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Eliza Jane BRITTON

Eliza Jane BRITTON[1]

Female 1850 - 1905  (~ 55 years)

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  • Name Eliza Jane BRITTON 
    Born Jun 1850  [2] 
    • Her age was 11 in the 1860 Census, but she was not listed in the 1850 Census.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Jul 1905  Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: consumption (tuberculosis) 
    Person ID I11685  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2010 

    Father Gustavus S. BRITTON,   b. Aug 1818, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1904  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth MUSGRAVE,   b. Nov 1826,   d. 1909  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Family ID F3492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Kester MORRIS,   b. Oct 1846, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1905, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Married 1874  Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Jackson Co, WV, enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      Charles Morris, 27 (sic), b. Ohio, farmer; wife Eliza J, 28; dau Etta, 5; dau Elizabeth, 1.

      1900 Census, Wirt Co, WV (Reedy District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Charles K. Morris, 53, b. Oct 1846 in Ohio, farmer, married 26 yrs; wife Eliza J, 49, b. Jun 1850, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Mary E, 20, b. Jun 1879, single; son John E, 18, b. Oct 1881, single; son Augustus, 18, b. Jan (Jun ?) 1882; dau Soia E, 14, b. Aug 1885; dau Rachel E, 12, b. Jul 1887; dau Aruma (?) E, 9, b. Feb 1891; son Harold I, 7, b. Oct 1892. [1]
    Children 
     1. Eliza Eslacher MORRIS
    +2. John Edwin MORRIS,   b. 27 Oct 1880, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1967, Newark, Licking Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Rachel Elva MORRIS,   b. 10 Jul 1888,   d. 21 Sep 1966, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F4198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    2. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2262] Wirt County Death Records, Elizabeth, WV.
      Identified as Mrs. Chas. Morris, widow, housewife; died Jul 17 1905, age (blank), cause of death consumption.

    4. [S2315] Jackson County Marriage Records, Ripley, WV.
      The marriage license was issued on Mar 27 1874. (The 1900 Census for Charles K. & Eliza J. Morris states that they were married for 26 years.)

    5. [S2198] 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV.