Husband: John A. Stinespring
Born: ca 1779 in Lancaster Co, PA 1,2 (see note 1) Died: May- -1869 3 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: miller 1,2,5 Occupation: farmer 6 Father: John H. Stinespring Mother: Eleanor ___ Other spouse 1 Notes
Wife: Mariah Jane Haught 7 7
Married: Feb-26-1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8
Born: 1834 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 9,10,11,12 (see note 2)
Died: Apr-29-1912 at Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 9,13
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 9,4
Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3)
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Peter B. Haught (1809 - 1883)
Mother: Bashaba Musgrave (1811 - 1898)
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Record of wife's remarriage. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) (6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (7) W. B. Haught, Genealogy of the Haught Family of America (1948), 166. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John A. Stinespring, widowed, 60, b. Lancaster Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, son of John H. & Eleanor Stinespring; and Maria Jane Musgrave, single, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Bathsheba Musgrave. Married Feb 26 1857 in Doddridge County. MR p. 120: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790530&Type=Marriage. (9) Obituary, West Union Herald, 5/9/1912. (10) 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA. (11) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Mary J. Leeson, white female, widowed, age 78, born in Barbour Co. Died Apr 29 1912, cause of death old age. Informant: A. J. Osborne, undertaker. (NOTE: Reporting her name as Mary rather than Mariah (obituary and other records) or Maria (headstone) is an apparent clerical error. The reported birthplace of Barbour County is clearly incorrect, since her marriage record indicates Monongalia County and her obituary states the bordering Greene County, Pa.), DR p. 90 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044587&Type=Death. Event Notes Note (1) Age 60 given at time of Feb 1857 marriage would put birth in about 1796 or 1797, while age 95 in the 1870 Federal Mortality Schedule puts birth in about 1774/75. Age in 1850 was clearly 71, putting birth in about 1779, while age in 1860 was just as clearly 73, putting birth in about 1787. Note (2) Age 38 at time of 1877 marriage would put birth in about 1839, and 1900 Census states birth date as Jun 1840. But age 15 at 1850 Census and age 35 at 1870 Census would put birth in about 1835. Her obituary states her birth date simply as 1834, as does her headstone. While her marriage record indicates birthplace as Monongalia County, her obituary states the neighboring Greene County, Pennsylvania. The border between the two counties was inexact and changing at that time, and it is not unusual to have both counties reported as a birthplace. Note (3) In parents' household, along with brother John.