Misc. Notes
Birth records list him as James Okey; census and marriage records as Okey J.; death record as Okey James
Okey and Blanche had 3 children.
1401910 Census, McKim District, Pleasants Co., WV, family 191 (next to parents)
22Locke, Okey J., head, 34, married 10 years, farmer, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV
Sarah B., wife, 33, 4 children, 4 survive, b. WV, parents b. WV
Hattie H., dau., 9, b. WV
Harley E., son, 7, b. WV
Zettie M., dau., 6, b. WV
John A., son, 3, b. WV
1920 Census, McKim District, Pleasants Co., WV, family 68, taken Jan. 12 & 13, 1920, sheet 4A
377Locke, Okey J., head,, 45, b. WV, father b. PA, mother b. WV, farmer
Sarah B., wife, 43, b. WV, parents b. WV, at home
Hattie H., dau., 19, b. WV, school teacher
Harley E., son, 17, b. WV
Ma??? (hard to read), dau., 16, b. WV
Andrew, 13, b. WV
Register of Deaths, p. 135
289Name: Okey James Locke
Date: March 16, 1929
Place: McKim Dist.
Cause: Pectoris (?)
Age: 53y 6m
Parents: John & margaret Locke
Birthplace: WV
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Reported by: Mrs. O. J. Locke, wife
Death Certificate
Name: Okey James Locke
Date/Place of death: March 18, 1929, McKim Dist., Pleasants Co., WV
male, white, married
Spouse: Sarah Blanche Rice
Date/Place of birth: Sept. 7, 1875, WV
Age: 53y 6m 11d
Occupation: farmer
Father: John Locke, b. WV
Mother: Margaret Hanes, b. WV
Informant: Mrs. O. J. Locke, Hebron, WV
Cause of death: angina pectoris [doctor was Claude E. Grimm of St. Marys]
Date/Place of burial: March 20, 1929, Zoar Cemetery