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 1
Notes
Wife: Bessie Alma McClaskey 7,8
Married: Sep-13-1899 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Born: Aug-31-1881 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,11,9,2
Died: Nov-29-1942 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10,12,2
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2,10
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 10
Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Enos McClaskey (1829 - 1905)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth McCullough (1847 - 1904)
M Child 1: Wilbur Laughton Britton 7 Born: Jun-23-1900 at Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,15 Died: 1939 14 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Edra Ellen Gluck b. May- 5-1905 d. Aug- -1985 Married: Nov-29-1929 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
F Child 2: Lora Virginia Britton 7 Born: Aug-22-1902 at Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,16 Died: Oct- 7-1931 in Ritchie Co, WV 16 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Never married: 2
M Child 3: Horace Audubon Britton 7 Born: Jan- 6-1904 at Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,15,14 Died: Dec-24-1966 in Ritchie Co, WV 17,2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2,18 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: Ritchie County Sheriff (1948-52) 19,20 Wife: Stella Fay Hedge b. Oct-26-1906 d. Apr- 8-2003 Married: Sep- 2-1925 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
M Child 4: Otha Ryland Britton 7 Born: Mar- 6-1906 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14 Died: Sep- 6-1963 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 21,14 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 21 Wife: Ruby Meredith b. 1910 d. Jun-20-1992
F Child 5: Lena Mabel Britton 7 Census name: Mabel L. Britton Born: 1908 4 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: John Mickle Faris
F Child 6: Leota Fay Britton 7 Born: May-19-1910 22,15 Died: Jan- 3-1993 22 Resided: in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 23,22 Occupation: Secretary of the Ritchie County Republican Party Executive Committee 23 Husband: Clyde W. Marshall b. Jul-12-1904 d. Nov- -1983 Married: Nov-12-1931 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
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) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992) (8) Death record of daughter. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (13) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. (14) Headstone (year only) (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (16) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (17) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (18) Obituary of wife. (19) Obituary of wife's father. (20) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Winter 1999. (21) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (22) Social Security Death Index. (23) West Virginia Blue Book (Vol. 32, 1948), p. 462.