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Gracie Maude BRITTON

Gracie Maude BRITTON[1]

Female 1894 - 1965  (70 years)

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  • Name Gracie Maude BRITTON  [2, 3, 4] 
    Born 29 Aug 1894  Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940, 1950  Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 31 Mar 1965  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I8768  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2023 

    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 Baxter McClellan PIERCE,   b. 21 Aug 1891, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1964, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 9 Nov 1913  Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Ritchie County WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 28 1930:
      Baxter M. Pierce, 38, farmer; wife Maude, 35; dau Gracie O, 15; dau Elizabeth R, 14; dau Wilma M, 12; dau Virginia M, 10; son Benjamin M, 8; son Jesse F, 5; son (first initial illegible) Lawson, 3 yr 6 mo.
    Children 
    +1. Gracie Opal PIERCE,   b. 8 Sep 1914, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 2002, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Ruth Elizabeth PIERCE,   b. 3 Feb 1916, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 2012, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    +3. Wilma Marie PIERCE,   b. 23 Sep 1917, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 2004, Belmont, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +4. Virginia Maud PIERCE,   b. 9 Feb 1920,   d. 16 Nov 1970, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +5. Benjamin McClellan PIERCE,   b. 29 Jan 1922, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1989  (Age 67 years)
    +6. Jesse Franklin PIERCE,   b. 7 May 1924, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1995, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +7. Arnold Lawson "Doc" PIERCE,   b. 17 Sep 1926, Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1993, Mt. Vernon, Knox Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     8. Donald Ray PIERCE,   b. 30 Mar 1931, Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1985  (Age 53 years)
    +9. Dean Patrick PIERCE,   b. 17 Mar 1937, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 2014, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F3155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

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

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

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

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

    8. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    9. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 122.
      Identified as Baxter M. Pierce, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Summers WVa; and Gracie Maud Britton, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Oxford WVa. Married Nov 9 1913 at Holbrook.