Husband: Daniel Webster Britton
Born: Jun-11-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Died: Feb- -1911 2,3
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Cause of death: tuberculosis 3
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: rural mail carrier 4
Occupation: teacher 5,6
Father: Joseph Stephen Britton (1841 - 1915)
Mother: Mary Jane Gaston (1843 - 1915)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Sarah Charlotte Wade 5,7,8
Also known as: Charlotte Wade 9,10
Married: Mar-17-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
Born: Feb-13-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,10
Died: Jan-30-1896 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 13,10
Buried: in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Cause of death: "childbed fever" (puerperal fever, a bacterial infection caused by unsanitary childbirth conditions) 14
Father: Andrew Montgomery Wade (1847 - 1904)
Mother: Sudna Jane Watson (1854 - 1875)
M Child 1: Cecil Orr Britton 8
Born: Jan-20-1896 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 15,2
Died: Oct-11-1918 in France 16,2,17
Buried: in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, near Verdun, France 18,19 (see note 1)
Resided: 1917 in New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 20
Resided: in Harrison Co, WV 17
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Occupation: installer for telephone company in New Castle Pa 20
Military: Sgt, US Army, 305th Trench Mortar Btry, 80th Inf Div, WW I (KIA) 16,21,19
Notes
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 32. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) Obituary, West Union Herald, 2/23/1911. (4) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (5) Birth record of son. (6) Birth record of daughter. (7) Death record of son. (8) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992) (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (10) Headstone. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Daniel W. Britton, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Charlotte Wade, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Mar 17 1895 at the residence of Eli M. Gaston, officiating minister. (Note: As great-grandchildren of Samuel Husk and Elizabeth, Daniel Webster Britton and Sarah Charlotte Wade were second cousins.), Bk 5, p. 42: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792732&Type=Marriage. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 42. (13) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sarah C. Britton, white female, 24, married; died Jan 30 1896 at Summers, cause of death childbed fever, burial at Gaston Graveyard (now known as the Gaston-Hart Cemetery). (Note: Childbed fever is more properly known as puerperal fever, a bacterial infection contracted by women during childbirth or miscarriage. It can develop into puerperal sepsis, which is a serious form of septicaemia. If untreated, it is often fatal. From the 1600s through the mid to late 1800s, the majority of childbed fever cases were caused by the doctors themselves. With no knowledge of germs, doctors did not believe hand washing was needed. Statements like that of Dr. Charles Meigs, a leading obstetrician and teacher from Philadelphia, were the attitude of the time: "Doctors are gentlemen, and gentlemen’s hands are clean." [Source: Wikipedia]), DR p. 100 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046734&Type=Death. (14) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=1259. (17) Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 5/30/2004. (18) American Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov, Plot A Row 25 Grave 30. (19) WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database online], Ancestry.com and American Battle Monuments Commission. (20) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (21) American Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov. Event Notes Note (1) "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries through 1993" reports a marker for him also at the Harrisville IOOF Cemetery. Note (2) In household of paternal grandparents. His father was not present.