Ai Elbert McIntire
11 Nov 1868–7 Jun 1917
The small memorial tribute written here on this page is dedicated to the memory and loving rememberance of Ai Elbert McIntire (1868-1917), My Grandfather. Ai Elbert McIntire was born in Harrison County, West virginia USA on 11 November 1868, The son of Joseph H. McIntire (1834-1921) and Mary Ann Bennett (1843-1897). Ai Elbert McIntire and Sarah (Sallie) Matilda Straight were married on 24 December 1901. The Reverend J. H. Hess preformed the marriage service at Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia USA. Ai and Sarah McIntire owned and operated a small general store for many years at 320 Baltimore Street in Burt Hill Addition of Mannington, West Virginia USA. Ai Elbert McIntire passed away at his home in Mannington,Marion County, West Virginia USA on 7 June 1917 At the young age of Forty-Eight years. Ai Elbert is buried in the Straight Family Plot at the Whetstone Cemetery located on the outskirts of Mannington, West Virginia USA. Although Grandfather Ai Elbert passed away many years before I was born, And I know very little about him. I do know that he left a very loving family. Ai Elbert was the father of five children. Two of Ai Elbert's children died very young. Millard Harold died in infancy and Virginia Alice died at the age of ten years. The remaining three children, Kenneth M.,Mary Elizabeth, and Ethel Alverta lived full lives, as did their mother Sarah (McIntire) Currey. All with the memory of a loving father and husband in their minds and hearts for the length of those lives. Dedicated to my Grandfather Ai Elbert McIntire whose name I proudly bear.---- David L. McIntire