Doddridge County Roots - Direct Ancestors

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7/11/2008

 

 

1.  Renee Lee Brown, also known as Rennie Brown, b. May-20-1947 in Youngstown, OH, residence Doddridge Co, WV, resided formerly in Anne Arundel Co, MD.  Attended Youngstown State Univ, 1965-67; Ohio State Univ, 1967-69; and Fayetteville State Univ, 1975-77 (B.A. in English).  US Army Military Intelligence Officer, Apr 1970 - Dec 1990, including seven years in Germany and seven years as Polygraph Examiner based at Fort Meade, MD.  Computer store owner, Crofton, MD, 1988-93.  Private Investigator, Baltimore, MD, 1993-94.  Baseball concessions supervisor, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, 1995-97.  Youth sports photographer, West Virginia Sports Section, 1997-98. Olan Mills portrait sales, 1998-present.  He married (1) Patricia Jean Smith.  He married (2) Gretl Louise Kramer.  He married (3) Joyce Jacoberger.  He married (4) Debra June Boggess.

 

Parents

 

2.  Armand Leon Brown, b. Jan-27-1923 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[1] d. Apr- 9-1985 in Doddridge Co, WV, buried Apr-11-1985 in Masonic Memorial Park Cem, West Union, WV, occupation A&P Grocery Produce Manager, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1941), military U.S Army, World War II (Europe).  He married Aug-4-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[2] Geneva Pauline Gaston.

 

3.  Geneva Pauline Gaston, b. Nov-15-1926 at Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV, d. Dec-22-2001 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, buried Dec-27-2001 in Masonic Memorial Park Cem, West Union, WV, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1945).  Attended Salem College, Salem, WV, 1945-46.  Worked for two years in the office of the Ford garage in West Union, WV.  Upon her marriage to Armand Brown in 1946, she moved to Youngstown, OH, where Armand's family had moved from West Union while he was overseas during World War II.  From 1962 to 1974, she worked as cashier and office worker for A&P food stores in Youngstown, OH and vicinity.  In June 1974, with Armand's heart problems preventing him from continuing his job with A&P in Youngstown, they returned to Doddridge County, moving into the house on Oxford Road, at Cabin Run, where Geneva had lived with her family for about five years prior to her marriage.  From then until his death in 1985, Armand and Geneva operated what had been her parents' small grocery store adjacent to the family home, changing the name from Gaston's Grocery to Brown's Grocery.  With her brother Sam, Geneva was a driving force and principal compiler of this genealogy.

 

Grand Parents

 

4.  Addison Avery Brown, b. Aug- 1-1881 in Verndale, Wadena Co, MN,[3] d. Jan-13-1954 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH,[4] resided in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,[5] resided 1910-mid1940s in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,7 resided 1900-1910 in Chehalis Co (now Grays Harbor Co), WA,[6],5 resided originally in Verndale, Wadena Co, MN, occupation glass-blower (in WV) and steel mill worker (in OH).7  Federal Census data of Jun 5 1900 identifies Addison Y. [sic] Brown, age 19, residing in Satsop, Chehalis County (now known as Grays Harbor County), Washington as a servant and farm laborer in the household of Edward F. Foster, b. Aug 1862 in Idaho.  Addison's birthdate was given as Aug 1880 [sic], birthplace Minnesota, father's birthplace Massachusetts, mother's birthplace New York.  Edward Foster's wife Mary was shown as born in Apr 1864 in West Virginia.  The Fosters' neighbors were the family of Jasper and Virginia Mowry; they and the oldest five of their seven children were born in West Virginia, the younger two born in Washington.  We must assume that Addison moved from Minnesota to Washington with his father in June 1893.  We can only speculate that it was through the Fosters and/or the Mowrys that he was somehow introduced to Nancy "Babe" Haught and eventually came to West Virginia.  This is supported by the fact that Jasper Mowry appeared in the 1870 Census of Doddridge County (New Milton Twp) as the 9-year-old son of George & Mary Mowry, and that Jasper N. Mowry & Jennie (nickname for Virginia) Knight were married in Doddridge Co on Mar 10 1856.

     

      Census data of April 19 1910 states that he was a 28-year-old laborer living in Montesano Precinct, County of Chehalis (now Grays Harbor County), Washington, with place of birth as Minnesota in 1881, residing as a "hired man" in the household of John C. Smith (age 52, born in Wisconsin) and his wife Jennie C. (age 47, born in West Virginia), and their children.  Addison must have come to West Virginia soon thereafter, as he and Nancy "Babe" Haught were married Dec 20 1910 in West Union, and daughter Waneta was born Oct 23, 1911.  Connection, if any, between that J.C. Smith and the J.C. Smith who operated a funeral home in West Union, is unknown.

