Husband: John Dickens
Census name: John G. Dickens
Born: Oct-26-1863 in Caroline Co, VA 1,2
Died: Feb- 3-1889 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 3
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Cause of death: "run over by cars" (i.e., struck by train) 4
Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: William N. Dickens (1827 - 1915)
Mother: Mary Jane ___ (1830 - 1921)
Wife: Elizabeth E. Cottrill
Married: Oct-15-1885 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Died: bef Feb 1889 6
Resided: 1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Father: Calvin J. Cottrill (1836 - 1921)
Mother: Manerva Jane Day (1841 - 1872)
Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John E. Dickens, white male, widowed, age 25, nationality Irish, born in Caroline Co Virginia, occupation laborer; died Feb 3 1889 at Smithton, cause of death "run over by cars." Burial in Smithton on Feb 4 1889. Informant: Joseph Cheuvront, West Union, undertaker. (NOTE: Middle initial given as G in 1880 Census. Unclear which is correct. "Run over by cars" would refer to train cars, as Smithton (now Smithburg) was the location of a B & O Railroad depot. The Smithton burial location is presumed to refer to Archbold Cemetery, where his mother was buried some years later.), DR. p. 16 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5048546&Type=Death. (4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Dickens, age 21 as of Oct 26 1884, born in Caroline County, Virginia, res. in Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Elizabeth Maley (sic), 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 15 1885 "at the residence of Owen Breniger" by F. J. Ashburn, a Minister of the Gospel. (Note: Wife was the widow of Sanford Male, not Maley. In the the 1880 Census of Grant District, Doddridge County, Owen Brinegar, 34, b. North Carolina, blacksmith, was head of household with a wife (Naomi Riggs Huffman Brinegar) and six children. His relationship to either of the parties in this marriage is not known.), MR p. 35 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789987&Type=Marriage. (6) Death record of husband.