Jul-28-2018
Husband: Isaac Postleweight Also known as: Isaac Postlewaite 1
Born: 1815 in Pennsylvania 2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Census: 1840 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 3 Father: Mother: Other spouse 2
Wife: Mary Ann Haught 1,4,2
Born: ca 1819 in Pennsylvania 5,3 Died: Sep- 6-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6 Buried: in Highland Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 7,8 Census: 1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Census: 1840 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Elizabeth J. Postlewait Also known as: Elizabeth Postelwaite 9 Born: ca 1842 in Pennsylvania 3 Resided: 1865 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 9 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Husband: John A. Stinespring b. ca 1843 d. Nov- 3-1914 Married: May-16-1865 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 10
M Child 2: Joseph Johnson Postlewait Also known as: Joseph J. Postelweight 11 Born: Aug-12-1849 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 8,12,11,13 Died: Nov-18-1937 in Wood Co, WV 14 Buried: in Cedar Grove Cemetery, near Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1909 in Wood Co, WV 13 Census: 1900 in Clay District, Wood Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1880 farm laborer 15 Wife: Rachel Ann S. Stinespring b. Dec- -1848 d. bef Oct 1909 Also known as: Ann Stinespring 16 Married: Mar-10-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 17,18 Wife: Mary Skinner b. Mar- -1876 d. Apr-30-1948 Census name: Mary E. Skinner Married: Oct-24-1909 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 19
M Child 3: Elias B. Postlewait Census name: Elias B. Postlewaite Born: ca 1851 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20 Resided: 1873 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 20 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Louisa J. Britton b. ca 1850 Married: Dec-25-1873 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 21
F Child 4: Nancy L. Postlewait Born: 1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 22 Died: Sep-24-____ 6 Buried: in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Lewis C. Britton b. 1851 d. bef Jun 1915 Married: Dec-28-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Marriage record of daughter. (2) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (3) 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (6) Headstone. (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Findagrave.com. (9) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. (10) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 58 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11210859&Type=Marriage. (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (12) 1900 Census, Wood County, WV. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (16) Death record of daughter. (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Joseph J. Postelweight, 21, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Isaac & Mary Ann; and Rachel A. S. Stinespring, 21, of Doddridge Co, dau of Granville L & Margaret. Married Mar 10 1870. (18) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Joseph Johnson Postlewaite, widowed, age 58, b. Lewis Co, res. Clarksburg, son of Isaac & Mary Postlewaite; and Mary Skinner, single, 38, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Edward & (blank) Skinner. Married Oct 24 1909 in Clarksburg. MR p. 166 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=19036&Type=Marriage. (20) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (21) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Elias B. Postlethwait, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Parkersburg, son of Isaac Postlethwait & Mary Ann Haught; and Louisa J. Britton, 22, b. Monongalia Co, res. Parkersburg, dau of John Britton & Rachel Ball. Married Dec 25 1873 in Parkersburg. MR p. 61 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10741123&Type=Marriage. (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 192. (23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lewis C. Britton, age 21, b. Doddridge Co, son of George W. & Mary Britton; and Nancy L. Postlewait, age 19, b. Ritchie Co, dau of Isaac & Mary A. Postlewait. Ceremony held Dec 28 1872. MR Bk 1-A, p. 192.Name Index