     

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jan 3 1920:

      A. A. Brown, 38, b. Minnesota, both parents b. Minnesota, occupation truck-dray driver; wife Babe Brown, 33; step-dau Clella Haught, 15; dau Jaunita Brown, 8; son Vernon A, 2 months.

      Stated birthplace of Addison's parents is clearly in error.

     

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:

      Addison A. Brown, 47, b. Minnesota, both parents b. Minnesota, occupation salesman at feed store, age 26 at first marriage; wife Babe, 43, age 22 at first marriage, b. WV, father b. Pa., mother b. WV; dau Mabel W, 18; son Vernon A, 10; son Armond L, 7.

      Again, the stated birthplace of Addison's parents is in error.

     

      In an affidavit dated Aug 21 1935 at Clarksburg WV, regarding establishment of Addison's birthdate, Addison stated that his family had moved to Montesano, Washington when he was about nine years old, that the family Bible had been destroyed in a house fire about three years later, that his mother had died when he was about six years old, that his father had died when he was about 18 years old, and that he had no living siblings.

     

      Addison always told his son Armand that his only living relative not descended from him was a cousin, Edith Maria Weeden, whose address was 10 Guernsey Street, Norwich (Chenango County), NY.  We have since determined that Edith Weeden was the wife of Archer Lewis Weeden (b. Mar 18 1870) (married May 20 1891) and was born Edith Maria Terwilliger in New York on Feb 13 1873, daughter of Andrew Jackson Terwilliger (1829-1904) and Mary Esther Saunders (1842-1919) (married Dec 12 1871).  Census data shows that Mary Esther Sanders was a sister of Almira Sanders, Addison's mother.  It was Edith Maria Weeden who in January 1943 provided an affidavit supporting the filing of Addison's delayed birth certificate in Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota. He married Dec-20-1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[7],[8] Nancy "Babe" Haught.

 

5.  Nancy "Babe" Haught, b. Jan-19-1884 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[9] [Nancy was always sensitive about her age, and no one in the family was ever sure exactly when she was born.  The official Jan 19 1884 birth date was provided at the time of the delayed recording of her birth record in 1944 and was based principally on the testimony of her sister Rosa.  Age 23 given at time of Dec 1910 marriage would put birth date in 1887, as would age 43 in the 1930 Census.  SSDI reports birth date as Jan 19 1885, while her headstone shows her birth date as Jan 19 1889, also incorrect.  A birth date of Jan 1882 was given in the 1900 Census, correctly placing her between older sister Icy Dell (listed as b. Jul 1880) and younger brother John Homer (b. Nov 1883).  An analysis of the 1900 Census data for that household leads to the conclusion that Nancy and siblings Elizabeth, Icy & Homer seem to have shifted their birthdates in later years to make themselves appear a few years younger than they were.  In Nancy's case, the shift seems to have occurred at about the time of the 1910 Census (when she was only 4 years older than in the 1900 Census), as her given age stayed fairly consistent after that.], d. Sep-23-1977 in Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH,7,[10] buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH,[11] resided (nursing home) in Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH,7,[12] resided formerly in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,7,12 resided originally in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.7

 

6.  Ira Dow Gaston, b. Dec-31-1894 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,7 d. Jul-26-1973 in Washington Co, OH,7 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[13] [Headstone gives the birthdate of 1895, which is incorrect.], occupation oil and gas company.7  Dow Gaston, as he was known, retired from the Equitable Gas Company in 1949 with 28 years of service.  He was a member of the Cabin Run Methodist Church; the Friendship Lodge No. 56 A.F. and A.M., and Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 56, both of West Union; the Clarksburg Lodge of Perfection; Clarksburg Chapter of Rose Croix; Wheeling Council of Kadosh; and Wheeling Consistory.  [Obit]   He served on the Doddridge County Board of Education.  [West Virginia Blue Book, 1948, p. 378 & 495]

     

      The grocery store located next to the family home on Oxford Road at Cabin Run was built in 1949, largely from wood salvaged from an abandoned one-room school building.  The store was operated by Ira Dow Gaston and family until shortly before his death.  The store and home then stood vacant until June 1974, when daughter Geneva and her husband Armand Brown moved from Ohio to reside and operate the store.  The store was closed for the last time on May 31 1985, and the building was dismantled in July 1993, with much of its original wood salvaged for reuse. He married Apr-26-1921 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[14] Ida Opal Husk.

