Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Alvin T. Sommerville  1  
                Born: Oct-  -1850          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  2,3,4
                Died: Aug-23-1876           5
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Martin S. Sommerville   (1828 - 1880) 
              Mother: Susan Gaston   (1829 - 1883) 
                Wife: Martha F. "Mattie" Brannon     
       Also known as: Mattie F. Brannon 7,8
             Married: Sep-19-1872          in Gilmer Co, WV  9
                Born: ca 1852              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Zeta Gay Sommerville      
                Born: Jul- 3-1873          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
                Died: Aug- 4-1944          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Resided: 1890                 in Harrison Co, WV  11
             Husband: Owen T. Davis  b. Feb- 4-1866  
             Married: Sep- 4-1890          in Harrison Co, WV  11
           F Child 2: Allena "Allie" Sommerville      
                Born: Aug-18-1875          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  10,12
                Died: Nov-17-1936          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  10,12
              Buried:                      in Lost Creek 7th Day Baptist (Brick Church) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  10,13
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Husband: Dorsey C. Kennedy  b. 1874  d. 1928  
             Married: ca 1896               14

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. 
(2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(3) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(4) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) Death record of daughter. 
(8) Marriage record of son. 
(9) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as John A. Summerville [sic], 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and 
Martha F. Brannon, 20, b. & res. in Gilmer Co.  Married Sep 19 1872 in Gilmer County.  Ceremony perfomed by Samuel 
Brannon. MR p. 18. 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 
(13) Cemeteries of Grant District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV. 
(14) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 







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