Orval Holmes Kincaid (1886-1942)

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Orval Holmes Kincaid was born on April 11, 1886 in Brown, Harrison County, West Virginia. He was the son of Andrew Jackson Kincaid and Sarah (Watkins) Kincaid. He married Iva “Nellie Bird” Pifer on September 18, 1906.

He was an engineer for the Carnegie Gas Company in Folsom, West Virginia.

Orval died on April 22, 1942 at the age 56 in Wallace, Harrison County, West Virginia. He was laid to rest at Shinnston Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum in Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia.

Orval is pictured below, second from the left.

OrvalHolmesKincaidAndSiblings — Pictured from left to right: OR?, Orval Holmes, Arthur Ray, Harry B., BG? and Zona.

OrvalIvaKincaid-July4-1939 — July 4, 1939

OrvalHKincaidDeathCert — Cause of death: paralysis or hemiplegia due to hypertension.

OrvalHolmesKincaidStone2 — Shinnston Memorial Cemetery – Shinnston, West Virginia

Spouse

Iva Nellie Bird (Pifer) Kincaid (1885-1970)

Children

Gail T. Kincaid
Orval Hess Kincaid (1912-2001)
Iris Justina (Kincaid) Wright (1914-2008)
Iva Lucille (Kincaid) Swiger (1918-1979)
Ima (Kincaid) Strait
Edith (Billie) (Kincaid) Reichart
Virginia (Betty) Kincaid

Parents

Andrew Jackson Kincaid
Sarah V. (Watson) Kincaid

Sources

“West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTYX-6VM : 11 February 2018), O H Kincaid and Ivy Pifer, 1906; citing Upshur, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,191.

“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.” Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 25 October 2020. Citing NARA microfilm publication M1509. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.