Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Sommerville
Born: Feb- 2-1795 in Ireland 1 Died: Apr- 7-1872 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 1 Buried: in Bethel Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Father: James Sommerville (1752 - 1821) Mother: Elizabeth Lynch (1755 - 1825)
Wife: Elizabeth Post 2
Born: May-12-1803 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Dec- 5-1884 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV 1 Father: George Post (1770 - 1849) Mother: Elizabeth Patterson (1773 - 1854)
M Child 1: Solomon Sommerville Born: Dec-19-1827 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3,4 Died: 1872 4 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 4 (see note 1) Occupation: farmer 5 Census: 1870 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Rebecca Ann McKinley b. ca 1827 d. Jun- 8-1855 Also known as: Mary McKinley 6 Married: Mar- 3-1846 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Wife: Prudence Patton b. ca 1831 Married: Oct-19-1857 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8 Wife: Sarah Jane Cox b. ca 1841 Married: Dec- 3-1863 in Harrison Co, WV 9 Wife: Margaret Burnside b. May-11-1837 d. Jun-16-1922 Married: Mar- 4-1866 in Harrison Co, WV 10
F Child 2: Phoebe Sommerville Census name: Pheba Born: Nov- -1833 11 (see note 2) Died: Sep-25-1907 at Isaac Creek, near Sardis, Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Enoch M. Yerkey b. Apr- 3-1832 d. Nov-17-1903 Married: Dec-27-1853 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 13
F Child 3: Margaret Sommerville Born: Jul- -1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,3 Died: Sep- 5-1925 in Harrison Co, WV 15 Buried: in Jarvisville Baptist Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: David J. Criss b. ca 1834 d. Oct-18-1868 Married: Oct-20-1857 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3 Husband: Jacob Myers b. Jan-17-1820 d. Dec-29-1906 Married: Apr- 2-1871
F Child 4: Mary E. Sommerville Born: ca 1840 in Good Hope, Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,16 Husband: Stephen E. Bennett b. Apr- -1839 d. bef May 1910 Also known as: Steven E. Bennett 16 Married: Sep-30-1858 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
Sources: (1) Findagrave.com. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (4) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (5) 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (6) Death record of son. (7) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Solomon Sommerville and Rebecca McKinley. Married Mar 3 1846. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Solomon Sommerville, widowed, 43, of Harrison Co, son of James & Elizabeth; and Sarah Jane Cox, 23, of Harrison Co, dau of Jesse & Sidney. Married Dec 3 1863. (10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Solomon Sommerville, widowed, 45, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of James & Elizabeth Sommerville; and Margaret Ward, widowed, 28, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Robert & Rebecca Burnsides. Married Mar 4 1866. MR p. 41. (11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (12) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (13) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (15) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) Death record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County WV" reports two graves for this Solomon Sommerville: (1) Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Solomon Sommerville, d. Nov 28 1872, age 44y 11m 9d (computes to birth date of Dec 19 1827). (2) Old Bethel Cemetery, Solomon Sommerville, b. May 22 1823, d. Apr 28 1872, age 48y 11m 6d, son of James Sommerville II. Age 43 given at time of 1863 marriage would put birth in about 1820, but ages given in 1850 and 1860 Censuses would but it in about 1824/25. No death record has been found. Note (2) Age 73y 10m 16d at death calculates to a birth date of Nov 9 1833, but date on headstone is Nov 6 1833.Name Index