Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Gapen    
                Born: Mar-16-1809          in Greene Co, PA  1
                Died: May- 7-1865          in Danville, Des Moines Co, IA  1
              Buried:                      in Blakeway Cemetery, Danville, Des Moines Co, Iowa  2
              Census: 1860                 in Des Moines Co, IA  
              Census: 1840, 1850           in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1830                 in Greene Co, PA  
          Occupation: 1860                 tenant farmer  3
              Father: Stephen Gapen   (1761 - 1839) 
              Mother: Rebecca Snider   (1788 - 1849) 
                Wife: Matilda Garlow     
             Married: Sep-25-1825          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: Mar-15-1810          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  1,2,4
                Died: Jul-10-1888          in Beaver City, Furnas Co, NE  1,2
              Buried:                      in Deaver Cemetery, Precept, Furnas Co, Neb.  2
              Census: 1860                 in Des Moines Co, IA  
              Census: 1840, 1850           in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1830                 in Greene Co, PA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: Joshua Gapen      
                Born: Aug- 2-1827          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  2,5
                Died: Mar-25-1900          in Rock Bluff, Cass Co, NE  2
              Census: 1850                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
              Buried:                      in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Plattsmouth, Cass Co, NE  2
           F Child 2: Nancy Gapen 1     
                Born: Feb-10-1829           2 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct- 3-1910          in Tyler Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  2
              Census: 1880                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Jonathan "Jack" Underwood  b. Aug-21-1822  d. Jan-10-1863  
             Married: 1851                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  6
             Husband: William Sandy  b. Jan-22-1831  d. Feb- 9-1907  
             Married: Nov- 5-1876          in Tyler Co, WV  7
           F Child 3: Edith Gapen      
         Census name: Eady Gapen 
                Born: Jun-17-1833          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  5
                Died: May-  -1904          in LeRoy, Coffey Co, KS  
              Census: 1860, 1880, 1900     in LeRoy, Coffey Co, KS  
              Census: 1850                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Ehud J. Davis  b. ca 1830  d. Jul- 9-1906  
         Census name: A. Davis 
             Married: Jun- 7-1853          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  6
           F Child 4: Harriet Gapen 1     
                Born: Jul-30-1835           8,9
                Died: May-14-1921           8
              Buried:                      in County Poor Farm Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1870, 1900, 1910     in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Tyler Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Daniel Underwood  b. Feb- 2-1830  d. Aug-18-1858  
       Marriage Bond: Mar- 3-1856          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  7
             Married: Mar-  -1856           7
             Husband: John B. Sweeney  b. Mar-20-1827  d. Jan-14-1885  
       Marriage Bond: Apr- 2-1860          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  7
             Married: May-10-1860          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  10
             Husband: John H. Ash  b. Nov- 5-1832  d. Aug-27-1905  
             Married: Dec-16-1900          in Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) 1860 Census. 
(4) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 78y, 3m, 25d. 
(5) 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA. 
(6) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(8) Headstone. 
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as John B. Sweeney, widowed, 33, b. Monongalia Co, res. 
Doddridge Co, son of Hiram & Mary Sweeney, occupation millwright; and Harriet Underwood, widowed, 24, b. & res. in Tyler 
Co, dau of John & Matilda Gapin.  Married May 10 1860 in Tyler County, officiated by Jacob Yeater. MR p. 8, line 19 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038219&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in 1860 Census would put birth in about 1822.  Age in death record:  80y
7m 23d.







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