Jul-28-2018
Husband: Granville L. Stinespring Census name: G. F. Stinespring
Born: May- 5-1812 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Apr-16-1890 near Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Buried: Oxford 4 Cause of death: phthisis pulmonalis (pulmonary tuberculosis) 4 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Margaret E. Whitehair 5
Born: ca 1819 3 Died: bef Apr 1890 6 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Mary Jane Stinespring Born: ca 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Resided: 1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Ezekiel Kelley b. Jul-16-1828 d. Oct- 7-1891 Married: Feb-17-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 2: John A. Stinespring Born: ca 1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,8 Died: Nov- 3-1914 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9 Resided: 1865 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 8 Military: Pvt, Co M & L, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 9 (see note 1) Wife: Elizabeth J. Postlewait b. ca 1842 Also known as: Elizabeth Postelwaite 8 Married: May-16-1865 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 10
F Child 3: Nancy E. Stinespring Born: ca 1847 7 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: George Samuel Overfield b. ca 1845 d. May-28-1924 Married: Mar-19-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
F Child 4: Rachel Ann S. Stinespring Also known as: Ann Stinespring 11 Born: Dec- -1848 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 12,7 Died: bef Oct 1909 13 Census: 1900 in Wood Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Joseph Johnson Postlewait b. Aug-12-1849 d. Nov-18-1937 Also known as: Joseph J. Postelweight 7 Married: Mar-10-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,15
F Child 5: Margaret E. Stinespring Born: ca 1852 3 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 6: Betsy Stinespring Born: ca 1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7 Husband: John Wilson b. ca 1860 Married: Aug- 9-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 7: William Henry Stinespring Census name: Henry Stinespring Born: Apr-17-1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16,7,3 Died: Nov-13-1927 near Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, near Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 18 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Sarah L. Britton b. ca 1852 d. bef Feb 1878 Married: Jun-23-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Wife: Mary M. Whitehair b. ca 1842 d. Aug- 3-1881 Married: Feb-18-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 20 Wife: Earnestine Hodge b. ca 1860 Married: Feb- 1-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 21 Wife: Dortha Emma Wallace b. ca 1864 Also known as: Emma Wallace 6 Married: Aug-10-1913 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 22
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, 77y 11m 11d. (2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (3) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (4) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 5, line 58 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4844295&Type=Death. (5) Death record of son. (6) Death record of husband. (7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (8) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. (9) Civil War Service Records,. (10) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 58 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11210859&Type=Marriage. (11) Death record of daughter. (12) 1900 Census, Wood County, WV. (13) Record of husband's remarriage. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Joseph J. Postelweight, 21, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Isaac & Mary Ann; and Rachel A. S. Stinespring, 21, of Doddridge Co, dau of Granville L & Margaret. Married Mar 10 1870. (15) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as William H. Stinespring, 17, of Doddridge Co; and Sarah L. Britton, 22, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jun 23 1874. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 224 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792464&Type=Marriage. (21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William H. Stinespring, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Earnestine Peck, widowed, 23, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Feb 1 1883. (22) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as William Henry Stinespring, 56, b. Doddridge Co, res. Parkersburg; and Dortha Emma Wanless, 49, b. Wood Co, res. Parkersburg. Married Aug 10 1913 in Parkersburg. Event Notes Note (1) Guarded tunnels, bridges and blockhouses on the N.W.Va.R.R Name Index