Jul-28-2018
Husband: Alpheus Asbury Clayton
Also known as: A. A. Clayton 1
Born: Nov- 8-1834 1
Died: Sep- 5-1914 1
Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3
Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1880 surveyor 4
Military: Pvt, Co F, 7th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 5
Father: Elijah Clayton (1811 - 1873)
Mother: Millie Amos
Wife: Lurana Baker 6
Also known as: Loraine Baker 6
Born: Feb- 6-1837 1
Died: May-13-1910 1
Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3
Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Emory D. Clayton
Born: Jan-14-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7,8
Died: Jun- 3-1930 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Resided: 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Occupation: school teacher 8
Wife: Minnie C. Tipton b. ca 1866
Married: Oct-28-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Evelyn Clayton 9
Also known as: Evaline Clayton 10,11
Born: May-18-1862 2,11
Died: May- 9-1888 2
Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Moses Franklin "Frank" Stansberry b. Jun-23-1861 d. Apr-15-1931
Married: Dec-31-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
F Child 3: Serusia Clayton 12
Also known as: Serusha Clayton 11
Born: May-26-1865 at Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,12,15 (see note 1)
Died: Aug- 8-1933 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,15
Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 12
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Newton Law b. Feb- -1862 d. Aug-25-1925
Married: Aug- 4-1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
M Child 4: Ulysses S. Grant Clayton
Also known as: Grant Clayton
Born: Aug-15-1867 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV 16,14
Died: bef Mar 1891 17
Census: 1870, 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV 14
Wife: Mary Jane "Janie" Baker b. Sep- -1870 d. Feb-10-1955
M Child 5: Annis Hillery Clayton
Born: Jan- 1-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
Died: Jan-12-1943 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Wife: Alcie May Wright b. Feb- 9-1881 d. Aug-13-1958
Married: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Sources:
(1) Headstone.
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(3) Findagrave.com.
(4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District)
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(6) Death record of daughter.
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx),
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=180067&Type=Death.
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 61, Line 105 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540164&Type=Marriage.
(9) Obituary of daughter.
(10) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm)
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(13) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District)
(14) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy Twp)
(15) Headstone (year only)
(16) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(17) Record of wife's remarriage.
Event Notes
Note (1) Death record states birth date as May 26 1866. But age 5 in the 1870 Census
puts it in about 1865, and the 1900 Census, enumerated on Jun 13 1900, shows er
age as 35, birth date May 1865.
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