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Melissa Jane MCCLOY

Melissa Jane MCCLOY

Female 1861 - 1922  (~ 61 years)

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  • Name Melissa Jane MCCLOY 
    Born CA 1861  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Death record states birth date as Dec 12 1854, with age given as 68 at time of death on Dec 24 1922. But age 15 given at time of Sep 1876 marriage would put birth in about 1861/62, as would age 18 given at time of the 1880 Census, and age 33 given at the time of her Aug 1894 marriage.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Dec 1922  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I47775  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2015 

    Father John (Jonathan) MCCLOY,   b. CA 1838, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1901  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Harriet DAVIS,   b. 3 Apr 1841, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Peter W. DAVIS,   b. 28 Mar 1809,   d. 18 Jan 1894  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Peter W. Davis, 71, farmer; wife Melissa J, 18; dau Ilea S, 1.
    Children 
     1. Ilea S. DAVIS,   b. CA 1879
    Family ID F19567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charles B. BONNELL,   b. 23 Apr 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1917, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [5] 
    Married 29 Aug 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
      Charles B. Bonnell, 37, farmer; wife Rheulanah, 41; son Nathan G, 13; dau Arrilia J, 11; dau Maclore E, 10; son Robbert S, 8; son Jonathan B, 5; dau Minnie M, 3; dau Mary A, 7 months. [7]
    Children 
    +1. Charles Dee BUNNELL,   b. 12 Nov 1898, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1947, Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. William F. BONNELL,   b. 12 Aug 1901,   d. 17 Aug 1922, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F19571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    47775_BUNNELL_MelissaMcCloy_DeathCertificate_24Dec1922.jpg    		47775_BUNNELL_MelissaMcCloy_DeathCertificate_24Dec1922.jpg
    30910_CharlesBBonnell_MelissaJMcCloyDavis_MarriageRecord_29Aug1894.jpg    		30910_CharlesBBonnell_MelissaJMcCloyDavis_MarriageRecord_29Aug1894.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 212.
      Identified as Peter W. Davis, widowed, 66, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of George J. & Catharine Davis, occupation chair maker; and Melissa Jane McCloy, 15, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of John & Harriet McCloy. Married Sep 7 1876.

    4. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 71.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 441.
      Identified as C. B. Bonnell, 51, b. & res. in Harrison Co; and Melissa J. Davis, 33, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Aug 29 1894 "at the residence of J. McCloy's."

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).