Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Robert Morton    
                Born: Jun- 6-1819          in Pennsylvania  1
                Died: Jul-21-1895          in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Elizabeth Loar   2  
                Born: Aug-  -1822          in Pennsylvania  3
                Died: 1902                  1
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Elizabeth Featherland Morton      
       Also known as: Eliza F. Morton 
                Born: 1853                 in Pennsylvania  4
                Died: 1882                  5
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1878                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Husband: Benjamin Moats  b. 1838  d. 1904  
             Married: Sep-12-1878          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Morgan Martin Morton      
                Born: Aug-12-1866          in Greene Co, PA  8,5 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb-14-1941          near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  8,5
              Buried:                      in Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer, oil worker  8
                Wife: Ida Dell Harden  b. Feb-24-1872  d. Jan-25-1927  
             Married: ca 1888               3

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(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 
Benjamin Moats, widowed, 40, b. Wood Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Jacob & Mary; and Eliza F. Morton, 25, b. Pennsylvania, 
res. Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Elizabeth.  Married Sep 12 1878. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household with son Morgan and his family.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1864, but date on headstone is 1866
and death record states Aug 12 1866.







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