CLARICE VIVIAN (ELLER) STANLEY, a resident of Martins Ferry, Ohio, is revered by all who know her. A warm and wonderful woman, she is a pillar of the Ohio Valley Genealogy Community.
Clarice was born November 8, 1923 at Taylors Ridge, Marshall County, West Virginia. Her parents, Berrell Eller and Florence Arlena Blake, were descendants of early pioneer families of Marshall and Wetzel Counties in West Virginia.
The following information was provided by Clarice:
EDUCATION:
Taylors Ridge Grade School
Moundsville High School
Elliott School of Business, Wheeling, WV
EMPLOYMENT:
Secretary, Bookkeeper, Clerical work for 28 years, including the following:
J. L. Stifel & Sons, Inc, Wheeling, WV, 1942-1950
Interstate Truck Service, Martins Ferry, OH
United Dairy, Inc., Martins Ferry, OH
Eazor Express, Inc., Bellaire, OH
Teamsters Local Union #697, Wheeling, WV
Retired December 1983
MARRIAGE:
CLARICE ELLER married JOHN HENRY STANLEY, 22 July 1950, at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Wheeling, WV. John was Clerical Worker for Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Yorkville, OH and retired in 1983. He died 25 Sept 1993.
CHILDREN:
Robert Murray Stanley - Professional Engineer, Specialty Robotics
Lawrence John Stanley - Hospital, Director of Planning & Marketing
Married: Jacalyn Elice Stranges
Children: Lauren Nicole, Bridget Michelle & Jill Renee Stanley
Mark Steven Stanley - Construction Engineer & Safety Director
Married: Roberta Potts Warren
MEMBERSHIPS:
St. Mary’s Catholic Church & Catholic Womans Club, Martins Ferry, OH
Mound Chapter D.A.R., Moundsville, WV
Rev. War Ancestor, PETER YOHO
Assistant Registrar 1984-1985; Registrar 1996-2001
Marshall Co. Historical Society
Active Member of the Genealogy Committee 1985-2002
Instrumental in helping establish a Genealogy Room
Did Volunteer Family Research upon request
Has done extensive research on many Marshall County Families:
ELLER, BLAKE, YOHO, GATTS, STANDIFORD, TAYLOR
McCARDLE, GARNER, MASON, CAIN, CROW & OTHERS
Yoho Family Association: 1987-2000
Eller Family Association, Charter Member
Wheeling Area Genealogical Society
West Virginia History Hero Award - 2002
As a member of the Society, spent countless hours organizing and typing
information from the extensive collection of Dorothy Rine
Brown into the
RINE/RYAN FAMILY HISTORY book.
Clarice is still adding to her Family Tree Maker Program of Families. She does research on the Internet, using Ancestry.com & Genealogy.com for Census and Family Records.
She was a major contributor of information to the YOHO genealogy files on the Marshall County WVGenWeb site. As stated above, she is a descendant of Revolutionary Patriot, PETER YOHO:
Peter Yoho & Margaret Baker, dau./o Capt. John Baker
Henry Yoho & Annabelle Buchanan
George Yoho & Rachel Garner
Catherine Yoho & Absolum T. Eller
Charles A. Eller & Elizabeth Yoho
Berrell Eller & Florence Arlena Blake
Clarice Vivian Eller
Genealogy Files
Descendants of Peter Yoho
Descendants of Henry Yoho
A Charter Member of the Eller Family Association (http://www.eller.org), Clarice gave a presentation at the Association's conference in 1991. Her work was published in the Eller Chronicles. An updated version is presented here: Report on Descendants of the Immigrant Henry Eller
Clarice's ELLER Ancestry:
Henry Eller & Elizabeth Bigler
Jacob Eller, Sr. & Eva Margaret Williard
Peter Eller & Jane Standiford
Absolam Eller & Catherine "Cassie" Yoho
Charles A. Eller & Elizabeth Yoho
Berrell Eller & Florence A. Blake
Clarice V. Eller b.1923 & John H. Stanley
Charles V. Eller b.1926 & Barbara M. Thacker
Ralph N. Eller b.1929-d.1991 & Dorothy L. Paith
Berrell & Florence Eller (sitting) - 45th Anniversary, Feb 1967.
Children, standing: Charles V. Eller, Clarice (Eller) Stanley, Ralph N. Eller.
 Clarice with Dorothy Dakan Sedosky, May 1999
 Clarice with 3rd Cousin, Blaine Standiford, June 2001
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