Jul-28-2018
Husband: Cosba G. Ireland Also known as: Cosby G. Ireland 1
Born: Dec-15-1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,3,4 Died: Sep- 3-1949 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1916 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 7 Resided: 1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Father: John C. Ireland (1830 - 1896) Mother: Mahala Hickman (1834 - 1901)
Wife: Emma Reed 1 Married: Jan- 8-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: Oct-23-1866 in Harrison Co, WV 8,3,4 Died: Apr-11-1916 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 9,3 (see note 2) Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 8,6 Resided: in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: John William Reed (1843 - ) Mother: Elizabeth Ann Morris (1838 - 1900) Notes
F Child 1: Isee Osie Ireland Also known as: Ocie Ireland 10 Born: Oct-13-1883 10,11,12 Died: Jul-28-1909 10,11 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 10,11 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Tolbert Sutton b. Feb- 7-1869 d. Nov-30-1961
M Child 2: Booker Ambrose Ireland Born: Aug-13-1885 8,12,3 Died: Oct-16-1951 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 9,5,3 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 8,13 Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Hope Gas Co. (28 yrs) 8 Wife: Flora E. Arnett b. Dec-13-1893 d. Apr- -1973 Married: Feb-16-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
F Child 3: Edna Ella Ireland Also known as: Ella Ireland Born: Jul-26-1888 6,12 Died: Apr- 2-1946 6 Buried: in McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: George Gideon Morris b. Feb- 1-1868 d. Oct- 2-1943 Also known as: Gideon G. Morris 14 Married: ca 1909 15
M Child 4: Raymond Brady Ireland Also known as: Brady Ireland 16,17,18,19 Born: May-27-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 17,12 Died: Oct-31-1949 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 17,19 Census: 1940 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Columbian Carbon Co. (oil industry) 17,20 Occupation: 1930 roustabout for oil company 21 Wife: Etta Leona Sutton b. Oct-14-1894 d. Nov- 1-1975 Married: Sep-16-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
M Child 5: Otis W. Ireland Born: Apr-27-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,24,12 Died: Apr- -1968 24 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: in Vadis, Lewis Co, WV 25,26 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Ruby Faye Davis b. Apr-29-1896 d. Feb-27-1922 Also known as: Fay Davis 23 Married: Sep-10-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,27
F Child 6: Sadie May Ireland Born: Mar- 9-1898 24,12 Died: Dec- -1980 24 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 24 Resided: 1951 in Pettyville, Wood Co, WV 26 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 28 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: John Seebaugh b. ca 1892 Married: Sep- 6-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Husband: Frederick Hardesty b. Apr-15-1894 d. Feb- 6-1969 Also known as: Fred Hardesty Married: Mar-17-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Tencie Arlie Ireland Born: Oct- -1899 12 Resided: 1916 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 28 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 8: John Moreland "Bill" Ireland 29 Census name: Moreland Ireland Born: ca 1905 in Braxton Co, WV 30 (see note 4) Resided: 1926 in Doddridge Co, WV 30 Census: 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 28 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Helen Retta Sprouse b. ca 1903 Married: Dec-25-1926 30 (see note 5)
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (6) Headstone. (7) Obituary of wife. (8) Obituary. (9) Obituary - At home. (10) 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. 202. (11) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (13) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (14) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (16) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) Death record of daughter. (19) Obituary of grandson. (20) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (21) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as R. B. Ireland, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Miss Etta L. Sutton, 22. b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 16 1916 in West Union. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Sep 16 1917, a date also reported in "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV."), MR p. 53. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (24) Social Security Death Index. (25) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (26) Obituary of brother. (27) 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. 97. (28) Obituary of mother. (29) Obituary of daughter. (30) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. Event Notes Note (1) In household with son Booker. Note (2) Date of death given in death record as Apr 12 1916. But her obituary in the "West Union Record" of Thursday, April 13 1916, states that she "died at her home in Smithton Tuesday morning, April 11, at 3:30 o'clock." Note (3) New York Avenue Note (4) Age 12 in 1920 Census would put birth in about 1907 or 1908. Note (5) at Midway, W.Va.Name Index