Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Critchfield, Sr.
Also known as: John Crihfield, Sr. 1
Born: Jan-24-1786 in New Jersey 2,3
Died: Dec-15-1865 in Trapp Run, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5,2
Father: Absalom Critchfield (1765 - 1816)
Mother: Sarah Shrimplin (1763 - )
Wife: Sarah Whitlatch 6,7,8
Also known as: Sarah Whitlash 9
Born: 1798 in Greene Co, PA 2,3
Died: Jun-27-1849 2,3
Father: William Thomas Whitlatch (1761 - 1846)
Mother: Nancy Anne Veach (1760 - 1843)
F Child 1: Sarah Critchfield
Born: 1819 in Greene Co, PA 9
Died: Jun-27-1849 9
Husband: Joseph Kuhn
M Child 2: Absalom Critchfield
Also known as: Absalom Chrifield 10
Born: Oct-28-1820 in Greene Co, PA 9
Died: Nov-12-1882 in Marion Co, WV 10,9
Resided: 1867 in Marion Co, WV 11
Occupation: distiller 11
Wife: Abigail Maine b. Nov- 2-1825 d. Nov-28-1862
Married: May- 2-1841 in Greene Co, PA 9
Wife: Mary Campbell b. ca 1838
Married: Feb-10-1867 in Marion Co, WV 12
M Child 3: John Critchfield, Jr.
Census name: J. Crihfield 13
Born: Jul-29-1822 in Greene Co, PA 9
Census: 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Wife: Sarah Freeland d. Jan- -1850
Wife: Eleanor Maine b. Dec-28-1829 d. Apr-21-1889
Also known as: Ellen Maine 14
F Child 4: Elizabeth Jane Critchfield
Also known as: Jane Critchfield 15,16,14,17
Born: Mar-17-1825 in Greene Co, PA 15,9
Died: Feb-17-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 15
Buried: in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV 18
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Isaac Husk b. Jan-12-1818 d. 1902
Census name: Isaac Hush
F Child 5: Nancy Critchfield
Born: 1826 in Greene Co, PA 9
F Child 6: Dorcas Anne Critchfield
Also known as: Dorcus Cressfield 17
Born: Dec-11-1827 in Greene Co, PA 19,20
Died: Nov-16-1914 in Adam, Calhoun Co, WV 21,19
Buried: in Husk Cemetery, north of Arnoldsburg (on old Grant Husk farm), Calhoun Co, WV 19 (see note 1)
Census: 1880, 1900 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Wetzel Co, (W)VA
Husband: Samuel A. Husk b. Jun- 8-1823 d. Nov-23-1888
F Child 7: Rebecca Critchfield
Born: Apr-12-1831 in Greene Co, PA 2
Died: Aug- 6-1852 2
Husband: John Kuhn
Husband: Joseph Kuhn
F Child 8: Eleanor Critchfield
Born: 1832 in Greene Co, PA 2,8
Died: Aug- 6-1852 8
M Child 9: William E. Critchfield
Also known as: William E. Crihfield
Born: May-10-1834 in Aleppo Twp, Greene Co, PA 2
Died: Aug-10-1864 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD 22,2
Buried: in Maxwell Farm, Hughes River Rd, near Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 7,23
Occupation: carpenter 24
Military: Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 23,7 (see note 2)
Wife: Malinda Ann Watson b. May-12-1842 d. bef Dec 1908
Married: Sep- 9-1860 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,26
Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(2) Lizabeth Cottrill White, Charleston, WV 25314 .
(3) Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma .
(4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Crihfield Sr, white male, widower, farmer, born in
New Jersey, son of Absalom & Sarah; died Dec 15 1865 in Doddridge County, age 79y 10m 21d, cause of death "old age."
Informant: John Crihfield Jr, son. DR p. 8 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5051284&Type=Death.
(5) Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma , Citing death certificate.
(6) Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma , citing DAR supplemental membership for Mildred Louise Huffman
Russell, Pension Claim S22583 of William Whitlatch, cemetery records of Whitely Twp in Greene Co PA (Old Ironsides
cemetery, p. 7), and deed from heirs of William Whitlatch to Joseph Wise in 1849 (Deed Book 15, p.
475).
(7) Walter Ray "Shiner" Husk (1900-1993)
(8) William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist.
(9) Charlotte Ramsey Barboe, Warner Robins, GA (a Critchfield descendant)
(10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(11) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV.
(12) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as Absalom Critchfield, widowed, 46, b. Pennsylvania, res.
Marion Co, son of John & Sarah, occupation distiller; and Mary Campbell, single, 29, b. Monongalia Co, res. Marion Co,
dau of Dennis D & Helen. Married Feb 10 1867 in Marion County. MR p. 34 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12522295&Type=Marriage.
(13) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(14) Death record of daughter.
(15) Headstone.
(16) Earl L. Core, Chronicles of Core, McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 3rd Edition, 1975, p. 35.
(17) Death record of son.
(18) Headstone, - Her name appears only as "Jane, wife of Isaac Husk." Full birth & death dates are given, as is age at
death, 64y 11m.
(19) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co,
Grantsville WV (1985)
(20) 1880 Census.
(21) Calhoun County Death Records, Grantsville, WV.
(22) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, Civil War Records.
(23) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV.
(24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 132.
(25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as William E. Critchfield, age 26, b. Greene Co PA,
son of John & Sarah Critchfield, occupation carpenter. Bride identified as Malinda A. Watson, age 18, b. Barbour Co
(W)VA, dau of William & Nancy Watson. Ceremony held Sep 9 1860, performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR Bk 1-A, p.
132.
(26) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
Event Notes
Note (1) Headstone reads: Dorces, wife of Samuel Husk.
Note (2) Civil War records on file at Doddridge County Court House show that W. E.
Crichfield [sic] enlisted in the Union Army on Jan 3 1862. According to his
grave marker, he was a member of Company M, 6th West Virginia Infantry, with
rank of Private. His death occurred on Aug 10 1864 in Cumberland, MD, and was
the result of falling from a window of a hospital building. Circumstances of
his death are described somewhat differently in his military records on file at
fold3.com and the National Archives, which state that he was killed when a
hospital building was blown over by a storm and fell on him.
He was buried in the Nutter Cemetery on the Maxwell Farm in Doddridge County.
Location of the cemetery was specified as "4.0 miles west of Porto Rico on Route
23. Cemetery 400 ft. north of highway." This corresponds to oral family
history provided by Walter Ray "Shiner" Husk, who advised that a headstone does
exist for William, but not for his wife Malinda buried beside him.
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