Jul-28-2018
Husband: Uriah Duckworth
Born: ca 1818 in Maryland 1
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Aaron Duckworth
Wife: Darcus Weaver 2,3
Born: ca 1820 1
Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Wellington A. Duckworth
Census name: W. A. Duckworth 4,5
Born: Sep-12-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4 (see note 1)
Died: Jun- 7-1919 4
Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1890 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1870, 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 1
Military: Jul-15-1861 - Sep- -1864 Pvt, Btry F, 1st W.Va. Lt Arty, and Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 8,7,9
Wife: Melvina Jane Cunningham b. Sep-11-1843 d. Nov- 1-1932
Also known as: Jane Cunningham 10,11,12,13
Married: Oct- 1-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 2: Francis Marion Duckworth
Census name: Marion Duckworth
Born: Feb-23-1841 in Allegany Co, MD 15,16 (see note 2)
Died: Jan-21-1923 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Buried: in Williamson Cemetery, Greenwood (Long Run), Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 10
Military: 1864 - Jun- -1865 Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf 7,9
Wife: Elizabeth J. Doak b. Feb-13-1846 d. Apr-29-1915
Married: Apr- 2-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
F Child 3: Minerva Duckworth
Born: ca 1848 in Maryland 17
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 3)
M Child 4: Oliver Duckworth
Born: ca 1850 in Allegany Co, MD 17,18
Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Wife: Florence A. Smith b. ca 1857
Married: Dec-12-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
M Child 5: Zedoc R. Duckworth
Born: ca 1852 in Maryland 17
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 6: Samuel Cornelius Duckworth
Born: ca 1854 in Maryland 17
Wife: Sarah Nancy Smith b. ca 1856
F Child 7: Elmira Duckworth
Born: ca 1857 17
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 8: George W. Duckworth
Born: Mar-10-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16 (see note 4)
Died: Nov- 9-1931 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Buried: in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 19
Census: 1870, 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 19,10
Wife: Eva V. Dotson b. Oct- -1869
Census name: Evie V. Dotson 20
Married: Nov-27-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp)
(2) Marriage record of son.
(3) Death record of son.
(4) Headstone.
(5) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
(6) Findagrave.com.
(7) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(8) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(9) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(11) Marriage record of daughter.
(12) Death record of daughter.
(13) Obituary of daughter.
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Wellington A. Duckworth, 25, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Uriah & Darcuss; and Melvina J. Cunningham, 21,
b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Joseph & Lavina. Married Oct 1 1865.
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
(16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(17) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(18) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(19) 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. 105.
(20) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp)
Event Notes
Note (1) Daughter's death record gives his birthplace as Marion County, but his own
marriage record states Harrison County.
Note (2) Birth date given as Feb 1842 in 1900 Census, but date on headstone is Feb 23
1841.
Note (3) Not with family in 1850 Census.
Note (4) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1861.
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