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Mary E. JACOBS

Mary E. JACOBS

Female 1852 - 1938  (86 years)

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  • Name Mary E. JACOBS 
    Census 1880, 1900 10 20  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 4 Mar 1852  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 9 Mar 1938  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Person ID I54670  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2017 

    Father David JACOBS,   b. CA 1828 
    Mother Susanna BEE,   b. CA 1828 
    Family ID F21754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Timothy K. DAVIS,   b. 3 Oct 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1921, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Family ID F22593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Lowther HITCHCOCK,   b. CA 1827,   d. Bef 1930  (Age ~ 102 years) 
    Married 13 Jul 1879  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
      William L. Hitchcox, 53, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), farmer, married during the census year; wife Mary E, 27, b. WVa (father b. Pa., mother b. WVa), married during the census year, cannot write; son John B, 19, single; dau Phoebe E, 7; son William J, 5; dau Laura, 2; son Claud, 2 months; boarder Levi Dawson, 65, widowed, farm laborer.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 20/21 1900:
      Mary E. Hitchcock, 48, b. Mar 1852, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Bertha A, 17, b. Nov 1882, single; dau Laura V, 22, b. Oct 1877, single, ice cream maker; son William, 25, b. Nov 1874, farmer, married 2 yrs; dau-in-law Maud S, 19, b. (unk), mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Paul L, 1, b. Feb 1899; dau Phebe E, 27, b. Mar 1873, widowed, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Larrence M, 8, b. Dec 1891.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on May 12 1910:
      Mary E. Hitchcock, 59, widowed, mother of 5 children (4 still living); son William J, 35, farmer, married 12 yrs; grandson Paul, 11.

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Mar 2 1920 at Hurshers Run:
      Mary E. Hitchcox, 67, b. WVa (father b. Pa., mother b. WVa), widowed; son William J, 45, b. WVa, married, coal miner; grandson Paul, 20, b. WVa, single, coal miner.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930 at U.S. Route 50:
      William J. Hitchcock, 55, widowed, age 22 at time of first marriage, coal miner & farming; son Paul, 31, single, coal miner & farming; mother Mary E, 78, widowed, age 20 at first marriage.
    Children 
     1. William Jackson HITCHCOCK,   b. 19 Nov 1874, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1947, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Bertha Augusta HITCHCOCK,   b. 20 Nov 1882, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1975  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F47340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Mar 1938 - Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    54670_HITCHCOCK_MaryEJacobs_1852-1938_DeathCertificate.jpg
    54670_HITCHCOCK_MaryEJacobs_1852-1938_DeathCertificate.jpg

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

    2. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 154, Line 14 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791579&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Timothy K. Davis, 25, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joshua & Katharine Davis; and Mary E. Jacobs, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of David & Susanna Jacobs. Married Mar 11 1868 in Doddridge County, officiated by Jacob Davis.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 41, Line 56 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539296&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Wm. L. Hitchcox, widower, 40, b. Va., res. Ritchie Co, son of William & Catharine, farmer; and Mary E. Jacobs, widow, 25, b. Va, res. Ritchie Co, dau of (blank). Married Jul 13 1879 in Ritchie County.
      (NOTE: Wife's widowed marital status appears to be incorrect. She was presumably divorced from Timothy K. Davis, whom she married in 1868 and who lived until 1921.)