Jul-28-2018
Husband: George Rymer
Born: 1755 in England 1
Died: Nov-30-1845 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 2,1 (see note 1)
Buried: in McDowell, Highland Co, VA 3
Census: 1840 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA
Immigrated: 1772 (see note 2)
Military: Pvt, Virginia Militia, Revolutionary War 4
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Delila Davis 5
Married: Jan- 6-1829 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1812 in Virginia 7
Census: 1850 in Highland Co, VA
Occupation: 1850 seamstress 7
Father:
Mother:
Notes
M Child 1: George L. Rymer
Born: Sep-11-1831 in Highland Co, VA 8,9,10
Died: ca 1914 11 (see note 3)
Buried: in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV 8,2
Census: 1880, 1900, 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1860, 1870 in Monterey, Highland Co, VA
Occupation: farmer 12
Military: Pvt, Co A, 162nd Regt, Virginia Militia, CSA, Civil War 13
Military: Pvt, Co 2D, 62nd Regt, Va. Mtd Inf, CSA, Civil War 13
Wife: Sarah Halterman b. Mar-28-1822 d. Sep-22-1878
Wife: Mary Lowvernige Walker b. Sep-12-1849 d. Dec-27-1907
Also known as: Lureman 14
Married: Dec-30-1879 in Harrison Co, WV 15
M Child 2: Silas T. Rymer
Born: ca 1834 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 16
Died: Sep- 4-1894 in Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 17
Buried: (unmarked) in Pleasant Hill Church (aka Layfield) Cem, Co Rt 26/2, near Cokeleys, Ritchie Co, WV 18
Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Highland Co, VA
Military: Pvt, Co D, 6th Regt, Va. Mtd Inf (Imboden's Partisan Rangers), CSA, Civil War 19,18,20 (see note 4)
Wife: Sarah C. Halterman b. 1840 d. Jul- 5-1923
Also known as: Sarah C. Grim 21
Married: Aug-12-1856 in Highland Co, VA 21
M Child 3: James Davis Rymer
Born: Apr- 5-1836 in Pendleton Co, (W)VA 22,21
Died: Feb-18-1917 in Ritchie Co, WV 23,22,24
Buried: in Fairmont Ridge Cemetery, Co Rd 8 near Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1880 in Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Wyandotte Co, KS
Census: 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Highland Co, VA
Occupation: farmer 25
Military: Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 13,24
Wife: Sarah C. Beverage b. Nov-25-1838
Married: Jun-20-1856 in Highland Co, VA 21
Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only)
(2) Findagrave.com.
(3) Findagrave.com, Rymer Grave
McDowell, Highland County, Virginia, USA
1 Memorials added (100% photographed)
Cemetery ID 2279697
This one grave cemetery is located north of McDowell, Virginia. Take Route 654 to Route 629 and then to Route 624. Left
through wooden gate to pasture, up over ridge and slightly to the right on side of mountain. Pillow type tombstone and
hard to see. Recorded by Emma Matheny in the early 1970's.
, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30652993.
(4) Military Grave Marker.
(5) Marriage record of son.
(6) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(7) 1850 Census.
(8) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(11) West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 [database online], Ancestry.com.
(12) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
(13) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(14) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as George L. Rymer, 46, farmer, b. Highland Co VA, res.
Doddridge Co, son of George & Delila; and Mary L. Walker, 30, b. & res. Harrison Co, dau of William & Jane. Married Dec
30 1879.
(16) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA.
(17) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.
(18) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(19) American Civil War Soldiers [database online], Ancestry.com.
(20) U.S. Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, fold3.com, NARA.
(21) Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(22) Headstone.
(23) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(24) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(25) 1870 Census.
Event Notes
Note (1) West Virginia Estate Settlements, p. 146, Pendleton County:
RYMER, GEORGE, Will, 12-13-1845. Dev.: Delilah, wife; Elizabeth, Margaret,
Eleanor, daus.; George, Silas, James, William, Thomas, sons; others.
Note (2) Bonded Passengers to America (Volumes I and II) 1615-1775 & 1617-1775
RYMER, George Sept-Oct 1772
Note (3) His will was written 1909 and submitted for probate in 1914.
Note (4) Enlisted September 1862. Deserted, returned to duty, deserted again and took
oath of allegiance to the Union.
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