Jul-28-2018
Husband: Otho Preston Gandy
Born: 1818 in Preston Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Jan- -1892 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,1 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Clarksburg (S Chestnut St), Harrison Co, WV 5 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1877 in Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Ordination: in carpenter 6 Occupation: 1880 dry goods dealer 7 Occupation: 1877 carpenter 2 Father: Amos Gandy (1781 - 1845) Mother: Rachel Mary Menear (1785 - 1854) Other spouse 1Wife: Mary Ann Gray Married: Jul- 8-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Born: Apr- 2-1818 in Preston Co, (W)VA 8,2 (see note 1) Died: Jun-11-1908 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9,8 Buried: in Carroll Cemetery, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Cause of death: acute dysentery 9 Census: 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1840 in Preston Co, (W)VA Father: James Gray (1781 - 1872) Mother: Elizabeth Bartlett (1795 - ) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Headstone (year only) (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (4) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, There are three death records for this death, with several conflicting details. The death date is given in two of the records as Jan 3 1892, but in the third as Jan 4 1892. DR p. 162, Line 27 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=106521&Type=Death Identified as O. P. Gandy, white male, 74, b. Preston Co, son of (blank), married, occupation carpenter; died Jan 3 1892 in Clarksburg, cause of death "complication of diseases." Informant: John P. Gandy, son. DR p. 1 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=919624&Type=Death This is a different image of a different document, but with the identical information. Both are handwritten, alphabetized ledgers. DR p. 50, Line 32 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=113822&Type=Death Identified as Ottro P. Gandy, white male, 74, b. Virginia, resident of state for 30 years (Note: West Virginia became a state in 1863), widower, occupation carpenter; died Jan 4 1892 in Clarksburg, cause of death cancer. Undertaker W. J. Deison, Clarksburg. Physician J. M. Bowcock, Clarksburg. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (8) Headstone. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=112300&Type=Death. Event Notes Note (1) Age 92 in death record would put birth in about 1816, while the 1900 Census states April 1822. But her headstone shows it as Apr 2 1818.Name Index