John Malcolm Chittum

Family/Spouse: Doris Tomlinson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Marc Chittum
2. James Michael Chittum

John married Margaret Irene Trowbridge in 1924. Margaret (daughter of Malcolm Trowbridge and Norah Kate Sams) was born on 7 Mar 1906 in St Albans, Kanawha County, WV; died on 16 May 1970 in Huntington, Cabell County, WV; was buried on 19 May 1970 in White Chapel Mem Gardens, Barboursville, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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OBIT (Huntington Herald Dispatch, Sunday, May 17, 1970):
Mrs. Margaret Irene Steele, 65, of 424 Washington Ave, was dead on arrival Saturday evening at a Huntington hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack at her home. She was a sister of Robert Trowbridge of Huntington, executive director of the West Virginia Housing Authority. A retired employee of Star Furniture Co., Mrs. Steele was born March 7, 1905, at St Albans, a daughter of the late Malcolm and Kate Holland Trowbridge. She was a member of Beverly Hills United Methodist Church, Women's Society of Christian Service, Charity Sunday School class and Order of Eastern Star of Ceredo. Other survivors include her husband, Arthur D. Steele; two sons, John M. Chittum of Huntington and Arthur D. Steele Jr. of Great Falls, Mont.; three daughters, Mrs. Leroy Carson, Mrs. Marjorie Adams and Mrs. Jane McLeod, all of Huntington; a sister, Mrs. Madeline Hampton of Vine Grove, Ky.; two other brothers, Malcolm Trowbridge of Lewiston, N.Y., and William Trowbridge of Los Angeles, Calif., and 14 grandchildren. The body is at Steele Funeral Home.

OBIT (Huntington Herald Dispatch, Monday, May 18, 1970):
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Irene Steele, 65, of 424 Washington Ave, who died Saturday, will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Steele Funeral Home by Dr. William A. Woods. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Marcum Chapter 61, Order of the Eastern Star, will conduct memorial services today at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Friends may call after noon today. Pallbearers will be Roy Everett, George Farrar, Ted Neal, Don Neal, Don Elmore and Herschel Sturms.

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My memories of my grandfather, "Mac", were of a quiet man, an intelligent man, and a great baseball fan. I remember him listening to the Reds games on the radio and he would go to Cincinnati (150 miles) on days off to seethe Reds play. I really tried but never managed to beat him in a game of checkers. If a someone asked grandpa a question, grandma usually answered it, so "Mac" maintained his reputation for being "quiet".

Obituary from the Huntington paper on 2/5/60 :
MALCOLM TROWBRIDGE --
Seventy-eight years old, 917 Eleventh Street, a retired Chesapeake & Ohio Railway conductor, died yesterday in a Huntington hospital. Mr. Trowbridge was a C & 0 employee for 52 years before his retirement in 1955. He was born September 30, 1881, at St. Albans, a son of the late Z.H. and Lilly Trowbridge, and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway conductors. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Arthur L. Steele of Huntington, Miss Kathryn Trowbridge of Beaumont, Tex., and Mrs. W. E. Hampton of Vine Grove, Ky.; three sons, Malcolm Trowbridge, Jr., of Lewiston, N. Y., and Robert N. and William A. Trowbridge of Huntington; one brother, Fred Trowbridge of St. Albans, one sister, Mrs. W. E. Harbour of St, Albans, and 13 grandchildren and 12 great - grandchildren. The body is at the Steele Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the funeral home by Dr. John W. Hollister and the Rev. D. Lowther. burial will be in Woodland Cemetery at Ironton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 P. M. today.

Malcolm married Norah Kate Sams on 19 Jul 1903 in St Albans, Kanawha County, WV. Norah was born on 18 Oct 1885 in St Albans, Kanawha County, WV; died on 26 Apr 1958 in Huntington, Cabell County, WV; was buried on 27 Apr 1958 in Ironton, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zeb was trained as a millwright in Crown City, Ohio. After marriage he settled in St. Albans, West Virginia. He owned and ran a large farm there and was a member of the firm Trowbridge & Halstead. He was a deputy sheriff of Kanawha County for 10 years. He was a deputy tax commissioner at Charleston, West Virginia for one term.

Zebulon married Lutitia Shaw on 10 May 1877 in Crown City, Gallia County, OH. Lutitia was born on 28 Aug 1857 in Chambersburgh [Eureka], Galia County, OH; died in 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]