Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William A. Pritchard  1  
         Census name: Willie A. Pritchard 2
                Born: Dec-28-1865           3,4,5
                Died: Oct-29-1911          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1910                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Jackson Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1900, 1910           house painter  5,7
      Cause of death:                      murdered by son-in-law Carroll James  8,9
              Father: William Tyler Pritchard   (1830 - 1911) 
              Mother: Hester Davis   (1834 - 1925) 
                Wife: Minerva J. Davis     
             Married: Jun- 9-1887          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
                Born: Mar-  -1874          in Marion Co, WV  5
              Census: 1910                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1887                 in Ritchie Co, WV  11
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Minnie A. Pritchard      
                Born: Feb-  -1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  5,12
              Census: 1910                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
             Resided: 1906                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  12
              Census: 1900                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Carroll L. James  b. ca 1885  d. Oct-29-1911  
       Also known as: Carl L. James 12
             Married: Feb-26-1906          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  12
           M Child 2: Bert Ted Pritchard      
                Born: Jun-27-1891          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  13,14,15 (see note 1)
                Died: Jun-  -1965           15
             Resided: 1942                 in Daniels, Raleigh Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  
             Resided: 1918                 in Greene Co, OH  16
              Census: 1910                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1942                 truck farmer  13
          Occupation: 1920                 railroad flagman  17
                Wife: Helen ___  b. ca 1891  

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. 
(2) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) 1880 Census, Jackson County, WV. 
(5) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(8) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, 
rev 2001), p. 142. 
(9) West Union Herald, 11/2/1911. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
William A. Pritchard, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Minerva J. Davis, 14, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co.  
Married Jun 9 1887. 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(13) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(14) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Louisiana before 1951. 
(16) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(17) 1920 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1893.







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