Jul-28-2018
Husband: Elijah Bartlett
Born: Mar- 1-1825 in Harrison Co, VA (now Taylor Co, WV) 1 Died: Sep- 7-1899 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Thomas F. Bartlett (1777 - 1856) Mother: Malinda Bartlett (1783 - 1861)
Wife: Rebecca Bartlett 2 Married: ca 1846 1
Born: Oct-14-1824 3 Died: Nov-12-1895 3 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Robert Bartlett (1795 - 1873) Mother: Lydia Wells
M Child 1: Sylvester Bartlett Born: Dec- 3-1847 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,4 Died: Apr-28-1919 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Wife: Eliza Virginia Barnett b. Jul-15-1845 d. Jun- 1-1886 Census name: Elisa V. Barnett 5 Married: Apr-22-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
F Child 2: Lydia A. Phillips Born: May- 2-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Mar-31-1935 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Medical condition: deaf from birth (attended Virginia School for the Deaf & Blind in Staunton, VA) 1 Husband: Thomas Deem Phillips b. Aug-22-1844 d. Mar-23-1936 Married: Jan-14-1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
F Child 3: Melissa Bartlett Born: Nov- -1853 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 7,8 Died: Nov- 7-1912 3 (see note 1) Buried: in Law Chapel Cemetery, Sand Fork of Kincheloe Rd (CR 2), Lewis Co, WV 1 Census: 1900 in Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Husband: Moses T. Law b. Jul- 4-1837 d. Apr-28-1912 Married: Nov-30-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
M Child 4: Starling Bartlett Born: Sep-16-1855 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Oct- -1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Wife: Amelia Olive "Millie" Bailey Married: 1877 in Lewis Co, WV 9
M Child 5: Lair Dee Bartlett 10 10 Also known as: Laird Bartlett 11 Born: May- -1857 in Taylor Co, (W)VA 1,12,8 Died: 1901 12,10 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Wife: Sarah Palestine "Pallie" Smith b. Oct-13-1861 d. Jul-17-1930 Married: Oct-13-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Sources: (1) Findagrave.com. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) Headstone. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Sylvester Bartlett, 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Elijah & Rebecca; and Eliza V. Barnett, 24, of Doddridge Co, dau of Allison & Sarah. Married Apr 22 1870. (7) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (9) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Fall 1996. (11) Death record of daughter. (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. Event Notes Note (1) Husband's Apr 1912 death record gives his marital status as widowed. But her death date on their double headstone shows her death date as Nov 7 1912.Name Index