Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Jett, Jr.
Born: 1813 1,2 (see note 1)
Buried: in Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV 1
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 3
Father: John Jett (1781 - 1864)
Mother: Sarah "Sally" Smith (1775 - 1864)
Wife: Mary "Polly" Watson
Married: 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,5,6,7
Born: ca 1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,7
Died: Oct-17-1890 in Roane Co, WV 7
Buried: in Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV 1,9
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: Jacob Watson (1787 - 1860)
Mother: Sarah Pritchard (1797 - )
Notes
M Child 1: William M. Jett
Born: Jan-18-1840 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 10,11,12
Died: Feb- 5-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,12
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 14
Resided: since 1849 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV 9,2
Military: Co G, 14th W.Va., Civil War 14
Wife: Sophronia Ellen Lowther b. Mar-12-1845 d. Feb-25-1922
Married: Oct-11-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
M Child 2: Jacob Jett
Born: ca 1842 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 15
Census: 1870 in Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV
Resided: (settled) in Roane Co, WV 2
Resided: 1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 16
Wife: Latatia Jane Rowh b. ca 1849
Married: May-10-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
F Child 3: Elizabeth Jett 2
Born: ca 1844 18
Died: young 2
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 4: Sylvester Jett
Born: Jul-29-1846 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,12,19
Died: Jul-22-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,12 (see note 2)
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,21
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1890 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 22
Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: at Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 2,22
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 3,23,24
Occupation: 1880 blacksmith 25
Military: Aug-20-1864 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, and Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 1,22,26 (see note 3)
Wife: Julia Ann Ermina Gray b. Aug- 8-1857 d. Jun-16-1924
Also known as: Fermany Grey 27
Married: Dec-28-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 19,28,1
M Child 5: Alvin Jett
Born: ca 1849 8
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1870 deputy U.S. Mail carrier 3
Wife: Clarice Jane Louden
Census name: Claracy J.
M Child 6: Otha Jett
Born: ca 1851 8
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 7: John M. Jett
Born: ca 1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 19,8
Resided: in Kanawha Co, WV 2
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Wife: Deliah Norman b. ca 1853
Census name: Delia Norman
Married: Apr-27-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
M Child 8: Wilson Flavius Jett
Also known as: Willard Jett 29
Born: May-19-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 30
Resided: 1880 in Roane Co, WV 29,2
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Wife: Mary Ann Dye b. ca 1860
Married: Dec- 5-1880 in Roane Co, WV 29
M Child 9: George Jett
Died: young 2
F Child 10: Sarah Jett
Died: young 2
F Child 11: Mary K. Jett
Born: ca 1861
Resided: in Roane Co, WV 2,29
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Lewis N. Abbott b. ca 1863
Married: Nov- 6-1884 in Roane Co, WV 29
Sources:
(1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 362.
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 275.
(3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage record consists of a list, submitted by the minister on Apr 1
1837, of all the couples that he had married in the preceding year. Among them were John Jett and Mary Watson, not
further identified, married on an unspecified date in 1836. MR Bk 3, p. 100.
(5) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, Marriage date erroneously reported as Apr
1 1837. p. 362.
(6) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(7) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 108.
(8) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 257.
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(11) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(12) Headstone (year only)
(13) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)
(14) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(15) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(16) 1870 Census, Roane County, WV.
(17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jacob Jett, 24, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of
John & Mary Jett; and Latatia Jane Rowh, 17, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Lewis H. & Mary Rowh. Married May
10 1866 in Doddridge County. (Note: Wife's name incorrectly reported as Satila in "West Virginia Marriages,
1863-1900." Examination of original record shows it to be Latatia.), MR p. 256 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792121&Type=Marriage.
(18) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(20) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(21) Findagrave.com.
(22) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(23) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
(24) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(25) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
(26) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(27) Obituary of son.
(28) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm)
(29) Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV.
(30) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
Event Notes
Note (1) "History of Doddridge County," p. 362, gives birthplace as Franklin County,
VA, but "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 275, reports it as Barbour
County.
Note (2) History of Doddridge County, p. 362, gives death date as Jul 23 1923.
Note (3) Newspaper article in 1913 gives unit as Co A, 4th W.Va. Inf, and "History of
Doddridge County," p. 362, gives it as Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav. But 1890 Veterans
Schedule indicates Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf. It appears that he did serve in two
units.
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