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Jacob Vandevander

Case from Circleville, WV dated Feb 25, 1951

Victim Details

Jacob Vandevander

Male

White / Caucasian

Circleville

WV

1951-02-25

57

Jacob

Vandevander

08/19/2026

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Jacob Vandevander, a 57-year-old White/Caucasian male from Circleville, West Virginia, died on February 25, 1951. Beyond those identifying details, the independently verifiable online record is unusually thin. Searches of digitized West Virginia historical records, genealogy collections, and surviving newspaper archives did not produce enough accessible primary material under his name to establish the precise circumstances surrounding his death. In particular, no independently accessible record ...
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  • Feb 26, 1951, page 10 - The Charleston Daily Mail at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com
  • Jacob Lee Vandevender (1866-1967) - Find a Grave Memorial
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