Husband: Charles B. Clevenger Also known as: Charles B. Clevinger 1
Father: Mother:
Wife: Mary Melissa "Polly" Welch 2
Married: Jan-15-1840 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 3
Born: Dec- 2-1823 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,5,6
Died: Aug-26-1905 at Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV 7,4
Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Father: Isaiah Welch (1792 - 1860)
Mother: Rachel Ingram (1794 - )
Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Charles B. Clevenger Other name: Charles M. Welch Born: Feb- -1847 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 8,9 (see note 1) Died: May-22-1922 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 11 Resided: 1921 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 13,14 Wife: Cloey Narcissus Gray b. Jun- -1845 d. 1920 Also known as: Narcissus Gray 15 Married: Nov-29-1865 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, Identified as Charles B. Clevinger and Mary Welch. Married Jan 15 1840. Solemnized by Joseph Wrightsman. MR p. 10 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11625834&Type=Marriage. (4) Headstone. (5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 55. (6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mary Bee, white female, widow, age 81y 3 (or 8?)m, 26d; died Aug 26 1905 at Joy, cause of death paralysis and senile gangrene. Buried Aug 27 1905 at Upper Cabin Run. DR p. 157 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047321&Type=Death. (8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Obituary of wife. (13) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (14) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 232. Event Notes Note (1) Age 21 given at time of Nov 1865 marriage would put birth in about 1844. But 1900 Census shows age as 53, birth date Feb 1847.