Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Gustavus S. Britton    
       Also known as: Augustus Britton 1,2
                Born: Aug-  -1818          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  3,4
                Died: Mar-19-1904           4
              Buried:                      in Sims Cemetery, Wirt Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900                 in Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
            Military:                      Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  7
              Father: Wilson Britton   (1765 - 1851) 
              Mother: Jane Wade   (1787 - 1849) 
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
                Wife: Prudence Wade   8  
                Died: 1852                  9
              Father: William Selby Wade   (1794 - 1850) 
              Mother: Prudie Wade   (     - 1825) 
           F Child 1: Minerva Britton      
       Also known as: Manerve Britton 10
                Born: ca 1841              in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  11,12,13
                Died: bef Apr 1910          14
              Census: 1880                 in Chehalis County (now Grays Harbor Co), WA  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: George McKinnon Wade  b. Jan-20-1839  d. Dec-29-1926  
             Married: Mar-10-1861          in Doddridge Co, WV  15

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV. 
(4) Marilyn Britton Gump, Waterford, OH 45786. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(7) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(8) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992) 
(9) James Lock , The Locke Family (Ancestry World Tree Project, posted at  http://awt.ancestry.com) 
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(11) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(13) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). 
(14) 1910 Census. 
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom's age given as 22, born in Madison, Indiana, son of George and 
Anna Britton.  Bride's age given as 20, with birth in Monongalia Co, daughter of G. S. and Elizabeth Britton.  Marriage 
record spells her name Manerva.  Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR Bk 1-A, p. 
134. 







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