Jul-28-2018
Husband: Isaac Postleweight Also known as: Isaac Postlewaite 1
Born: 1815 in Pennsylvania 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Census: 1840 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 3 Father: Mother: Other spouse 1
Wife: Nancy Anderson 1 Married: Apr- 7-1860 in Pleasants Co, (W)VA 4
Born: ca 1831 5 (see note 1) Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Other spouse 1
F Child 1: Christena Postlewaite Born: Jun- -1863 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,7 (see note 2) Died: Jul-13-1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, near Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8 Resided: in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 in Braxton Co, WV Census: 1910 in Jackson Co, WV Census: 1900 in Clay Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Joseph Crihfield b. Oct- -1848 d. bef May 1910 Married: Oct- 9-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (3) 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (4) Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, Identified as Isaac Postlethwait, widowed, 44, b. Greene Co Pa, res. Ritchie Co, son of Isaac; and Nancy Grady, widowed, 26, b. Greene Co Pa, res. Pleasants Co, dau of (blank). Married Apr 7 1860 at H. Williamson's. (Note: It is not clear whether Grady is Nancy's maiden name or previous married name.), MR p. 7 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11456364&Type=Marriage. (5) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) (6) 1900 Census, Clay County, WV. (7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Joseph Crichfield [sic], single, 29, b. Greene Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Sarah Crichfield; and Christena Postlewaite, single, 16, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Isaac & Nancy Postlewaite. Married Oct 9 1879 in Doddridge County. Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR p. 238. Event Notes Note (1) Age 27 in the 1860 Census would put birth in about 1833, while age 51 in the 1880 Census would put it in about 1829. Age 26 in Apr 1860 marriage record would put birth in about 1834.. Birthplace given as Virginia in 1860 and 1870, but as Delaware in 1880, while her marriage record states Greene County, Pennsylvania. Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Jun 30 1867, but age in marriage record and in 1920 Census would put birth in about 1863, and 1900 Census states Jun 1863.Name Index