Husband: Luther Sherman Britton
Census name: Sherman L. Brittin 1
Born: Jan-17-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Died: Oct-16-1945 in Monongalia Co, WV 4
Cause of death: gunshot wound
Resided: near Halleck, Monongalia Co, WV 5
Census: 1930, 1940 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV
Resided: 1908, 1921 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 3,6
Occupation: school teacher 5
Education: West Virginia University (A. B. degree, 1910) 5
Father: Asberoy Stephen Britton (1850 - 1921)
Mother: Hannah Elizabeth Gaston (1858 - 1938)
Wife: Pearl J. Rogers
Married: Aug-18-1908 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 7
Born: Oct- 1-1887 in Monongalia Co, WV 8,3
Died: Dec-16-1940 in Halleck, Monongalia Co, WV 8
Buried: in Halleck Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV 8
Census: 1930, 1940 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV
Resided: 1908 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 3
Father: Andrew J. Rogers (1860 - 1903)
Mother: Mary Louisa McGowan (1863 - )
Notes
M Child 1: George Washington Britton Born: Apr-15-1914 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 9,10 Died: Sep- 2-1973 in Monongalia Co, WV 11,10 Buried: in Halleck Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1920 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Wife: Mary Ellen Shockey b. Mar-25-1916 d. Mar-29-2002 Also known as: Ellen Shockey
M Child 2: Luther Sherman Britton II Born: Jul-25-1915 13,10 Died: Jan-29-2008 10 Resided: in Frederick, Frederick Co, MD 14 Census: 1930, 1940 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1920 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Wife: Ruth D. Rumble
M Child 3: Harold Rogers Britton Born: Oct-26-1916 in Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV 3,10 Died: Oct- -1980 10 Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 14,3 Census: 1930 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1920 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Wife: Lenora Ruth Cottrill b. Jan- -1917 d. Jul- -1984 Also known as: Ruth Cottrill 10,2 Married: Sep- 4-1938 at Rock Forge, Monongalia Co, WV 3
M Child 4: Howard Jackson Britton Born: May- 5-1918 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 3,14 Died: Sep- -1976 14 Resided: 1947 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1920 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Wife: Josephine Albert Zinn b. Feb- 1-1920 d. bef Feb 1947 Married: Apr-15-1939 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 3 Wife: Mildred June Hakin b. Oct-18-1925 Also known as: June Hakin 2 Married: Feb-22-1947 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 3
M Child 5: Morris Harding Britton Born: Nov-20-1920 10 Died: Mar-22-1978 10,15 Resided: in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1930, 1940 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Military: Sep- 2-1942 - Jan- 9-1946 U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II 16,15 Wife: Betty Bradford
F Child 6: Winnie Pearl Britton Born: Jun-15-1925 in West Virginia 10 Died: Jul-18-1985 10 Resided: in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co, OH 17 Census: 1930, 1940 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Husband: William M. Lafferty d. bef Jul 1985
F Child 7: Minnie Maude Britton Census name: Maude Britton Born: ca 1928 1 Census: 1930, 1940 in Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Husband: Max Jordan
Sources: (1) 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV. (2) Ota Reed Fraker (1882-1970) in her 15-page genealogy of the descendants of her maternal grandparents, Samuel Morris & Elizabeth Law Gaston, misleadingly entitled "Genealogy or Family Tree of John Gaston, Sr." (3) Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV. (4) Monongalia County Death Records, Morgantown, WV. (5) Franklin Marion Brand, The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia (1927), p. 388. (6) Obituary of father. (7) Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV, Identified as Luther S. Britton, single, student, age 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Morgantown, son of A. S. & H. E. Britton; and Pearl J. Rogers, single, 20, b. Monongalia Co, res. Morgantown, dau of (blank) & Mary Rogers. Married Aug 18 1908 in Morgantown. MR p. 136 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11338324&Type=Marriage. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Social Security Death Index. (11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Findagrave.com. (13) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (17) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951.