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George W. SOMMERVILLE

George W. SOMMERVILLE

Male 1855 - 1938  (82 years)

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  • Name George W. SOMMERVILLE 
    Born 13 Oct 1855  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date on headstone is 1854, and age 22 given at time of Nov 1876 marriage would also put birth in about 1854. But age 25 at 1880 Census would put it in about 1855, and death record states Oct 13 1855.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 9 Jun 1938  Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Jarvisville Baptist Cemetery, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I54805  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2019 

    Father William SOMMERVILLE,   b. 1830,   d. 1 Mar 1876  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Edith BURNSIDE,   b. 28 Oct 1828,   d. 7 Sep 1900, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F22726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith A. GOLDSMITH,   b. 1852, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1929, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1876  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F22659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Jun 1938 - Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
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    54805_SOMMERVILLE_GeorgeW_1855-1938_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. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    5. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as George W. Sommerville, 22, of Harrison Co, son of William E. & Edith; and Edy McKeown, widowed, 23, of Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & Susanna Goldsmith. Married Nov 12 1876.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 112.
      Identified as George W. Sommerville, single, 22, farmer, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of William E. & Edith Sommerville; and Edy McKeown, widowed, 23, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & Susanna Goldsmith. Married Nov 12 1876.