Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Wass
Born: ca 1804 in Pennsylvania 1,2 Died: Jul-12-1863 3 Buried: in Pleasant Hill (aka Haddox) Cem, Co Rd 28 btwn Berea & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Mother: Notes 1
Wife: Barbara Aletha Bowyer 4,5,2,6 Also known as: Barbara Bowyers 2
Born: ca 1808 in Pennsylvania 6,2 Died: 1884 7 Buried: in Pleasant Hill (aka Haddox) Cem, Co Rd 28 btwn Berea & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Harrison Ellsworth Wass 8 Born: Feb- 6-1834 in Pennsylvania 9,10 (see note 1) Died: Apr- 5-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,11 Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 12,6 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13 Resided: formerly near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Resided: 1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9 Occupation: farmer 12 Military: Co E, 6th WV Inf - Civil War 14 Wife: Cora Casandra "Cassie" Pritchard b. Nov-29-1836 d. Mar-18-1911 Also known as: Cassandra Pritchard 2,8 Married: Mar- 6-1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 15
F Child 2: Amanda Wass Born: Dec-12-1836 in Somerset Co, PA 9,11,14 Died: Jul-12-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,14 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1910 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9 Husband: Ebenezer Hayes Tharp b. Jan- 9-1837 d. Apr-12-1899 Married: Feb-20-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 16
F Child 3: Lucinda Wass Born: May-28-1841 in Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 17,2,9 Died: Oct-17-1893 14 Buried: in Barker Cemetery, (Co Rd 28, east of Smithville), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Husband: Eugene Barker b. Oct-17-1838 d. Jul-17-1920 Also known as: Eugenius Barker 9 Married: Sep-18-1859 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 18
F Child 4: Mahala Jane Wass Born: ca 1844 9 Husband: Robert H. Rogers b. ca 1843 Married: Nov- 2-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
F Child 5: Mary Lavina Wass Born: Jan-21-1848 at Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 12,9,19 Died: Jun- 3-1938 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 12,19 Buried: in Westfall Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Husband: James Runjie Westfall b. 1847 d. 1929 Also known as: James Ryanza Westfall 6 Married: Aug-29-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 630. (2) Death record of son. (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 630. Age at death: 58y 11m 19d. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) Death record of daughter. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, Age at death: 76y 7m 24d. (8) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 150. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (10) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, Birthplace stated as Summit Co, PA, which is at variance with the Allegheny Co PA stated in his marriage record. (11) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 331. (14) Headstone. (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Harrison Wass, 22, b. Allegheny Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Barbary; and Cora Pritchard, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Peter & Elizabeth. Married Mar 6 1856. (16) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as E. H. Tharp, 20, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of T. & S. Tharp; and A. Wass, 20, b. Somerset Co PA, res. Ritchie Co, dau of J. & B. Wass. Married Feb 20 1857 in Ritchie County. MR p. 3 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537396&Type=Marriage. (17) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Eugenius Barker, 21, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Z. & Mary; and Lucinda Wass, 18, of Ritchie Co, dau of John & Barbra. Married Sep 18 1859. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as J. R. Westfall, 21, of Ritchie Co, son of Joel J. & Eliza; and Mary L. Wass, 18, of Ritchie Co, dau of John & Barbara. Married Aug 29 1867. Event Notes Note (1) Marriage record gives birthplace as Allegheny Co, PA, but death record has it as Somerset Co, PA.Name Index