Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: John W. Maulsby    

                Born: Nov-29-1828          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Sep- 2-1900           1
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, West Union, WV  3
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4,5
              Father: Lawson B. Maulsby 
              Mother: Elizabeth ___ 
Other spouse 2

                Wife: Cordelia E. Collins   6  

                Born: ca 1842              in Wood Co, (W)VA  2 (see note 2)
                Died: bef Apr 1875           (see note 3)
              Father:
              Mother:

           M Child 1: Benjamin Harrison Maulsby    7  
                Born: Sep- 8-1867          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,8
                Died: Mar- 4-1947          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8,1

           F Child 2: Elizabeth Eleanor Maulsby      
                Born: Oct-17-1869          in Ritchie Co, WV  9
                Died: Jul-10-1943          in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV  10


Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 
26101 (July 1985) 
(3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, 
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990), Name on headstone:  J. W. Maulsby. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing 
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 232. 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(6) Obituary of Elizabeth Maulsby Britton, West Union (WV) Record, 7/15/1943. 
(7) Obituary of sister. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Obituary of Elizabeth Maulsby Britton, West Union (WV) Record, 7/15/1943, gives 
birthplace as Ritchie County, as does her Death Record.  But Marriage Record states 
Doddridge Co, with ceremony performed in West Union at home of John Maulsby. Birthdate not 
given in death record, but age 74y 7m would put birth date at about Dec 1868. 
(10) Obituary. 

Event Notes
Note (1) 1900 Census shows birth date as Nov 1829.
Note (2) But death record of daughter Elizabeth identifies mother as Cordilia Collins,
birthplace Ritchie County.
Note (3) Husband John Maulsby, a widower, remarried on Apr 22 1875.

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