Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Owen McClellan Britton    
                Born: Oct-21-1900          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Nov- 6-1974          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2,4
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co WV  2
             Resided:                      in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2,4
             Resided: 1965                 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  5
          Occupation:                      farmer, WV Hwy Dept, Equitable Gas Co.  2
              Father: George B. McClellan Britton 
              Mother: Elizabeth Eleanor Maulsby 

                Wife: Vercie Columbia Leeson     

                Born: Feb- 9-1904          in Rush Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  4,6 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb- 8-1994          in Harrison Co, WV  2,4
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co WV  
             Resided:                      in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2,7
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Joseph Leeson 
              Mother: Margaret Columbia Smith 

Notes 2 

           F Child 1: Living      

           F Child 2: Living      

           F Child 3: Wilma Doris Britton      
                Born: Sep- 2-1936          in Ritchie Co, WV  
                Died: Aug-11-1995          in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  


Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(2) Obituary. 
(3) Social Security Death Index, Birth date listed as Oct 21 1900, but obituary has it 
as Oct 26 1900. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Obituary of brother. 
(6) Dolores Leeson "Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH . 
(7) Obituary of stepmother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Obituary states birthdate as Oct 26 1900, but birth record shows it as Oct 21
1900, as does the Social Security Death Index.  Name listed in SSDI as "O.
Britton."
Note (2) Birth place also reported as Leopold, nearby in Doddridge Co.

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