Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Francis M. Leggett    
       Also known as: Frank Leggett 1,2
                Born: May-11-1857          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  3,4
                Died: Jul- 3-1890           4
              Buried: (no dates)           in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6,7
              Father: John Leggett II   (1825 - 1906) 
              Mother: Mary Price   (1828 - 1896) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Sarah Ann Lowther   8,2  
                Born: May- 5-1860          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  9
                Died: Feb-25-1904           9
              Buried:                      in Woodland Cemetery, Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL  9
              Census: 1880                 in Edgar Co, IL  10
              Father: Jesse Lowther   (1823 - 1909) 
              Mother: Hannah Leeson   (1827 - 1911) 
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Grace Arminta Leggett 1     
                Born: Sep- 4-1881          in Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Colfax, McLean Co, IL   (see note 1)
             Husband: ___ Shelknecht  
           F Child 2: Gertrude Leggett 1     
       Also known as: Gertrude Leggett Boon 11
                Born: ca 1884              in Illinois  12
              Census: 1920, 1930           in El Campo, Wharton Co, TX  
              Census: 1910                 in Wharton Co, TX  
             Husband: Eugene L. Schubeck  b. ca 1880  
             Married: ca 1908               12

Sources:
(1) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in 
America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 30. 
(2) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related 
Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 455. 
(3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, The entry states that there are no dates on the gravestone, but that is not 
correct.  The marker, which appears to have been emplaced at or about the time of his burial, reads:  Francis M. 
Leggett, born May 11 1857, died Jul 3 1890, age 33y 1m 21d. p. 661. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 300. 
(9) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in 
America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 40. 
(10) 1880 Census. 
(11) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in 
America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 31. 
(12) 1910 Census. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Identified as Grace A. Leggett, 18, b. Sep 1881 in West Virginia, single,
listed as a servant (cook) in the household of Frederick D. Jones (b. Jan 1871
in Ohio), his wife Rosella M (b. Jun 1876 in Indiana), and their two daughter.







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