Jul-28-2018
Husband: George J. Sutton
Born: Aug-31-1808 1
Died: Nov-27-1845 1
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 2
Census: 1810 in Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV)
Father: John Sutton (1785 - 1869)
Mother: Rachel Davis (1792 - 1853)
Wife: Eleanor Davis
Also known as: Ellen Davis 3
Married: Jan- 7-1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Nov-16-1812 1
Died: Jul-15-1892 1
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 1
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: George J. Davis (1790 - 1868)
Mother: Catherine Davis (1788 - 1869)
Other spouse 2
Notes 1
M Child 1: Hezekiah D. Sutton
Born: Oct- 7-1830 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 4,5
Died: Jan-18-1909 4,5
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6,4
Resided: since abt 1851 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Wife: Hannah Jane Hughes b. Jun- 2-1831 d. Jul-29-1910
Married: Mar-10-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 2: Mariah Sutton
Census name: Mariah S. Kelly
Born: Jul- 8-1832 8,9
Died: Jul- 2-1903 8
Buried: in Greenbrier 7th Day Bapt Cem, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV 8
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Amaziah S. Davis b. Jan- 8-1832 d. Jan-19-1889
Married: Jan-19-1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10
F Child 3: Sarah Caroline Sutton
Also known as: Caroline Sutton 2
Born: Mar-12-1834 2
Died: May-16-1873 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12
Cause of death: consumption (tuberculosis) 13
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Eli R. Davis b. Dec-17-1822 d. Nov-29-1899
Married: Mar-18-1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 12
M Child 4: Jeriel D. Sutton
Born: Mar- 3-1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,14,15
Died: May-23-1896 in Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV 7,5
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 7
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: physician 16
Occupation: 1870 farmer 17
Wife: Tacy Jane Davis b. Feb-15-1839 d. Apr-12-1928
Married: Feb-15-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 18,7
M Child 5: Israel D. Sutton
Born: Aug- 3-1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,9
Died: Feb-10-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,19
Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 20
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21
Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 22
Wife: Elizabeth Jane Husk b. ca 1841 d. Nov-24-1879
Married: Feb-26-1860 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,24,9
Wife: Izerlyn Gum b. ca 1856 d. Jan- 3-1920
Census name: Izer Lyn Gum 17
Married: Jun-13-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,7
M Child 6: Francis Marion Sutton
Also known as: Marion Sutton
Born: Mar-12-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,9,17 (see note 1)
Died: Apr- 9-1898 7
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Hannah Vannort b. Dec-31-1840 d. Feb- 9-1929
Married: Dec-31-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,7
Resided (family): at Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 7: Thaddeus S. Sutton
Born: Feb- 7-1844 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 26,27 (see note 2)
Died: Oct-30-1906 in Garrison, McLean Co, ND 26
Buried: in Douglas, Ward Co, ND
Resided: (settled) in North Dakota 26
Census: 1900 in Salem, WV
Resided: 1890 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 28
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1880 farm laborer 29
Military: Jan-17-1862 - Jun-28-1865 Cpl, Co E, 11th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 28,30,26
Wife: Martha Johnson Norman b. 1847 d. Jun-26-1921
Married: Feb-11-1864 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 26
Sources:
(1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >.
(2) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 73.
(3) Death record of daughter.
(4) Obituary, West Union Record, 2/5/1909.
(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) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 137.
(8) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 134.
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Amaziah S. Davis, 20, res. Doddridge Co, son of Peter W.; and Mariah Sutton, 18, res. Doddridge Co, ward
of Nathan Kelley. Married Jan 19 1852. ("Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 134, reports marriage date as Jan 22
1851.)
(11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sarah A. Davis, white female, age 38, born in Virginia,
dau of George & Ellen Sutton; died May 16 1873 in Doddridge Co, cause of death consumption. DR p.
21.
(12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 96.
(13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(14) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, Age 57y 2m 20d.
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 126.
(16) Birth record of daughter.
(17) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).
(18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jeriel Sutton, 22, b. Harrison Co, son of George &
Eleanor; and Tacy J. Davis, 20, b. Harrison Co, dau of Alfred N. & Rebecca. Married Feb 15 1859. MR Bk 1-A, p.
126.
(19) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(20) Findagrave.com.
(21) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(22) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883),
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers
/doddridgecountyhistory.html.
(23) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, Doddridge County Marriage Records, Bk 1-B, p. 27, show the marriage
license was issued on Feb 23 1860, while Bk 1-A, p. 130, verifies marriage date of Feb 26
1860.
(24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 130.
(25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Francis M. Sutton, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of George & Eleanor; and Hannah Vannort, 22,
b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel & Mary. Married Dec 31 1863.
(26) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 138.
(27) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.
(28) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(29) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
(30) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
Event Notes
Note (1) Census data would put birth in about 1843.
Note (2) Birth and death dates on headstone are 1843-1907.
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