Jul-28-2018
Husband: George Pritchard
Born: May-19-1822 1 Died: Oct-14-1902 1 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: carpenter 4 Father: Peter Pritchard (1798 - 1883) Mother: Elizabeth Willis (1798 - 1869)
Wife: Charlotte J. Ellifritt Also known as: Charlotte J. Ellifritts 1 Married: Feb-17-1844 1 (see note 1)
Born: Dec- 8-1827 5,6 Died: 1902 2 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2,5 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Samuel E. Ellifritt (1794 - 1871) Mother: Mary Jane Duckworth (1801 - 1880)
M Child 1: John Wesley Pritchard Born: Jan- 2-1846 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 3,6,7 Died: Aug- 5-1908 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3,6 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Wife: Rosalie Price b. 1855 d. Sep- 3-1943 Married: Oct-20-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Morgan Ross Pritchard Born: Dec-15-1847 8,7 Died: Apr- 3-1915 8 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Florence E. Hall b. Nov-18-1851 d. Aug-25-1928 Married: Jan-18-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
M Child 3: Andrew L. Pritchard Born: Mar- 3-1850 3,7 Died: Mar-10-1878 8,3 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Eliza E. Tharp b. Mar-31-1850 d. Feb-19-1878 Married: Nov- 7-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 4: Viola J. Pritchard Born: Aug- 3-1852 9,10,7,6 Died: Dec-30-1922 in Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV 9,6 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9,2 Resided: 1920 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 11 Census: 1870 80, 1900 10 20 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Thomas Corbin Snodgrass b. Oct- -1843 d. Oct- 6-1920 Census name: T. C. Snodgrass Married: Mar-28-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 5: Mary E. Pritchard Born: Nov-25-1854 12,3 Died: Feb-14-1872 8,3 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 6: Sarah F. Pritchard Born: Feb-18-1857 3 Died: Jun-12-1877 8,3 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 7: Louis Maxwell Pritchard 9,13 Also known as: Lewis M. Pritchard 1,4,14,15 Born: Jan-15-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 9 Died: Sep-19-1935 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 9 Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 9,5 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 9 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: blacksmith 9 Wife: Sarah Frances "Fannie" Prunty b. Jan-18-1861 d. Jan-31-1936 Also known as: Frances Prunty 16 Married: Apr- 9-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
F Child 8: Helen V. Pritchard Born: Aug-16-1863 3 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Preston G. Zinn b. ca 1863 Married: Feb-18-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 9: Ardenia A. Pritchard Also known as: Ardena A. Pritchard 3 Born: Sep- 8-1867 3 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 10: George M. Pritchard Born: Oct- 3-1873 3
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 150. (4) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) Headstone. (9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (11) Obituary of husband. (12) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 17y 2m 20d. (13) Death record of wife. (14) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (16) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 254. (17) 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. Event Notes Note (1) Ritchie County marriage records show that George Pritchard and Martha Jane Elefrit were married on Feb 10 1845. With the discrepancy in name and date, unclear what it should be.Name Index