Jul-28-2018
Husband: Edward Stuart
Born: ca 1797 in Highland Co, VA 1 Died: Dec- 1-1870 in Elk District, Harrison Co, WV 2 (see note 1) Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 3 Occupation: farmer, Justice of the Peace 3 Father: Mother:
Wife: Margaret "Peggy" Stuart
Born: Aug- 8-1801 4 Died: Aug- 8-1897 in Romines Mills (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV 5 Resided: in Romines Mills (Lost Creek), Harrison Co, WV 4 Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Chapman Johnson Stuart 6 Born: Jan- 8-1820 in Highland Co, VA 7 Died: Apr-20-1888 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8,9 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10,11 (see note 2) Cause of death: Brights disease 8 Census: 1870, 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: lawyer, prosecutor, judge, legislator 12 Wife: Elizabeth J. Litle b. Sep- 2-1823 d. Oct-21-1855 Wife: Mary Ann Stuart b. May- 8-1837 d. Jul-20-1917 Married: Jan-25-1857 in Highland Co, VA 13 (see note 3)
F Child 2: Barbara Ann Stuart 6 Census name: Barbary Born: Apr-30-1823 in Elk Creek (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 11,14,15 Died: Feb-27-1877 6,15 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Census: 1870 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Joseph Cheuvront b. Jul- 4-1821 d. Aug-27-1908 Marriage Bond: Oct-25-1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16 Married: Dec- 8-1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3
M Child 3: Charles Stuart Born: Oct-18-1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17 Died: Apr- 4-1896 in Baltimore, MD 17 (see note 4) Wife: Letitia Ann 'Lettie' Radcliff b. Oct-10-1849 d. Mar- 9-1920 Married: Mar-21-1878 in Harrison Co, WV 17
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 61, Line 41 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=110816&Type=Death. (3) A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895) (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), p. 432. (4) Obituary. (5) Obituary - At home. (6) A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895) (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), p. 433. (7) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, "West Union WV Cemeteries," p. 39, reports headstone reading with the same death date of Apr 20 1888, but with age at death given as 68y 8m 12d. This would put birth date at Aug 8 1819. But his death record clearly indicates his age as 68y 3m 12d, putting his birth date at Jan 8 1820. DR p. 9 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047520&Type=Death. (8) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (9) Headstone. (10) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (11) Findagrave.com. (12) U.S. Biographies Project - West Virginia, http://www.wileygenealogy.com/~usbios/bios/wv. (13) Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) 1850 Census. (15) Headstone (year only) (16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (17) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) Event Notes Note (1) News item, "The Weekly Register," Point Pleasant, W.Va., Thursday, Dec 22 1870, in its entirety: "Edward Stuart, father of Judge Stuart, of Doddridge, died at an advanced age, a few days since, in Elk township, Harrison county." Note (2) His two wives are inscribed on either side of the same monument. Note (3) Chapman Johnson Stuart and Mary Ann Stuart were first cousins. Note (4) Johns Hopkins HospitalName Index