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John Ervin LEGGETT

John Ervin LEGGETT

Male 1856 - 1930  (74 years)

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  • Name John Ervin LEGGETT 
    Born 3 Mar 1856  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Marriage record has birth date as Mar 3 1857 in Ritchie Co, but date on headstone is 1856, and death record shows it as Mar 3 1856 in Harrison Co.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1
    Residence Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 24 Sep 1930  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I8438  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2022 

    Father John M. LEGGETT,   b. CA 1832,   d. 28 Jul 1865, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother Ellen Jane STINESPRING,   b. 31 May 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1914, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F7562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Eliza SMITH,   b. 17 Jul 1864,   d. 22 Apr 1953, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Notes 
    • As great-grandchildren of David B. Musgrave and Mary E. "Polly" Jones, John Ervin Leggett and Anna Eliza Smith were second cousins.
    Children 
     1. Rosa Lee LEGGETT,   b. 16 Jul 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1978, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     2. Mina Jane LEGGETT,   b. 2 Sep 1884, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1940, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     3. Lona May LEGGETT,   b. 20 Mar 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1955, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Charlie E. LEGGETT,   b. 2 Aug 1890,   d. 4 Aug 1890  (Age 0 years)
     5. John Wesley LEGGETT,   b. 30 Nov 1891,   d. 29 Jul 1913, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     6. Luanna LEGGETT,   b. 2 Nov 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1961, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     7. Wallace Edward LEGGETT,   b. 11 Aug 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1975, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     8. Walter E. LEGGETT,   b. 11 Aug 1896,   d. 11 Aug 1896  (Age 0 years)
     9. Delbert Brooks LEGGETT,   b. 24 Aug 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1975  (Age 76 years)
     10. Willie Lawson LEGGETT,   b. 22 Sep 1906,   d. 23 Mar 1968, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F3011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Documents
    8438_LEGGETT_JohnErvin_1856-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg
    8438_LEGGETT_JohnErvin_1856-1930_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. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 2, p. 49.

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

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 2, p. 49.
      Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston at residence of Wesley Smith.