Husband: Enoch Alpha Leggett 1
Census name: E. Alfred Leggett 2
Born: Feb- -1859 2,3,4
Died: Dec-25-1934 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Resided: near Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7
Census: 1900, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Enoch B. Leggett (1811 - 1883)
Mother: Sarah Ann Athey (1814 - 1876)
Wife: Sarah Amelia Zinn 1
Also known as: Amelia Zinn 8,9,10,2
Married: Aug-25-1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
Born: Apr- -1857 2,3,4
Died: Sep- 5-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,4
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5,8
Census: 1900, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: George Wesley Zinn (1815 - 1877)
Mother: Sarah Gray (1816 - 1884)
Notes
F Child 1: Anna A. Leggett
Born: May-31-1882 11
Died: Sep- -1977 12
Resided: in Gastonia, Gaston Co, NC 12,13,7
Census: 1930 in Gastonia, Gaston Co, NC
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Notes
F Child 2: Gwendolyn Leggett
Census name: Gwendalien Leggett 2
Born: Dec- 3-1883 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8,12,2,4
Died: Jan-26-1968 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 14,12,4
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 8,15
Resided: in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Resided: 1932 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 2
Occupation: seamstress, Markey's Department Store in West Union 8
Notes
F Child 3: Junata Vena Leggett Also known as: June Leggett 7 Born: Oct-15-1885 17,2,18 Died: Jun- 1-1966 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 17,20,21 Resided: 1932 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Occupation: newspaper typesetter 17 Husband: Charles E. Maxwell b. Sep-27-1885 d. Nov-30-1984 Married: Jan- 1-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
F Child 4: Ruth Olivia Leggett Census name: Ruthio O. Leggett Born: Jan- 1-1888 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 22,2,18 Died: bef Jan 1968 7 Resided: 1932 in Canton, McPherson Co, KS 13 Census: 1930 in Butler Co, KS 23 Resided: 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 24 Resided: 1910 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Husband: John Jefferson Broadwater b. Sep- -1884 Married: Dec- 4-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
F Child 5: Alpha Mary Leggett Also known as: Mary Alpha Leggett 26 Born: Apr-28-1890 5,2 Died: Apr-20-1919 5,27 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Eli Marshal Nutter b. Sep-19-1884 d. Aug- 5-1973 Also known as: Marshal Nutter 27 Married: Sep- 6-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 28
F Child 6: Fredda Geneva Leggett Also known as: Freda G. Leggett Born: Feb- 2-1892 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 29,5,2 Died: Feb- 1-1949 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 29,5 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 15,29 (see note 1) Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 29,13 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Bert Lowther Broadwater b. Feb-21-1891 d. Sep-10-1952 Also known as: Burton B. Broadwater 30 Married: ca Sep 1915 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD 31
F Child 7: Roy Amelia Leggett Born: Feb- 8-1894 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 22,12,2 Died: Nov-29-1973 in Harrison Co, WV 32,12 Resided: 1932, 1968 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,7 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1900, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 department store clerk 33 Education: West Union High School (1913) Husband: ___ Wolverton d. bef 1930 Husband: John M. L. Smith
Sources: (1) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Headstone. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335. (7) Obituary of sister. (8) Obituary. (9) Birth record of daughter. (10) Death record of daughter. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), SSDI gives her birth date as May 31 1892, and the 1930 Census of Gastonia NC gives her age as 32, also putting her birth in about 1892. But the 1900 Census of Doddridge Co WV clearly shows her as the oldest child in the family, age 18, born May 1882. (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Obituary of mother. (14) Obituary - Hospital. (15) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Kansas before 1951. (17) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Junata Vena Maxwell, dau of E. A. Leggett & Amelia Zinn. (20) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (21) Findagrave.com. (22) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) 1930 Census. (24) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John J. Broadwater, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Ruth O. Leggett, 20, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 4 1907. (26) Obituary of husband. (27) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 217. (28) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as E. Marshall Nutter, age 26, and M. Alpha Leggett, age 21. (29) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (30) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (31) West Union Record, 10/7/1915. (32) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (33) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: Freda G. Broadwater. Note (2) In 1930, listed as Roy L. Wolverton, widowed. In 1940, listed as Roy Wolverton Smith, married. Sole member of household in both cases.