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Lewis Howard BRITTON

Lewis Howard BRITTON[1]

Male 1893 - 1968  (74 years)

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  • Name Lewis Howard BRITTON 
    Born 1 Jul 1893  Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Pvt, U.S. Army, World War I  [5] 
    Census 1900, 1920  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Residence Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    Died 27 Mar 1968  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Buried Holbrook Cemetery (Rt 22/3 near Walnut Grove Meth Church), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8] 
    Person ID I8767  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2013 

    Father George B. McClellan BRITTON,   b. 10 Dec 1862, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1912  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Eleanor MAULSBY,   b. 17 Oct 1869, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1943, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F2802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lovie Virgel HESS,   b. 1880, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1959  (Age 79 years)  [9] 
    Married 9 May 1939  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F4488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Olive Elisa TUCKER,   b. 18 Nov 1901, Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1983  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 3 Jul 1964  Peora, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F32226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Jul 1893 - Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 May 1939 - Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Jul 1964 - Peora, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Mar 1968 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    8767_LewisHowardBritton_1893-1968_HolbrookCem_RitchieCoWV.jpg    		8767_LewisHowardBritton_1893-1968_HolbrookCem_RitchieCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    8767_BRITTON_LewisHoward_1893-1968_DeathRecord.jpg    		8767_BRITTON_LewisHoward_1893-1968_DeathRecord.jpg
    8767_LewisHowardBritton_LovieVirgelHessStahl_MarriageRecord_9May1939.jpg    		8767_LewisHowardBritton_LovieVirgelHessStahl_MarriageRecord_9May1939.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    2. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

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

    9. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    10. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 92.
      Identified as Lewis Howard Britton, 45, b. Ritchie Co, res. Oxford, son of G. M. & Elizabeth E.; and Lovie Virgel Stahl, divorced, 58, b. Lewis Co, res. Oxford, dau of Rezin & Thursie Hess. Married May 9 1939 in Cairo.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.