Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Sheets
Born: ca 1823 in Virginia 1 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Mary Ann Wamsley 2 Married: May-19-1844 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3 Marriage Bond: May-13-1844 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4
Born: ca 1823 1 (see note 1) Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Jacob Sheets Born: ca 1845 1 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War
M Child 2: Eli S. Sheets Born: Jan-13-1847 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5,6,7 (see note 2) Died: Sep- 5-1914 in Calcutta, Pleasants Co, WV 8,9 Buried: in Bills Family Cemetery, Calcutta, Pleasants Co, WV 5 Cause of death: fell or thrown from hay wagon 9 Census: 1910 in Washington District, Pleasants Co, WV Resided: 1906 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 7 Census: 1900 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 10 Military: Union Army, Civil War 11 Wife: Harriet Yates b. Apr- -1851 Married: ca 1883 10 Wife: Hannah Virginia "Jennie" Johnston b. Oct-19-1842 d. May-24-1930 Census name: Virginia Johnston Married: Jun-24-1906 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 12
M Child 3: James E. Sheets Born: ca 1848 1 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Rosa Finandew Carter b. Aug-28-1854 d. Mar-31-1943 Also known as: Finandew R. Carter 13 Married: Dec-19-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
F Child 4: Nancy Sheets Born: May- -1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,14 Died: Jan-22-1918 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8 Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1908 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 15 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: William Thompson Bland b. ca 1856 d. bef Jun 1900 Also known as: Thompson Bland 16,2 Married: Apr-16-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Husband: Joseph Reason Thompson b. ca 1838 Married: Mar-11-1908 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 15
M Child 5: Samuel S. Sheets Born: Feb- -1852 at Davisson Run (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 17,13,18 Died: Apr-12-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,19 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 20,5,21 Cause of death: pneumonia fever 19 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 17,19 Wife: Prudence Laverna Powell b. ca 1857 Married: Sep-16-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Mary Susan "Mollie" Westfall b. Jan- -1866 d. Sep-11-1946 Also known as: Susie Westfall 22 Married: Nov-20-1887 in Harrison Co, WV 13
M Child 6: Silas Sheets Born: ca 1856 6 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Susana Sheets Census name: Susan Sheets Born: ca1857 6 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 8: Cornelius Sheets Born: ca 1861 6 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (2) Marriage record of son. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=36626&Type=Marriage. (4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=22916&Type=Marriage. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (7) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Doddridge County Republican, 9/10/1914. (10) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) Doddridge County Republican, 9/17/1914. (12) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Eli Sheets, widowed, 59, b. Harrison Co, res. St. Marys; and Jennie Reed, widowed, 55, b. Ritchie Co, res. Ellenboro. Married Jun 24 1906 at Ellenboro, officiated by M. S. Smith, Pastor of Ellenboro M. P. Church. Informant for marriage license: Eli Sheets. (NOTE: Wife's birthplace is incorrect, based on her previous marriage record and the known birthplaces of her two adjacent siblings, all of which show a birthplace of Frederick County, Virginia.), MR p. 164 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10247030&Type=Marriage. (13) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=17271&Type=Marriage. (16) Birth record of son. (17) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (18) Birth record of daughter. (19) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (20) Obituary. (21) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), Based on WPA reading of 18 Sep 1932. Marker no longer readable. (22) Death record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Age in 1870 Census puts birth in about 1820. Note (2) Birthdate given as Jan 1848 in 1900 Census. Note (3) In 1870, also enumerated as a domestic servant in the household of Thomas A. & Catharine Jones in West Union District.Name Index