Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Isaac Leggett    
       Also known as: Isaac Legatt 
                Born: Aug- 5-1808          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
                Died: ca 1853               
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      carpenter  1
              Father: James Leggett 
              Mother: Elizabeth Zorn 
Notes 2 
                Wife: Jane "Jenny" Musgrave     
             Married: Aug-16-1828          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  3
                Born: Sep-10-1809          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  3
                Died: Jan-20-1868           
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: David B. Musgrave   (1785 - 1865) 
              Mother: Mary E. "Polly" Jones   (1792 - 1836) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: David Musgrave Leggett   4   
                Born: Jul-16-1829          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  5,6
                Died: Apr- 3-1878          in Doddridge Co, WV  5,6
              Buried:                      in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      "unknown"  6
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA   (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      farmer  7
            Military: Mar-  -1864 - Jun-  -1865 Pvt, Co I & M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  8,9,10 (see note 2)
                Wife: Margaret Johnson  b. Nov-23-1833  d. Dec-17-1862  
             Married: Sep- 8-1853           
                Wife: Sarah Jane Orrahood  b. Jan-18-1833  d. Mar- 4-1918  
             Married: Nov-22-1863          in Doddridge Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: John M. Leggett      
                Born: ca 1832               12
                Died: ca 1863               
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Ellen Jane Stinespring  b. May-31-1830  d. Aug-14-1914  
       Also known as: Ella J. Stinespring 13
             Married: Jul-14-1853          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  14
           M Child 3: Daniel E. Leggett      
         Census name: D. Legget 15
                Born: ca 1838              in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  16,1
                Died: bef 1870              7
             Resided: 1859                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  16
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Elizabeth "Betty" Whitehair  b. ca 1838  d. bef Apr 1910  
       Also known as: Betty Whitehair 13
             Married: Oct-13-1859          in Taylor Co, (W)VA  16
           F Child 4: Nancy Leggett      
                Born: ca 1842              in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  17
             Resided: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  17
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: D. L. Whitehair  b. ca 1834  
             Married: Jul- 4-1860          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  17
           M Child 5: Benjamin F. Leggett      
                Born: ca 1846               1
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           F Child 6: Cordelia Leggett      
                Born: ca 1849              in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  12
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: David J. Whitehair  b. ca 1825  
             Married: Jan-22-1863          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  12

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 336. 
(3) James Dallas Musgrave, Arlington, VA . 
(4) Doris Kimball "Dee" Puffer , Descendants of Isaac Leggett. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 30, Line 44 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5043540&Type=Death. 
(7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). 
(8) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(9) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(10) Military Grave Marker. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as David M. Leggett, widowed, 33, farmer, b. Monongalia 
Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Isaac & Jane Leggett; and Sarah Orrahood, single, 32, b. Hardy Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau 
of Alexander & Polly Orrahood.  Married Nov 22 1863 in Doddridge County, officiated by Eli M. Gaston. 
NOTE:  Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Nov 27 1863. MR Bk 1-A, p. 146, Line 2 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791645&Type=Marriage. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(13) Death record of son. 
(14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, (License issued Jul 13 1853, per MR Bk 1-B, p. 5.), MR Bk 1, p. 32. 
(15) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(16) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. 
(17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1850, listed as a laborer in the household of Franklin Maxwell.
Note (2) According to family legend, he returned from the war complaining of stomach
pains, and died not long afterwards.







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