Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lewis Propst    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth ___   1  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: James M. Propst      
                Born: ca 1848              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2
             Resided: 1893, 1897           in Calhoun Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1869                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Wife: Sarah Margaret Elliott  b. ca 1850  
       Also known as: Margaret Elliott 1
             Married: Aug-19-1869          in Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Wife: Susanna C. Smith  b. ca 1864  
       Also known as: Susan Smith 5
             Married: Dec- 9-1897          in Calhoun Co, WV  6

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as James M. Propst, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, 
son of Lewis & Elizabeth; and Sarah M. Elliott, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of John & Lydia C.  Married Aug 19 1869 
in Ritchie County. MR p. 20. 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, There appear to be two entries for this couple in the ledger-style 
marriage record books, one in 1897 and an earlier one in 1893 which seems not to have been finalized.  (1) The 1893 
entry:  Identified as James M. Propst, widowed, 47, b. Harrison Co, res. Calhoun Co, son of Lewis & Elizabeth Propst; 
and Susanna Smith, single, 29, b. & res. in Calhoun Co, dau of "not known."  The space for the marriage date was left 
blank, with an X marked to the side of it.  The preceding entry was dated Apr 16, and the following one was Apr 23.  (2) 
The 1897 entry:  Identified as James M. Propst, widowed, 52, b. Harrison Co, res. Calhoun Co, son of Louis & E. Propst; 
and Susanna Smith, single, 33, b. & res. in Calhoun Co, dau of Betsy Deem (?).  Married Dec 9 1897 in Calhoun 
County. 







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