Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Amos Gandy    
                Born: 1781                  
                Died: 1845                  
              Father: Samuel Gandy 
              Mother: Rachel Combs 
                Wife: Rachel Mary Menear   1  
                Born: 1785                  
                Died: 1854                  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Otho Preston Gandy      
                Born: 1818                 in Preston Co, (W)VA  2,3,4
                Died: Jan-  -1892          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Clarksburg (S Chestnut St), Harrison Co, WV  6
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1877                 in Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Ordination:                      in carpenter  7
          Occupation: 1880                 dry goods dealer  8
          Occupation: 1877                 carpenter  3
                Wife: Louisa J. Cork  b. Apr- 9-1824  d. Jan-15-1876  
             Married: Feb- 6-1843          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9
                Wife: Mary Ann Gray  b. Apr- 2-1818  d. Jun-11-1908  
             Married: Jul- 8-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  3

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(5) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, There are three death records for this death, with several conflicting 
details.  The death date is given in two of the records as Jan 3 1892, but in the third as Jan 4 1892. 
DR p. 162, Line 27 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=106521&Type=Death 
Identified as O. P. Gandy, white male, 74, b. Preston Co, son of (blank), married, occupation carpenter; died Jan 3 1892 
in Clarksburg, cause of death "complication of diseases."  Informant:  John P. Gandy, son. 
DR p. 1 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=919624&Type=Death 
This is a different image of a different document, but with the identical information.  Both are handwritten, 
alphabetized ledgers. 
DR p. 50, Line 32 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=113822&Type=Death 
Identified as Ottro P. Gandy, white male, 74, b. Virginia, resident of state for 30 years (Note:  West Virginia became a 
state in 1863), widower, occupation carpenter; died Jan 4 1892 in Clarksburg, cause of death cancer.  Undertaker W. J. 
Deison, Clarksburg.  Physician J. M. Bowcock, Clarksburg. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(8) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(9) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 







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