 

7.  Ida Opal Husk, b. May-28-1904 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,7 d. Jan-16-1970 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,[15] buried Jan-19-1970 in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,15 occupation housewife & storekeeper.7

 

Great Grand Parents

 

8.  Ammi Almanzia Brown, also known as Adli Brown, b. Sep-13-1829 in Boston, MA,[16] d. Jun-20-1899 in Washington State,[17],[18] [probably at the Washington Soldiers Home at Orting, Pierce County, WA], buried in Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, Pierce Co, WA,19 resided from May 1897 in Orting, Pierce Co, WA,20 [Washington Soldiers Home], resided Jun 1893 - May 1897 in Montesano, Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) Co, WA, resided 1885, 1890 in Aldrich Twp, Wadena Co, MN,[19] resided 1881 in Verndale, Wadena Co, MN,[20] census 1870 in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY, resided 1869 in New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY,[21] resided 1862 in Palmyra, Jefferson Co, WI,[22] census 1860 in Crawford Co, WI, census 1840 in Burlington, Otsego Co, NY, occupation carpenter,21,22 military Aug-22-1862 - Jul-22-1865 Civil War (Pvt, Co A, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery).[23]  Very little has been found regarding Ammi Almanzia Brown and wife Almira Sanders, possibly also known as Rachel Almira Saunders.  It is not known for sure when or where they were married or when they moved to Minnesota.  Born in Massachusetts in 1829, Ammi was found in the 1840 Census with his parents and brother residing in Burlington, Otsego Co, NY.  He was next found in the 1860 Census residing in Crawford Co, Wisconsin, with his first wife and their two children.  (Further evidence of this first marriage is his 1898 application to the Washington Soldiers Home, on which he stated that he had two children, ages 44 and 16.)  He was a resident of Palmyra, Wisconsin in Aug 1862 when he entered military service for the Civil War.  Ammi's and Almira's marriage must have occurred upon Ammi's return from Civil War duties, as they are found together in the 1870 Census in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY.  They were next found in the 1885 Census of Wadena Co, Minnesota, with son Addison.  If Almira died in about 1888, as son Addison twice testified, there is some evidence that Ammi may have remarried, as his marital status was listed as married on his Feb 1898 application to the Washington Soldiers Home.  But on  his March 1899 application to the soldiers home, his entry for marital status was "She has left me, I do not know where she is."  Circumstances taking Ammi from Minnesota to the state of Washington in 1893 are also unknown.

     

      Addison Avery Brown always gave his parents' names as Ammi Almanzia Brown and Almira Saunders, and official records support that.  But Addison's obituary identified his parents as Adli Brown and Rachel Sanders.  The basis for that information is not known.

     

      Addison's birth certificate, which was not registered until 1943 when he was a longtime resident of Doddridge County, WV, identified his father as Ammi Almanzia Brown, age 54 at the time of Addison's 1881 birth, born in Massachusetts, occupation carpenter; and his mother as Almira Saunders Brown, age 39 at time of Addison's birth, born in New York.  Information supporting the delayed filing was provided in affidavit by Edith Maria Weeden, 20 Brown Avenue, Norwich, Chenango County, NY, who was identified as Addison's cousin.  Addison always told his son Armand that Edith was Addison's only living relative outside the immediate family.

     

      Civil War Service Records reflect that Ammi A. Brown, a resident of Palmyra, Wisconsin, served as a Private with Co A of the Wisconsin 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment from Aug 1862 to Jun 1865.  Applications to the Washington Soldiers Home in 1897, 1898 and 1899 show this to be the same Ammi A. Brown, born Sep 13 1829 in Boston MA, carpenter by trade, who was the husband of Almira and the father of Addison.  (Confusingly, there was another Ammi A. Brown, a resident of Kalamazoo Co, MI, who served as a Quartermaster Sergeant with Co L of the Michigan 2nd Cavalry Regiment, enlisting at age 21 on Oct 2 1861, discharged on Oct 22 1864.)

     

      1840 Census, Burlington, Otsego Co, New York:

      Household of Ammi T. Brown

      1 male age 40-50  (this would be Ammi T. Brown, who we know from the 1870 Census was born about 1799)

      1 male age 10-15  (i.e., Ammi A. Brown, b. 1829)

      1 male age 5-10

      1 female age 40-50

     

      No record of Ammi Brown was found in any 1850 Census.

     

      1860 Census, Crawford Co, Wisconsin:

      Ami Brown, 30, b. New York, occupation (blank); Deborah, 28, b. New York; Ida, 6, b. New York; Edwin, 2, b. Wisconsin.

      Although our Ammi Brown was not born in New York, he did live there before coming to Wisconsin.   Despite the discrepancy, this appears to be our Ammi with his first wife and their children (Edwin later appears with him in the 1870 Census).  Ammi was a resident of Wisconsin when he entered the military in 1862.

