Jul-28-2018
Husband: John A. Stinespring
Born: ca 1779 in Lancaster Co, PA 1,2 (see note 1) Died: May- -1869 3 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: miller 1,2,5 Occupation: farmer 6 Father: John H. Stinespring Mother: Eleanor ___ Other spouse 2 Notes
Wife: Mary Watson
Born: Sep- 1-1792 in Virginia 4,7,1 Died: Jul-11-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 4 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
M Child 1: John W. Stinespring Born: Oct-27-1823 8,9 Died: Nov-25-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,8 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Mary Ann ___ b. abt Dec 1823 d. Jul-29-1859 Wife: Charlotte Jane Gray b. ca 1835 d. Mar-13-1866 Also known as: Jane Gray 11 Married: Oct-29-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 12 Wife: Saphrona M. Squires b. ca 1833 d. Aug-29-1897 Married: Mar-11-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 2: William T. Stinespring Born: ca 1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Minerva Dotson b. ca 1838 Also known as: Manervy Dotson 2 Married: Jan-25-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
F Child 3: Ellen Jane Stinespring Also known as: Ella J. Stinespring 14 Born: May-31-1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15,16,17,18 Died: Aug-14-1914 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 19,18 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Roane Co, WV Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: John M. Leggett b. ca 1832 d. ca 1863 Married: Jul-14-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 20 Husband: William M. Watson b. ca 1818 d. Feb- 9-1890 Married: Sep-25-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Record of wife's remarriage. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) (6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (7) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 61y 10m 10d. (8) Headstone. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 232. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John W. Stinespring, widowed, 37, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John A. & Mary; and Charlotte J. Gray, 25, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. & Rachael. Married Oct 29 1860. (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John W. Stinespring, widowed, 45, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John A. & Mary; and Saphrona M. Squires, 35, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas & Mary. Married Mar 11 1869. (14) Death record of son. (15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 182. (16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (17) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 177. (18) Headstone (year only) (19) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jane Watson, widow, died Aug 14 1914 at Auburn, age 84y 2m 14d. That would put her birth date at May 31 1830. Auburn is located in Ritchie Co near the border with Doddridge Co. DR Bk 2, p. 177. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, (License issued Jul 13 1853, per MR Bk 1-B, p. 5.), MR Bk 1, p. 32. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William Watson, widowed, farmer, age 53, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jacob & Sarah Watson; and Ellen Jane Leggett, widowed, age 41, b. Harrison Co, res. (ditto implies Doddridge), dau of John A. & Mary Stinespring. Married Sep 25 1871 in Doddridge County. MR Bk 1-A, p. 182. Event Notes Note (1) Age 60 given at time of Feb 1857 marriage would put birth in about 1796 or 1797, while age 95 in the 1870 Federal Mortality Schedule puts birth in about 1774/75. Age in 1850 was clearly 71, putting birth in about 1779, while age in 1860 was just as clearly 73, putting birth in about 1787.Name Index