Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Albert Talkington    
                Born: Nov- 7-1837           1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: 1912                  3
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1862                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,4,5
              Father: John Talkington   (1810 - 1903) 
              Mother: Mary Metz   (1815 - 1880) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Mary Melinda Welch     
       Also known as: Malinda Welch 6
             Married: Sep-19-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Born: ca 1840              in Barbour Co, (W)VA  2
                Died: Aug-12-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,9
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1869                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Samuel Welch   (1799 - 1885) 
              Mother: Margaret Jane Radcliff   (1805 - 1879) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 
           F Child 1: Cora May Talkington      
                Born: May-19-1871          at Talkington Fork (Center Point), Doddridge Co, WV  10,11,12
              Census: 1910                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Marquis E. Ash  b. Aug-20-1869  d. Jul-30-1930  
         Census name: Marcus Ash 
             Married: Oct-31-1890          in Doddridge Co, WV  13
           M Child 2: Emery S. Talkington      
                Born: ca 1873               5
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Alvertie Myrtle Talkington      
       Also known as: Elverta Talkington 6
                Born: ca 1875              in Doddridge Co, WV  5,1
             Resided: 1904                 in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: John Ervin Harbert  b. ca 1866  
             Married: Sep-15-1904          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 
(6) Marriage record of daughter. 
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Albert Talkington, widowed, 31, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Mary; and Mary M. Hutson, 
widowed, 29, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel & Margaret Welch.  Married Sep 19 
1869. 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 89. 
(10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(12) Birth record of son. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) His 1862 Harrison County marriage record gives his birthplace as Doddridge
County, but his 1869 Doddridge County marriage record gives it as Harrison
County.
Note (2) Listed among many employees and guests at a hotel operated by Jackson E.
Erdman, she was identified as Cora Ash, 29, married 10 years, occupation waiter.







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