     

      1870 Census, town of Guilford, Chenango Co, NY:

      Ami Brown, 39, b. Massachusetts, occup house carpenter; Almira Brown, 28, b. New York; Edwin Brown, 11, b. Wisconsin; Ami Brown, 71, b. Connecticut, occup carpenter & joiner.

      Although relationships are not stated, it would appear that the elder Ammi is the father of the younger, who in turn is the father of Edwin.  Based on the earlier census, Edwin's mother was Deborah, not Almira.  No entry for this Edwin Brown was found in any subsequent census.

     

      No entry for Ammi Brown was found in the 1880 Census, although we know he was in Minnesota for the birth of son Addison in 1881.

      The 1880 Census of Minnesota lists in Aldrich Twp, Wadena Co, Albert A. Brown, age 40, carpenter, born in New York; and Almira Brown, age 35, his wife, born in New York, her father born in Connecticut, and her mother born in New York.  Despite the discrepancies, the possibility cannot be discounted that this is the couple in question.  The same Census shows Charles W. Brown, age 35, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother born in New York.  Given ages and locations, these two Browns could be brothers or other close relatives.

     

      The 1885 Census of Minnesota lists in Aldrich Twp, Wadena County, A. A. Brown, age 53, born in Massachusetts; Almira Brown, age 41, born in New York; and Addison (misspelled Adison), age 3, born in Minnesota.

     

      Minnesota Land Records, Document 16156, St. Cloud Land Office, on file at U.S. Bureau of Land Management, show that Ammi A. Brown purchased 80 acres of land on Dec 16 1890, with the following legal description:  Aliquot Parts S1/2SE, Base Line 5TH PM, Fractional Section No, Township 134 N, Range 34 W, Section # 4.

     

      In "The Famous & Not So Famous," published by the Verndale Historical Society in 1987, it is noted that the relationship between the many Brown families who settled there has not been entirely determined.  Of the many pages devoted to settlers of the Brown surname, only the following three entries appear regarding this one:  (1) "Architect and Builder.  I am prepared to take contracts for erecting buildings of all kinds.  Plans and specifications furnished on short notice.  Stair building a specialty."  [Wadena County Tribune, Dec 5 1878, attributed to A. A. Brown]  (2) "A. A. Brown has erected a barn near Verndale."  [Verndale Journal, Dec 26 1879]  (3) "The A. A. Brown Furniture, 1882, is mentioned in 'Bartlett Township History,' Volume I."  It is noted that there were two A. A. Browns, Ammi Almanzia and Albert A., who were carpenters and residing in Verndale at that time.

     

      Based strictly on the two Censuses and the birth certificate, Ammi would have been born either ca 1840, ca 1832 (most likely), or ca 1827; but entries on his applications to the Washington Soldiers' Home consistently and specifically state his birth date as Sep 13 1829.  No written record of his middle name, Almanzia, has been found, and it is known to us only from the recollection of his grandson Armand.  Ammi Almanzia Brown was thought by family lore to have died at age 74 of apoplexy, although son Addison, born in 1881, recalled that he was about 18 at the time of his father's death, which would have been shortly after Ammi's last admission to the Washington Soldiers' Home in Orting, Pierce Co, WA in 1899.  The recent discovery of his grave at the Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting shows that Ammi Brown's death occurred on Jun 20 1899. He married[24] (1) Deborah ___, b. ca 1832 in New York,26 census 1860 in Crawford Co, WI.  He married21,7 (2) Almira Sanders, also known as Rachel Almira Sanders,[25] b. ca 1843 in New York,21 resided 1885 in Aldrich Twp, Wadena Co, MN,[26] census 1870 in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY, census 1850, 1860 in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY.

 

9.  Almira Sanders, also known as Rachel Almira Sanders,27 b. ca 1843 in New York,21 resided 1885 in Aldrich Twp, Wadena Co, MN,28 census 1870 in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY, census 1850, 1860 in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY.  Addison Avery Brown always gave his mother's name as Almira Saunders and stated that she was one-half American Indian.  But information provided at his funeral identified his mother as Rachel Sanders.  Her birth was in New York sometime between 1840 and 1844, based on the following:   Age 9 at 1850 Census would put it in about 1841, age 10 at 1860 Census would put it in about 1840, age 41 at 1885 Census would put it in about 1844, and Addison's birth certificate gives her age at his birth as 39, putting her birth in about 1842.

     

      She was with her parents and siblings in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Norwich, Chenango Co, NY, and she was with husband Ammi (and his father and son from a previous marriage) in the 1870 Census of Guilford, Chenango Co, NY.

     

      Almira was not found in the Census of 1880.  That year's census of  Wadena County, Minnesota, lists an Almira as the wife of Albert A. Brown, giving her age as 35 (b. ca 1845) and reports her father's birthplace as Connecticut, and her mother's as New York.  Despite the similarities in names and locations, this does not appear to be the same couple.

     

      The 1885 Minnesota Census places her in the household of A. A. Brown with son Addison and identifies her as Almira and gives her age as 41 (b. ca 1844), birthplace New York.

     

      No entry for her was found in the 1900 or subsequent censuses.

     

      In an affidavit filed by son Addison in 1935 to establish his date of birth, he stated that his mother had died when he was about age six.  This would put her death in about 1887 or 1888.  In 1915, in an application for membership in the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal benificiary society, Addison stated that his mother died at age 44 of "inflammation of bowels."  This would also put her death in about 1888.  On question on that application was "Which do you resemble in general characteristics, father or mother?," to which Addison stated that it was his mother.  This is noteworthy because Addison did have certain facial characteristics associated with American Indians.  But a funeral card found in family papers identified the deceased as Rachel A. Brown, died Feb 1 1904, age 53y 10m 25d, location not given.  Based on age at death, the birth date would be Mar 7 1850.  We have not been able to verify the identity of that Rachel A. Brown.

     

      Thus, there is still great uncertainty as to the exact identity and birth/death dates of the wife of Ammi Brown and the mother of Addison.  It does appear likely, however, that her parents were Henry J. Sanders and Olive Mowry.  If Almira died in 1887 or 1888 as stated by Addison, the location would likely have been in Minnesota, since she was there in 1885, husband Ammi is known from a land purchase to have been there in 1890, and his move to Washington State occurred in 1893.  But if she died in 1904 as suggested by the funeral card, the location could have been Washington (if she accompanied Ammi there), Minnesota (if she stayed behind), New York (if she returned to her family still residing at her birthplace), or somewhere else.

 

10.  David Marion Haught,[27] b. May-14-1848 in Greene Co, PA,[28],[29],7,[30] d. Dec- 9-1927 in Doddridge Co, WV,[31],30,32 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[32] occupation farmer,[33] military Pvt, Co P, 6th W. Va. Inf, Civil War.24  He married May-20-1867,[34] Mary Watson, 1880 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:

        David Haught, 32, farmer; wife Mary, 32; dau Martha A, 11; dau Sarah R, 8, dau Lotta M, 6; dau Ida E, 5; son Walter, 3; dau Lizzie, 1.

       

        1900 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:

        David M Haught, 52, b. May 1848, married 32 yrs; wife Mary, 51, b. Jun 1848, mother of 11 children (all still living); dau Ida Ellen, 25, b. Mar 1875; son M Walter, 23, b. Aug 1876; dau Lizzie, 21, b. Dec 1878; dau Icy Dell, 19, b. Jul 1880; dau Nancy B, 18, b. Jan 1882; son J Homer, 16, b. Nov 1883; son David H, 11, b. Apr 1889; son Berkley, 5, b. Sep 1894; granddaughter Minnie O, 11, b. Aug 1888.

       

        1910 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District), enumerated in April 1910:

        David M. Haught, 61, married 36 yrs; wife Mary, 61, mother of 11 children (all still living); dau Babe, 22; son Howard, 21; son Berkeley, 15.

       

        1920 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 22 1920:

        David Haught, 71, widowed, b. in Pennsylvania, father b. Pa, mother b. W.Va.

 

11.  Mary Watson, b. Jun-23-1848,[35],32 [Although obituary states birth date as Jun 23 1848, age 62y 4m 5d reported in obituary would actually put birth date at Jun 22 1848.  Immediate family had long believed it to be Jun 13 1848, basis unknown.  Age given at death in death record would put birth date at May 22 1848.  Headstone gives only the year 1848.], d. Oct-27-1910 in Fred's Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[36],37,32 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.15

 

12.  John Morris Gaston, b. Sep- 4-1853 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,[37],[38] d. Nov-11-1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,[39],39 ["at the home of his son"], buried in Gaston Family Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co WV, resided in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[40] occupation Methodist minister & farmer.  He married Aug-16-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV,[41],[42] Elizabeth Hart, When John Morris Gaston and Elizabeth Hart were buried in the family cemetery in 1927 and 1921, respectively, no permanent marker was put in place.  In the Spring of 2002, through the actions of their grandson Samuel David Gaston, surviving principal family members purchased permanent stone markers for this couple's grave, as well as for the unmarked grave of their grandchildren, twins William and Lillian Gaston, stillborn in 1923.

