Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Isaac Posey    
                Born: Mar-  -1844          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  1,2
             Resided: 1866                 in Braxton Co, WV  1
              Father: James Posey 
              Mother: Barbara ___ 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Emma Jane Riffle     
             Married: Aug-20-1881          in Braxton Co, WV  3
                Born: ca 1865              in Braxton Co, WV  1 (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Carrie Pearl Posey      
       Also known as: Carry Pearl Posey 4
                Born: Apr- 4-1902           5,4 (see note 2)
                Died: Oct- 6-1929          in Upshur Co, WV  6
              Buried: Blake Cemetery        
             Husband: John Marion Gaston  b. Mar-15-1895  d. Jul-26-1955  
             Married: Oct-17-1919          in Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV  7

Sources:
(1) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV. 
(2) 1900 Census, Braxton County, WV. 
(3) Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, Identified as Isaac Posey, widowed, 36, b. Lewis Co, res. Braxton Co; and 
E. J. Riffle, single, 16, b. & res. in Braxton Co.  Married Aug 20 1881 in Braxton County. MR p. 36 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10819275&Type=Marriage. 
(4) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(5) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(6) Upshur County Death Records, Buckhannon, WV, Identified as Carrie Pearl Gaston, white female, married, born in Braxton 
Co, dau of Isaac Posey & Emma Jane Brake (sic); died Oct 6 1929, age 27y 6m 2d, cause of death chronic nephritis, burial 
at Blake Cemetery. 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5954882&Type=Death. 
(7) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as John Marion Gaston, single, farmer, 24, b. & res. in Lewis Co, 
son of Marion Gaston & Ellen Riffle; and Carry Pearl Posey, single, 18, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of Isaac Posey & Emma 
Jane Posey.  Married Oct 17 1919 in Orlando WVa.  Informants for the marriage license:  John M. Gaston & B. H. Riffle, 
guardian of Carry Posey, giving his written consent. MR p. 290 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10289889&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age was given as 16 at time of Aug 1881 marriage.  But she was listed in 1900
Census as Emsey J. Posey, 46, b. Jan 1854, married 21 yrs, mother of 8 children
(5 still living).  The adjacent family was that of James H & Urina C Riffle and
their children.
Note (2) Birthplace given as Lewis County in marriage record, but as Braxton County in
death record.







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