Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Stephen Clayton    
                Born: ca 1832               1
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary Catharine "Katy" Prunty   2  
       Also known as: Katherine Prunty 3
                Born: ca 1834               4
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Jacob Prunty   (1786 - 1861) 
              Mother: Mary McKinney   (1796 - 1865) 
           M Child 1: James Frank Clayton      
         Census name: Frank Clayton 
                Born: May-  -1856          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5,6,7
                Died: Apr-24-1935          in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  8,6
              Buried:                      in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1870, 1880, 1900     in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8
                Wife: Mary Jane "Janie" Baker  b. Sep-  -1870  d. Feb-10-1955  
             Married: Mar-31-1891          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
           M Child 2: S. R. Clayton      
                Born: ca 1865              in Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Census: 1920                 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV  
                Wife: Sarah J. Jones  b. ca 1845  
             Married: Mar-26-1890          in Calhoun Co, WV  12

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 436. 
(4) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(5) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  J. Frank Clayton. 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as James F. Clayton, divorced, 34, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; 
and Mary J. Clayton, widowed, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co.  Married Mar 31 1891 in Ritchie County. MR p. 74, line 37 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540039&Type=Marriage. 
(11) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) 
(12) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, Identified as R. Clayton, widowed, age 35, b. Ritchie Co, res. Calhoun 
Co, son of Stephen & Catharine Clayton; and Sarah J. Cross, widowed, age 44, b. Ritchie Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of 
Samuel & Ruth Jones.  Married Mar 26 1890. MR p. 122 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4479&Type=Marriage. 







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