George Washington FUCHS

1865 - 1950  (85 years)

• Name	George Washington FUCHS
  Buried	SECTION 20, LOT 72	Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL   [1]
  Born	4 Jul 1865	Wetzel Co, WV   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Magnolia District, Wetzel Co, WV
  Census	1880	Wetzel Co, WV
  Residence	1886	Wetzel Co, WV   [6]
  Census	1900	Center District, Wetzel Co, WV
  Occupation	1900  [4]
  	house carpenter
  Died	16 Sep 1950	Bloomington, McLean Co, IL   [1, 3]
  	Death date 18 Sep 1950 on headstone is incorrect. His obituary in the newspaper of Sunday, 17 Sep 1950, states that he died on Saturday, 16 Sep 1950, at Mennonite Hospital. Conversely, the 4 July 1885 birth date in the obituary is simply a misprint of his actual 1865 birth year. His birthplace is given in his son's birth record as Paden City, but in his own Social Security record as New Martinsville, both in Wetzel County, WV. https://www.pantagraph.com/pantagraph/photos-mennonite-hospital-through-the-ages/collection_08eb7173-7046-56e4-8e3f-61d10b015312.html https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/nearly-century-old-mennonite-hospital-building-being-razed/article_2b82e477-2aa7-5e5f-81ab-c18ad2af32b6.html
  Person ID	I98927	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Gottlieb FUCHS,   b. 13 Aug 1830, Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 7 Mar 1919, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Caroline PONTIUS,   b. CA 1837, Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F57488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora May Leak MARTIN,   b. Jul 1869, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 25 Jul 1911, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  (Age ~ 42 years)  [5, 7, 8]
  Married	12 Sep 1886	Tyler Co, WV   [9]
  Notes	1900 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Center District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900: Matthew Carney, 77, b. Oct 1822 in Pa (both parents b. NY), farmer, cannot read/write, married 9 yrs; wife Matilda, 63, b. May 1837 in Md (both parents b. Va), married 9 yrs, mother of 5 children (4 still living); visitor George W. Fuchs, 34, b. Jul 1865 in WVa (both parents b. Germany), house carpenter, married 13 yrs; visitor Doara M. Fuchs, 30, b. Jul 1869 in WVa (father b. WVa, mother b. Md), married 13 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); visitor Leslie Fuchs (male), 8, b. Sep 1891 in WVa (both parents b. WVa); visitor Walter Fuchs, 7, b. Jul 1892 in WVa (both parents b. WVa). NOTE: The stated birth dates of the children are inconsistent with other records. George and Dora's son Charles was enumerated in the household of his paternal grandfather Gottlieb Fuchs in Wetzel County.
  Children	1. Charles L. FOX,   b. 21 Jul 1887, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 22 Nov 1931, Huttonsville, Randolph Co, WV  (Age 44 years)   2. Leslie Albert FOX,   b. 19 Sep 1888, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV ,   d. 13 Jan 1946  (Age 57 years)   3. (Unnamed son) FUCHS,   b. 5 Aug 1891, Brooklyn, Wetzel Co, WV ,   d. 5 Aug 1891, Brooklyn, Wetzel Co, WV  (Age 0 years) + 4. Walter Gray FOX,   b. 23 Feb 1893, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV ,   d. 11 Jan 1968, Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 74 years)
  Documents		98927_GeorgeWFuchs_DoraMMartin_MarriageRecord_12Sep1886.jpg
  Family ID	F23515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  98927_FUCHS_GeorgeW_1865-1950_Obit.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S5] Headstone. [S2291] 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV. [S1599] Birth record of son. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040556&Type=Marriage. [S1567] Marriage record of son. [S1604] Death record of son. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040556&Type=Marriage. Identified as George W. Fuchs, 21, b. & res. in Wetzel Co; and Dora M. Martin, 18, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Sep 12 1886 "at the residence of N. Martin, Tyler Co, W.Va." Informant for marriage license: Nelson Martin.