Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Willis Pritchard 1
Born: Oct-15-1825 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Jun-30-1885 3,4
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 6
Father: Peter Pritchard (1798 - 1883)
Mother: Elizabeth Willis (1798 - 1869)
Wife: Amanda Virginia Lawson 7,1
Also known as: Victoria Amanda Lawson 8
Married: Dec-20-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,3
Born: Mar-31-1838 in Warren Co, VA 2,9
Died: Feb- 4-1879 4
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2
Father: William Lawson
Mother: Eliza Marshall
Notes
M Child 1: Millard Fillmore Pritchard 10
Born: Sep-22-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11,12
Died: Jul-29-1927 in East View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 11
Buried: in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 11,13
Resided: in East View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 11
Resided: 1890 - 1898 in Illinois 14
Resided: 1887 in Barbour Co, WV 12
Resided: 1884 in Randolph Co, WV 12
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: Methodist minister in WV (1883-1890, 1898-1927) & Illinois (1890-1898) 14,7,11,15
Wife: Margaret Cerilda "Maggie" Kelley b. Jan-21-1864 d. Jan-12-1887
Also known as: Maggie Cerilda Kelley 12
Married: Jun-11-1884 in Nestorville, Barbour Co, WV 12
Wife: Rosa Belle Nestor b. Mar- 6-1872 d. Jan- 9-1948
Married: Oct-12-1887 near Moatsville, Barbour Co, WV 12
F Child 2: Sarah Eliza (Lydia) Pritchard 3
Born: Mar- -1859 16,17
Died: Nov- 7-1922 in Upshur Co, WV 18
Census: 1900 in Washington District, Upshur Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17 (see note 2)
Husband: Charles N. Radcliff b. Feb- -1847
Also known as: Charles N. Ratcliff 19
Married: ca 1878 16
M Child 3: Giles William Pritchard 3
Born: Jun-21-1861 20
Died: Oct-30-1912 20
Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 4: Judson Fantley Pritchard 3
Census name: F. Judson Pritchard
Born: Jan-17-1864 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,21
Died: Apr- 1-1946 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
Resided: 1915 in Barbour Co, WV 21
Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: minister of U. B. Church 7,11
Wife: Dora Norris b. Aug-13-1869 d. Sep- 6-1908
Married: Apr-17-1907 in Lewis Co, WV 22
Wife: Minnie O. Bailey b. ca 1872 d. bef Apr 1946
Married: Aug- 4-1915 in Lewis Co, WV 23
M Child 5: Ira Sanford Pritchard 3
Born: Sep-17-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 24
Died: Feb-19-1960 24
Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Wife: Iren Bink Clayton b. Feb-18-1869 d. Jan- 4-1944
Married: Dec-24-1883 24
M Child 6: Francis Ezra Pritchard 2,25
Also known as: Frank E. Pritchard 3
Born: Sep-11-1870 11
Died: Jan-16-1950 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Occupation: telephone line owner 11
Wife: Maude Genevra Clayton b. ca 1876 d. Jan-18-1961
Married: May- 7-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
M Child 7: Bushrod Washington Pritchard 26 3
Census name: B. W. Prichard
Born: Jul-22-1873 26,16
Died: Mar-17-1956 26
Census: 1900 in Washington District, Upshur Co, WV (see note 3)
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1900 teacher 16
Wife: Diantha Esther Sines b. Jan- 8-1889
M Child 8: Walter Icen Pritchard 3
Born: Apr-22-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
Died: May- 1-1953 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
Census: 1910 in Randolph Co, WV
Occupation: minister of U. B. Church 7,11
Wife: Jessie Lee Jordan b. 1885 d. 1969
Sources:
(1) Death record of son.
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A.
(4) Headstone.
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(6) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349.
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 354.
(9) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.
(10) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 174.
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(12) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV.
(13) Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV.
(14) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 152.
(15) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p, 177.
(16) 1900 Census, Upshur County, WV.
(17) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(18) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(19) Death record of wife.
(20) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 154.
(21) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994)
(22) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as
Judson Fantly Pritchard, 43, b. Ritchie Co, res. Garrett Co Maryland, son of Thomas W. & Amanda V.; and Dora Norris, 37,
of Lewis Co, dau of Spillman & (blank). Married Apr 17 1907.
(23) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as
Judson F. Pritchard, widowed, 51, b. Ritchie Co, res. Barbour Co, son of Thomas W. & Amanda V.; and Minnie O. Bailey,
43, of Lewis Co, dau of Albert & M. E. Married Aug 4 1915.
(24) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 155.
(25) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
(26) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 156.
Event Notes
Note (1) But age on headstone would put birth date at Nov 15 1825.
Note (2) Not with family in 1870 Census, unless it's the Sarah E.
Note (3) In household of his sister Sarah Eliza (Pritchard) Radcliff and her family,
listed as B. W. Prichard, marital status single, occupation teacher.
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