Jul-28-2018Husband: Louis Maxwell Pritchard 1,2 Also known as: Lewis M. Pritchard 3,4,5,6 Born: Jan-15-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Sep-19-1935 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 1 Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 1,7 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: blacksmith 1 Father: George Pritchard (1822 - 1902) Mother: Charlotte J. Ellifritt (1827 - 1902)
Wife: Sarah Frances "Fannie" Prunty 8 Also known as: Frances Prunty 8 Married: Apr- 9-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Born: Jan-18-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Jan-31-1936 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 10 Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 7,1 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 1 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11 Father: Felix Prunty (1817 - 1895) Mother: Emily Greathouse (1820 - 1908)
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Death record of wife. (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. (4) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (5) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 254. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Lewis M. Pritchard, 22, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Fannie Prunty, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Apr 9 1882 in Ritchie County. (Note: "Tichenor Families in America," p. 150, incorrectly reports marriage date as Apr 6 1882.), MR p. 48. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Minnie Kendall Lowther (RCH, p. 254) incorrectly states birth date as Jan 15 1861 and death location as Parkersburg. (11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 118.Name Index