Jul-28-2018
Husband: Elza Gregg Also known as: Elzy Griggs 1
Born: ca 1808 2 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Mary Dotson 1,3
Born: ca 1818 2 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Lydia Gregg Born: ca 1836 2 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 2: Mary A. Gregg Born: ca 1839 in Wood Co, (W)VA 4,5 (see note 1) Died: Oct- 7-1897 6 Buried: in Buck Run (aka Dotson) Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1870 in Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Husband: John A. Thomas b. ca 1836 Married: Jul-18-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 3: Ruthie Gregg Also known as: Ruthie Griggs 4 Born: ca 1841 in Wood Co, (W)VA 4 Died: bef Dec 1868 8 Resided: 1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Husband: William W. Wilson b. ca 1832 Married: Oct- 5-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
F Child 4: Sarah Eliza Gregg Census name: Eliz Gregg 2 Born: Aug-31-1842 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10,4 Buried: (no death date) in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 11 Census: 1880 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Eleazer F. Williams b. Jun- 6-1842 d. Mar-29-1899 Also known as: Elezar F. Williams 11 Married: May-10-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
F Child 5: Angeline Gregg Born: ca 1845 2 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 6: Frances Ellen Gregg Census name: Sarah F. E. Born: Jul- -1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 12,13 Died: Mar- 5-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Buried: in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1880, 1900, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Amos Childers b. Sep-25-1847 d. Dec-25-1911 Married: Apr- 8-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
M Child 7: Perry P. Gregg Born: Apr- 7-1859 10,17 (see note 3) Died: Feb-21-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 18,10 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1900, 1910, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Sarah Salome Martin b. Sep- 3-1864 d. Nov-16-1956 Also known as: Saloma S. Martin 3 Married: Sep- 1-1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (3) Death record of son. (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. (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 WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as John A. Thomas, 29, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Edward & Mary; and Mary A. Gregg, 26, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Elza & Mary. Married Jul 18 1865. (8) Record of husband's remarriage. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William W. Wilson, 33, b. Athens Co OH, res. Ritchie Co, son of John W. & Christine Ann; and Ruthie Griggs, 24, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Elzy & Mary. Married Oct 5 1865. (10) Headstone. (11) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Amos Childers, 20, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Jonathan & Lydia; and Frances E. Griggs, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Elza & Mary. Married Apr 8 1868 in Ritchie County. MR p. 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538350&Type=Marriage. (17) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (18) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is Mar 4 1844, but age 12 at 1850 Census and age 26 given at 1865 marriage would put birth in about 1838/39. Note (2) Listed as a widow in the 1920 Census in the household of her daughter Maggie and son-in-law Jesse Enochs. Note (3) Age 78y 10m 14d given on death record puts birth date at Apr 7 1856, but 1900 Census shows it as Apr 1859, and date on headstone is Apr 7 1859.Name Index