Jul-28-2018
Husband: Robert Sommerville
Born: May- 1-1800 in Harrison Co, VA 1 Died: Jun-17-1871 2 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Resided: (settled) 1834 in Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: James Simmeral
Wife: Mary "Polly" Ward Married: 1825 1,3
Born: Nov- 6-1802 4 Died: Jul-21-1894 4 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2,1 Father: William Ward Mother: Sarah Shobe Notes
M Child 1: James Sommerville Born: 1826 1 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1
M Child 2: Martin S. Sommerville Born: 1828 1 Died: bef Jun 1880 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 1 (see note 1) Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Susan Gaston b. 1829 d. Jul-14-1883 Married: Oct-22-1849
M Child 3: Franklin Sommerville Born: ca 1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,1 Died: in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Resided: 1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5 Wife: Caroline R. C. Cheuvront b. ca 1836 Married: Dec- 7-1858 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
M Child 4: John Sommerville Born: Oct-19-1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,8,9 Died: 1916 9 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Resided: 1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Military: Captain, Co K, 5th WV Cav, Civil War 1,2 Wife: Elizabeth Jane Brannon b. Jul-26-1848 d. May- 6-1929 Married: Jan-28-1869 in Gilmer Co, WV 8
M Child 5: Hiram Sommerville Born: Nov-20-1834 10 Died: Apr- 4-1844 4 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1
M Child 6: William Sommerville 1
F Child 7: Sarah E. Sommerville Born: ca 1839 1,11 (see note 2) Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Charles Brown b. ca 1830 Married: Feb-23-1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 12
M Child 8: George Sommerville Born: 1840 9 Died: 1870 9 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Wife: Nancy Thomas b. Sep- -1845 d. 1902
F Child 9: Margaret N. Sommerville Born: Nov- 6-1842 13,14 (see note 3) Died: Aug- 8-1921 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1,13,2 Husband: Alfred Nealy Watson b. May- 7-1857 d. Aug-13-1932 Also known as: Nealy Watson 15,16 Married: Oct-23-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
F Child 10: Drusilla Sommerville Born: 1845 9,1,18 Died: 1924 9 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Husband: Edgar D. Fisher b. ca 1847 Married: Mar-22-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
M Child 11: Abraham Sommerville Born: Jul- 1-1849 4 Died: Jul- 1-1849 4 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 12: Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville Also known as: Rhuhama Sommerville 18 Born: Feb- 6-1852 13,9,18 (see note 4) Died: Oct-25-1941 in Ritchie Co, WV 19,20,9 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 13,2 Husband: Wilson D. "Willis" Watson b. Oct-16-1850 d. Apr- 8-1930 Also known as: Willis Watson 21,22 Married: Nov-30-1871 in Ritchie Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 240. (4) Headstone. (5) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Franklin Sommerville, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Robert & Mary; and C. R. C. Cheuvront, 22, of Harrison Co, dau of Enoch B. & J. Married Dec 7 1858. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 310. (8) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (9) Headstone (year only) (10) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (11) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Charles Brown, 25, b. Lewis Co, res. Gilmer Co, son of Juditt; and Sarah C. Sumerville, 18, of Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & M. Married Feb 23 1856. (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (14) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. (16) Death record of daughter. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, age 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Catharine; and Margaret N. Sommerville, age 34, b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Mary. Married Oct 23 1870. (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Nancy Watson, widow of Wilson Watson, b. Feb 6 1852, dau of Robert Sommerville & Mary Hall [sic], d. Oct 25 1941 at Auburn. Informant: Dora Westfall, Auburn. (20) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (21) Marriage record of son. (22) Death record of son. (23) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Wilson D. Watson, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of George & Susanna; and Rhuhama Sommerville, age 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Mary. Married Nov 30 1871 in Ritchie County. MR p. 25. Event Notes Note (1) Wife's marital status listed as widowed in 1880 Census. Note (2) Birth date reported by Minnie Kendall Lowther as 1839, which also coincides with age 11 in 1850 Census. But age 18 given at time of Feb 1856 marriage would put birth in about 1837. Note (3) Birth date of 1844 reported by Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 309, and Nov 1844 in 1900 Census, while "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 497, reports birth date on headstone as 1843. But death record specifies Nov 6 1842. Middle initial given as N in marriage record and 1900 Census, but appears as A on headstone. Note (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 309, reports birth date as 1848. But age 19 given at time of Nov 1871 marriage would put birth at about 1852, headstone reads 1852, and death record specifies Feb 6 1852.Name Index