wade Webb officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Fred Walker, Thomas McKinney, G. G. Darnell, Fred Robinson, Coy Barr, Charles Lambert, George Smith., R. R. Perry, Cleve Milam and Al Janney.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1011] Summers Co., WV Register of Births Book B (1894-1903), page 189, line 160 (Reliability: 3). [S1875] West Virginia, Fayette County, FCR: Fayette Co., WV 1900, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 1758, Quinnimont, enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 11A, p. 272, dwelling 204, family 207, Henry Haley, accessed 30 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S1295] Juanita Counts (Meadow Bridge, WV), Information from Juanita Counts (2010) (Reliability: 3). [S1043] United States, Selective Service System, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Ancestry.com, database online. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.). [S865] Obituary: The Beckley Post-Herald and Register. [S1661] West Virginia. Summers County., Summers 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, 2: 10, line 5, Haley-Greeley, 1892; accessed 30 Oct 2025. (Reliability: 3).