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Jacob Given RATLIFF

Jacob Given RATLIFF

Male 1847 - 1931  (~ 83 years)

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  • Name Jacob Given RATLIFF 
    Born Oct 1847  Pocahontas Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1846. But other records consistently put it in or about 1847.
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, Co D, 62nd Va Mntd Inf, Partisan Rangers under Imboden, CW, CSA  [3] 
    Census 1850  Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Edray, Pocahontas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Given Ratliff, 29, married (wife not present), farm worker, cannot read/write, a boarder in the household of Godfrey Guiger and his family.
    Residence 1883  Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Burning Springs, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Falling Spring, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Winfield District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Residence Booth, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 26 May 1931  Booth, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Meadowdale Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I133460  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2022 

    Father John RATLIFF,   b. CA 1805, Bath Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth ___,   b. CA 1810, Pocahontas Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F58699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harriet I. KELLY,   b. CA 1836, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1916, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 28 May 1867  Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorced Y  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Savannah Georgia RATLIFF,   b. 17 Dec 1883, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1951, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F58695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susannah MCCOY,   b. 1865, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1929, Winfield District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 21 Jul 1883  Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F58700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S2198] 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV.

    2. [S184] 1850 Census.

    3. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    4. [S2289] Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, MR p. ?, Line 7 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11148806&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1939419&Type=Death.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S2748] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    9. [S2289] Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, MR p. ?, Line 7 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11148806&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Given Ratliff, age 30 [sic], marital status "Divorced Widowed," b. Pocahontas Co, res. Wirt Co, occupation farmer; and Susan McCoy, 21, single, b. Ohio, res. Wirt Co. Married 21 Jul 1883 in Wirt County.
      NOTE: Husband's age was understated by about 14 years. His actual marital status is unclear. Wife's age was also understated by about 3 years, based on the 1865 birth date on her headstone.