 

13.  Elizabeth Hart, b. Aug-15-1858 in Lower Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[43],39 d. Feb-28-1921 in Upper Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[44] buried in Gaston Family Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co WV,39 resided in Upper Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV.39

 

14.  William Leonard Husk, also known as Leonard Husk,7,[45] b. Apr- 6-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,32,[46] d. Aug-17-1919 in Doddridge Co, WV,30,[47],32 buried in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Doddridge Co WV,15 resided in Doddridge Co, WV, resided previously in Pocahontas Co, WV, resided previously in Jackson Co, WV, occupation farmer & timberman,30 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.48  William Leonard Husk and his first wife, Susan Emma Husk, were first cousins once removed by virtue of his being the grandson of Samuel (d. bef 1848) and Elizabeth Husk, and her being their great-granddaughter.  None of their four children lived beyond infancy.  In the 1890's Leonard Husk and his family moved to Jackson Co, WV, where son Ernest Washington Husk was born, according to family legend.  Leonard later moved to Durbin, Pocahontas Co, WV, where he worked as a logger.[48] He married (1) Sep-10-1887 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH,[49] Susan Emma Husk, b. Apr-12-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV, d. Aug-29-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV,[50] buried in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV [Buried with infant daughter.].  He married (2) Feb-3-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV,[51],[52] Virginia Elizabeth "Jennie" McNemar, also known as Jennie E. McNemar,54 b. Apr-15-1872 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV,30,[53],32 d. Nov- 9-1938 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,55,49,30,39,32 buried in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Doddridge Co WV.15,39,30

 

15.  Virginia Elizabeth "Jennie" McNemar, also known as Jennie E. McNemar,54 b. Apr-15-1872 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV,30,55,32 d. Nov- 9-1938 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,55,49,30,39,32 buried in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Doddridge Co WV.15,39,30

 

Great Great Grand Parents

 

16.  Ammi T. Brown, b. ca 1799 in Connecticut,[54] census 1870 in Guilford, Chenango Co, NY, resided 1869 in New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY,23 census 1840 in Burlington, Otsego Co, NY, occupation carpenter & joiner.56  1840 Census, Burlington, Otsego Co, New York:

        Household of Ammi T. Brown

        1 male age 40-50  (i.e., Ammi T. Brown, who we know from the 1870 Census was born about 1799)

        1 male age 10-15  (i.e., Ammi A. Brown, b. 1829)

        1 male age 5-10

        1 female age 40-50

       

        "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chenango County, N.Y. for 1869-70," compiled & published by Hamilton Child in 1869, p. 205, has the following consecutive entries for the town of New Berlin:

        "BROWN, AMMI A., (South New Berlin), carpenter and joiner.

        Brown, Ammi T., (South New Berlin), lot 41, T. 16, house joiner and farmer."

        The preface to the publication states "Name set in CAPITALS indicates subscribers to this work."  It is also indicates "Post Office Addresses in Parentheses" and that "T." stands for Township.

       

        1870 Census, town of Guilford, Chenango Co, NY:

        Ami Brown, 39, b. Massachusetts, occup house carpenter; Almira Brown, 28, b. New York; Edwin Brown, 11, b. Wisconsin; Ami Brown, female, 71, b. Connecticut, occup carpenter & joiner.

        Ami is clearly a misspelling of Ammi.  Labeling the elder Ami (Ammi) a female is considered to be a clerical error, especially in view of the listed occupation.

       

        No record of this Ammi Brown was found in any 1850 or 1860 Census.

        The 1830 Census of Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, had the following entry:

        Household of Arnum Brown

        1 male age 30-40

        1 male under 5

        2 females age 20-30

        1 female under 5

        Despite the name variance, the handwriting is not entirely clear, and the possibility cannot be discounted that this is the household of Ammi T. Brown. He married[55] Unknown.

 

17.  Unknown, b. ca 1791/99,57 census 1840 in Burlington, Otsego Co, NY.

 

18.  Henry J. Sanders, b. ca 1806 in Rhode Island,[56] census 1850, 60, 70, 80 in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY.  He married Olive L. Mowry, 1850 Census, Norwich, Chenango Co, NY, enumerated on Apr 20 1850:

        Harry (sic) J. Sanders, 44, b. Rhode Island, occupation laborer; Olave, 36, b. R.I.; Charles H, 12, b. New York; Mary E, 10, b. NY; Almira, 9, b. NY; Slater P. (?), 8, b. NY; William B, 4, b. NY; Washington, 2, b. NY.

       

        1860 Census, Norwich, Chenango Co, NY, enumerated on Aug 18 1860:

        Henry J. Sanders, 54, b. R.I., occup farm laborer; Olive, 44, b. R.I.; Charles H, 23, b. NY, farm laborer; Alvira (sic), 20, b. NY; William P. (or B?), 13, b. NY; Washington, 11, b. NY; Albert, 9; Edwin A. (or H?), 6.

       

        1870 Census, Norwich, Chenango Co, NY, enumerated on Aug 14 1870:

        Henry J. Sanders, 56, b. R.I., occup making shingles; Olive, 53, b. Connecticut; Slater, 26, b. NY; Albert, 20, b. NY; Charles, 19, b. NY; Jane, 17, b. NY

        Unclear who this Charles and Jane might be, since they did not appear in the 1860 Census.

        Also in the 1870 Census, two doors down from Henry Sanders, was the following household:

        Charles H. Sanders, 35, b. NY, farmer; Mary E. Sanders, 28; Edwin Sanders, 15.

        These are three siblings, children of Henry & Olive.

       

        1880 Census, Norwich, Chenango Co, NY, enumerated on Jun 11 1880:

        Henry J. Sanders, 74, b. R.I., both parents b. R.I., farmer; wife Olive, 66, b. R.I., both parents b. R.I.; son Charles H, 46, b. R.I., farm worker; son Edwin, 26, b. R.I., farm worker.

 

19.  Olive L. Mowry, b. ca 1814 in Rhode Island,58 census 1850, 60, 70, 80 in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY.

 

20.  Peter B. Haught, b. Sep-  -1809 in Pennsylvania,[57] d. Jun-14-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV,[58] buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.15  Peter B. Haught, presumably a descendant of Paul Haught of Holland, came into Monongalia Co, (W)VA, from Fayette Co, PA, and purchased a farm of 117 acres, on Statler's Run, on Sep 28, 1837.  In 1845 he sold this land and lived in Greene Co, PA, for a short time, later relocating to Ritchie Co, (W)VA.  As explained below, his exact parentage has not been definitively determined.

       

        According to the W. B. Haught genealogy, Peter Haught I was born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1720.  He married there in about 1747 and sailed from there on the ship Patience, landing at Philadelphia on Sep 9, 1751, with his wife and daughter Elizabeth.  He settled near the present town of Moorefield, in what is now Hardy County, WV, sometime prior to 1755.  His son, Peter Haught II, was born in the South Branch valley on July 1, 1755.  (This is presumably the Peter Haut, age 95, listed in the 1850 Census of Monongalia County, along with six other household members.)   Peter Haught I had another son by a second wife in 1790.

        Peter Haught I had three brothers who also came to America:  1) Tobias Haught, who never married; 2) Henry Haught, who had sons John, Nicholas and Peter, the latter killed at Fort Meigs on Feb 23, 1813; and 3) Paul Haught, who is thought to be the ancestor of the Peter B. Haught (1809-1883) of this genealogy.

       

        Paul Haught came to Statler's Run in 1776 and marked a settlement right on a tract of land near the location of his nephew, Peter Haught II, and Richard Tennant.  There is no evidence of Paul's return to this settlement right, but two of his sons, John and Jacob, came and claimed the land as heirs of Paul Haught, and had it surveyed on April 6, 1785.  Their patent on this tract of 324 acres is dated Oct 25, 1792.  On April 4, 1800, they sold 169 acres of the tract to Peter Tennant (son-in-law of Peter Haught I), and on Oct 8, 1804, they sold the remaining 155 acres to Samuel Varner.  John Haught and his wife Catherine acknowledged the deed in Monongalia County, while Jacob Haught and his wife Magdaline Haught acknowledged in Fayette Co, PA. John Haught lived in Monongalia Co for a few years, owning land on Days Run, and on Dunkard Creek, near Blacksville.  His deed for the Dunkard Creek land, to John Johnson, is dated Aug 2, 1806.  He moved to Fayette Co, PA.  Amos Haught, apparently another son of Paul Haught, was assistant to Samuel Hanway, Surveyor of Monongalia Co, and made two surveys of farm lands in November 1783.  Peter Haught, who purchased land on Sandy Creek on March 7, 1815, must have been another son of Paul Haught, as both Peter Haught I and his brother Henry had sons whom they named Peter.  [Haught, W. B., "Genealogy of the Haught Family of America," 1948, pp 1, 112 and 165]

       

        A marriage bond was issued in Monongalia Co (W)VA on Jan 1 1838 for Peter Hought, Jr. and Rachel Wilson, daughter of William Wilson.  The spelling Hought is presumably a variation or misspelling of Haught.  ["Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine," Vol 64, No. 11, Nov 1930, p. 705]

       

