Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: James H. THORNDELL / Mary A. CRUSEN (F34956)

m. 1850


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  • James H. THORNDELLFather | Male
    James H. THORNDELL

    Born  15 Jan 1825  England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Apr 1904  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1850  [1]   
    Father   
    Mother   

    Mary A. CRUSENMother | Female
    Mary A. CRUSEN

    Born  CA 1827  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Sep 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Ashbell G. CRUSEN | F34957 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Eliza ___ | F34957 Group Sheet 

    Alvert W. THORNDELLChild 1 | Male
    + Alvert W. THORNDELL

    Born  Apr 1852  Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Mar 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary Ann BOWERS | F34955 
    Married  1875  Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880:
      J. H. Thorndell, 53, b. England, shoemaker; wife M. A. Thorndell, 47, b. Pa; son A. W. Thorndell, 27, b. Pa, clerk in store, married; dau (should be dau-in-law) M. A. Thorndell, 26, b. Va; niece Ida Crusen, 15 (or 5?), b. Iowa; boarder John Donohoe, 40, b. Canada (both parents b. Ireland), sheriff of Doddridge County, single; boarder B. C. Bland, 27, b. Va, doctor, widowed; boarder S. B. Ankrom, 23, b. Va, lawyer, single; boarder Daniel Watts, 21, b. Va, huckster, single; boarder Leopold Hinterer, 25, b. Austria, huckster, single; boarder Robert Bowie (?), 30, b. Va, huckster, single; grandson Clyde Thorndell, 3; grandson J. C. Thorndell, 2.
      NOTE: Since James H. Thorndell is known to have been the proprietor of the U.S. Hotel in West Union, the six "boarders" were presumably paying guests of that establishment.

  • Sources 
    1. [S184] 1850 Census.