Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Mercer
Born: ca 1830 in Ohio 1 (see note 1) Died: Feb-26-1904 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 2 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2 Resided: in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3 Census: 1880, 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870 in Monroe Co, OH Occupation: farmer 1,4,5 Father: Mother:
Wife: Lucetta Ann Thomas 6,7,8 Also known as: Lettie Thomas 8 Married: May-13-1865 in Monroe Co, OH 2
Born: Aug- 8-1843 in Malaga, Monroe Co, OH 2,1 Died: Aug-24-1928 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 2 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2 Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870 in Monroe Co, OH Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Elizabeth Ann Mercer Also known as: Anna Murcer 9 Born: Aug-31-1865 in Ohio 10,1,9 Died: Oct-22-1904 10 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870 in Monroe Co, OH Husband: William P. George b. Jul- 8-1864 d. Jul-13-1894 Married: Dec-22-1887 in Tyler Co, WV 9
M Child 2: Jonathan Mercer Also known as: Johnathan Mercer 9 Born: Sep- 1-1867 in Malaga, Monroe Co, OH 2,11,9 Died: Jul-29-1948 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 2,11 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2 Resided: 1889 in Tyler Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1870 in Monroe Co, OH Wife: Almeda Hoskins b. Jan- 3-1873 d. May- 1-1956 Married: Jun-10-1889 in Tyler Co, WV 12
M Child 3: James Calvin Mercer Born: Jan- 6-1870 in Malaga, Monroe Co, OH 13,14,2,11 Died: Nov- 1-1954 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 2,11 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 14,15,2 Resided: in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1940 farmer 16 Occupation: 1910 railroad watchman 17 Wife: Minnie Myrtle Myer b. Feb-11-1875 d. Jun- 3-1957 Census name: Emma M. Married: Oct- 8-1905 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV
M Child 4: Stewart Mercer Census name: Steward Musser Born: Apr-25-1872 in Monroe Co, OH 2,9 Died: Jun- 2-1944 in Wood Co, WV 2 Buried: in Vaughan Cemetery, Davisville, Wood Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Census: 1910, Staunton Pike in Clay District, Wood Co, WV Census: 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: farmer 18 Occupation: 1907 farmer & photographer 9 Wife: Addie Davis b. Apr-20-1888 d. Feb-18-1923 Married: Aug-17-1907 in Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 9
M Child 5: Tilden Mercer Born: Apr- 1-1875 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 2,4 Died: Jan-27-1957 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1905 in Tyler Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Wife: Eliza Doak b. Jun-16-1878 d. Feb- 2-1955 Married: Oct- 7-1905 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 9
F Child 6: Margaret J. "Maggie" Mercer Also known as: Maggie Mercer 9,19 Born: Nov- 2-1877 in Tyler Co, WV 19,11,4 Died: May- 9-1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19,11 Buried: in Shirley Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 19 Resided: 1954 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 20 Resided: 1903 in Tyler Co, WV 9 Census: 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Husband: John B. Underwood b. 1864 d. 1932 Married: Dec-12-1903 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 9
F Child 7: Woodie Mercer Born: Jun-19-1880 in Tyler Co, WV 21,9,22 Died: Nov-15-1957 21 Resided: 1954 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20 Census: 1930, 1940 in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1929 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV Census: 1920 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1907 near Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 9 Husband: John T. Underwood b. Apr- -1879 Married: Oct- 3-1907 near Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 23 Husband: John Robert McCoy b. Jul-14-1869 d. Oct- 3-1943 Married: Nov-21-1929 in Williamstown, Wood Co, WV 24
M Child 8: Orton Mercer Also known as: Orten Mercer 3 Born: Dec-14-1882 in Tyler Co, WV 10,25,5,26 Died: Jun- 6-1967 in Wood Co, WV 19,25,10 Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 2 Resided: in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Resided: 1954 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1910 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1909 in Tyler Co, WV 26 Census: 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: 1940 in charge of leases for oil company 28 Occupation: 1930 rd man for Standard Oil 29 Occupation: 1920 leaser for oil company 30 Occupation: 1910 school teacher 31 Wife: Clara Rollins b. Mar- -1889 d. Oct-21-1960 Married: Jun-21-1909 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 26 Divorced: bef Jan 1920 30 Wife: Anna Cofer b. Oct-15-1885 d. Apr-11-1963 Married: Jun-24-1925 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 32
M Child 9: Otto Mercer Born: Sep-13-1885 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV 10,5,2 Died: Nov-29-1904 in Centerville, Tyler Co, WV 10 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 2 Cause of death: typhoid fever 2
Sources: (1) 1870 Census. (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. (5) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (6) Obituary of son. (7) Death record of son. (8) Marriage record of son. (9) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (10) Headstone. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 148 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040338&Type=Marriage. (13) Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Obituary. (15) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (16) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (17) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (18) 1910 Census, Wood County, WV. (19) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (20) Obituary of brother. (21) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (22) 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV. (23) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as John T. Underwood, 29, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Woodie Mercer, 26, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Oct 3 1907 "at her home near Wilbur, Tyler Co, W.Va," officiated by F. G. Radabaugh, a Minister of the Gospel of the U.B. Church. Informant for marriage license: Grant Weekley. MR p. 390 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12043272&Type=Marriage. (24) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as John Robert McCoy, 60, b. Wirt Co, res. Williamstown; and Mrs. Woody Underwood, 50, b. Tyler Co, res. Vienna. Married Nov 21 1929 "at the residence of bridegroom, Williamstown, W.Va.," officiated by Rev. George W. Marston of the W.Va. Conference of the M.E. Church. MR p. 409 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10259787&Type=Marriage. (25) Social Security Death Index. (26) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (27) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (28) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. (29) 1930 Census, Wood County, WV. (30) 1920 Census, Wood County, WV. (31) 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV. (32) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is Jun 9 1826, and the 1900 Census also shows it as June 1826, with birthplace Pennsylvania. But age 40 in the 1870 Census, and age 50 in the 1880 Census, put it in about 1830, with birthplace Ohio in both cases. Note (2) In 1920, he was one of several lodgers in a presumed boarding house on 7th Street. His marital status was divorced.Name Index