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Elizabeth WASS

Elizabeth WASS

Female 1829 -

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  • Name Elizabeth WASS 
    Born 1829  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Headstone has birthdate as 1829, but 1900 census states Aug 1831.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died
    • Death date on headstone has only three digits: 191.
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I38663  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2013 

    Family Hezekiah B. THARP,   b. 1828,   d. 1913  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 29 Mar 1849  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Hezekiah B. Tharp, 73, b. May 1827, married 51 yrs; wife Elizabeth, 64, b. Aug 1831, mother of 6 children (none still living); grandson Grant Pritchard, 25, b. Aug 1874, single; granddaughter Dora A. Pritchard, 23, b. Mar 1876, single.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, Village of Pullman), enumerated on Apr 26 1910 on Holbrook Road:
      Hesikiah B. Tharp, 82, farmer, married 62 yrs; wife Elisabeth Tharp, 81, married 62 yrs, mother of 6 children (none still living); grandson-in-law Ira D. Cox, 38 (?), farmer, married 4 yrs; granddau Dora A. Cox, 36, married 4 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); great-granddau Lucile Cox, 3. All born in West Virginia except for Elisabeth, born in Pennsylvania.
    Children 
     1. Eliza E. THARP,   b. 31 Mar 1850,   d. 19 Feb 1878  (Age 27 years)
     2. John W. THARP,   b. 10 Oct 1851,   d. 31 May 1855  (Age 3 years)
     3. Wilford H. THARP,   b. 24 Apr 1854,   d. 6 Mar 1889  (Age 34 years)
     4. (Unnamed son) THARP,   b. 1857,   d. 1857  (Age 0 years)
     5. Irvin M. THARP,   b. 7 Apr 1860,   d. 8 Jul 1884  (Age 24 years)
     6. George W. THARP,   b. 26 Jul 1862,   d. 22 Dec 1884  (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F15424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.