Jul-28-2018                   

Husband: Howard C. Pritchard 1
Born: Feb-16-1901 2,3 Died: Aug- 3-1997 2 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2 Resided: formerly in Pennsylvania 4 Father: Olin D. Pritchard (1868 - 1959) Mother: Roena Garrison (1874 - 1935)
Wife: Margaret Mayfield Married: Aug-29-1925 in Ritchie Co, WV 5 Born: Feb-22-1907 in Tyler Co, WV 6,3,7 (see note 1) Died: Sep-17-1943 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 7,3 (see note 2) Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8,6 Resided: in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Father: Robert M. "Dick" Mayfield (1864 - 1916) Mother: Effie Hill (1874 - 1960)
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Headstone. (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (6) Obituary. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. Event Notes Note (1) Death record stated birth date as Feb 22 1908, but headstone shows it as Feb 22 1907. Note (2) Location of death was at the Weston State Hospital, where she had been a patient for 1yr 7mo 29 da for treatment of manic depression. Cause of death was suicide by hanging.




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