Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Laven Russell    
                Born: Mar-  -1823          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1850, 1860, 1870     in Greene Co, PA  
          Occupation:                      boot & shoe maker  2,3,4
            Military: Oct-16-1862 - Jul-25-1863 Pvt, Co A, 168th Pennsylvania Inf (drafted militia)  5,6
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth Burwell     
                Born: Feb-10-1825          in Westmoreland Co, PA  7,8,2
                Died: Jun-18-1910          in Dunkard, Greene Co, PA  9,7
              Buried:                      in Garards Fort Cemetery, Greene Co, PA  9,10
              Census: 1850 60 70 80, 1900  in Greene Co, PA   (see note 3)
              Father: Joseph Burwell 
              Mother: ___ Peterson 
           M Child 1: John Russell      
                Born: Jun- 7-1860          in Greene Co, PA  11,12
                Died: Nov-29-1933          at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  13,12
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV  13,14
      Cause of death:                      cancer of side of head & ear (had absessed ear for years)  13
              Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30     in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1883                 in Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1860, 1870, 1880     in Greene Co, PA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  13,15
                Wife: Clara M. Snider  b. Sep-12-1865  d. 1955  
             Married: Oct- 7-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  11 (see note 4)

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(2) 1870 Census. 
(3) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(4) 1850 Census. 
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(9) Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 
(13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(15) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Listed as Laven Russell, 77, widowed, b. Mar 1823 in WVa (both parents b.
WVa), widowed, in household of son John.
Note (2) Listed as Laven Russell, 58, married, b. Va. (both parents b. Va.), boot &
shoe maker, cannot read or write, in household of Albert & Emma (Wilson)
Hansford.
Note (3) In 1880, she was head of household, 55, widowed, b. Pa. (both parents b. NJ),
with children Aaron, James, John and Jefferson.
In 1900, listed as mother Elizebath Burwell, 75, widowed, b. Feb 1825 in Pa.
(both parents b. Pa.), mother of 7 children (all still living).
(NOTE:  Inasmuch as husband Laven Burwell was found living in West Virginia
in both of these censuses, marital status married in 1880 and widowed in 1900,
it appears likely that the couple was estranged and perhaps either legally
separated or divorced.
Note (4) at the residence of Calvin Morgan







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