        Adding to the confusion of the many Peter Haughts in that area at that time is this entry from "Chronicles of Core," p. 5:  "Certificates granted by the commissioners for adjusting the claims to unpatented lands on the westernwaters for the county of Monongalia in February, March and April 1781 include the following ....  Peter Haught, Senior, 400 acres on Statlers Run, adjoining lands of Henry Smith, to include his improvement made in 1776."  Core also makes reference (p. 6) to Richard Tennant, "the ancestor of a very large and important family still living in Monongalia country, came from Glasgow, Scotland, about 1760, selling his time for seven years to pay his passage.  About 1769 he married Elizabeth Haught, who was of German descent, at Moorefield, Hardy County, Va....  after serving in the Revolutionary War for a time, came and settled on Jake Statlers Run.  His brother-in-law, Peter Haught, came with him."  [Core cites Wiley, in "History of Monongalia County, p. 26]

        Another Elizabeth Haught of that time is also cited by Core (p. 45):  "Elizabeth Piles (nee Haught) died March 18, 1834, aged 49 years, 6 months, and 27 days, and was buried in the Price Cemetery.  She was the wife of John Piles, son of Zechariah Piles by his second wife, Susannah."  Her age at death would put her birthdate at Aug 19 1784.[59],[60] He married in Mt. Morris, Greene Co, PA, Bashaba Musgrave.

 

21.  Bashaba Musgrave, b. May-28-1811 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,15 d. Sep- 2-1898,15 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.15  Spelling of name appears in various forms as Bashaba (headstone), Barsheba (father's will), Basheba, etc.  Birthplace possibly Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV.

 

22.  William M. Watson, b. ca 1818 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[61],48,[62],15 d. Feb- 9-1890 in Roane Co, WV,[63],15 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV,15,[64],[65] resided in Roane Co, WV.[66]  There is some question as to the date and place of birth of this William M. Watson.  Age given for the 1870 Census would put birth ca 1819.  Age 53 given at time of his second marriage, in Sep 1871, would put birth ca 1818.  Age 72 given at the time of his death in Feb 1890 would put birth ca 1817 or 1818.  His place of birth is given as Harrison County in the record of his second marriage, but as Mercer County in his death record.  Harrison County would seem more likely. He married[67],[68] (1) Oct-22-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[69] Nancy Nutter, b. Feb-22-1818 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,[70],[71] [Don Norman reports birth date as 1820.], d. Jun-29-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV.[72],49,[73]  He married (2) Sep-25-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,[74],[75] Ellen Jane Stinespring, also known as Ella J. Stinespring,47 b. May-31-1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,63,[76],[77] d. Aug-14-1914 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.[78]

 

23.  Nancy Nutter, b. Feb-22-1818 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,72,73 [Don Norman reports birth date as 1820.], d. Jun-29-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV.74,49,75  Some researchers report the parents of Nancy Nutter, the wife of William Watson, as James Nutter (1773-1833) and Julia Ann Davisson (1775-1826), a relationship that is at variance with substantiated facts about her.  Nancy Nutter Watson's death record in Doddridge Co states that she was born in Barbour Co, (W)VA, the daughter of "A. Nutter."  While Barbour Co is inconsistent with the reported birthplaces (Harrison and Doddridge Counties) of her siblings and may be incorrect, we do know that her husband William Watson's family had resided for some time in Barbour Co, and that her two oldest children were also born in Barbour Co.  As far as can be determined, James Nutter and Julia Ann Davisson spent their entire lives in Harrison Co and had no known Barbour Co connections.  Adding to the confusion is the Nutter genealogy compiled by Donald Norman, based on Barr Wilson's work, listing among the children of James Nutter & Julia Ann Davisson, and also of Andrew Nutter & Malinda Willis, a daughter named Nancy who married a William Watson.  That there would be two Nancy Nutters who married two William Watsons in that region and time frame seems very unlikely.  However, we do know that a Nancy Nutter married a William Watson in Harrison Co on Oct 22 1840 (or possibly Mar 4 1841, based on interpretation of the handwritten marriage record; a Marriage Bond was executed in Harrison County on Sep 1 1840 by Nancy Nutter's parents, Anda (sic) & Malinda Nutter, and also signed by her brother Willis Nutter and by Otha G. Watson, half-brother of William M. Watson).  But there is nothing in the marriage record itself (MR Bk 3, p. 145) reflecting the parentage or exact identity of either person, leaving open the possibility that it was a different Nancy Nutter, a different William Watson, or both.  Given all the evidence and circumstances, however, it was almost certainly this Nancy Nutter, daughter of Andrew Nutter & Malinda Willis.  No marriage record for either was found in Doddridge or Barbour Counties.

 

24.  Eli Morris Gaston, b. Aug- 3-1822 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[79] d. Jan-27-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV,49 [A newspaper memoriam in the West Union Record of Feb 12 1909 indicated his