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Sarah Martha BILLS

Sarah Martha BILLS

Female 1842 - 1921  (~ 79 years)

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  • Name Sarah Martha BILLS 
    Born Sep 1842  St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900, 1920  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 29 Dec 1921  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I47770  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2013 

    Father Joseph BILLS,   b. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Emelin RENALDS,   b. Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Andrew DOUGLASS,   b. Jun 1832, Schultz, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904, Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
      Andrew Douglass, 67, b. Jun 1832 in W. Va., father b. in Scotland, mother b. in England, farmer, married 42 yrs; wife Sarah M, 57, b. Sep 1842 in W. Va., father b. in Pennsylvania, mother b. W. Va., mother of 15 children (12 still living); son John F, 31, b. Dec 1868, occupation miner (petroleum), single; son Andrew R, 29, b. Jun 1870, farmer, single; son Clarence W, 28, b. May 1872, farm laborer, single; son Charles E, 22, b. Jul 1877, farm laborer, single; dau Minnie M, 21, b. May 1879, teacher, single; son Jeremiah L R, 18, b. Jan 1882, farm laborer, single; dau Myrtle M, 16, b. Mar 1884; dau Gracie D, 14, b. Apr 1886; sister Elizabeth Douglass, 80, b. Jan 1820, b. Pennsylvania, single. [3, 6]
    Children 
     1. William J. DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1859
     2. Mary Jane DOUGLASS,   b. 26 Mar 1867, Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1943, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. John F. DOUGLASS,   b. Dec 1868, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Andrew R. DOUGLASS,   b. 7 Jun 1870, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1954  (Age 83 years)
     5. Clarence W. DOUGLASS,   b. May 1872
     6. Charles E. DOUGLASS,   b. Jul 1877
     7. Minnie M. DOUGLASS,   b. May 1879
     8. Jeremiah L. R. DOUGLASS,   b. Jan 1882
     9. Myrtle Martha DOUGLASS,   b. Mar 1884, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1956  (Age ~ 71 years)
     10. Gracie D. DOUGLASS,   b. Apr 1886
    Family ID F19565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Sep 1842 - St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    4. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).