Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Leggett II
Born: Sep- 3-1825 in Marion Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Sep-28-1906 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Resided: at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: until Sep 1848 in Marion Co, (W)VA 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 3 Father: John Leggett (1781 - 1862) Mother: Catherine Barrick (1780 - 1846)
Wife: Mary Price 4 Also known as: Nancy Price 1,5 Married: Apr-16-1846 in Marion Co, (W)VA 1
Born: Aug-15-1828 1,2 Died: Mar-16-1896 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Charles Price Notes Notes
M Child 1: James N. Leggett Born: Mar-21-1847 in Marion Co, (W)VA 6,7 Died: Jun-22-1872 6 Resided: 1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 7 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Wife: Mary Eleanor Meredith b. Jan-11-1848 d. Sep- 1-1934 Married: Apr- 4-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Matthew Jackson Leggett 8 Also known as: M. Jackson Leggett 1 Born: Dec- 1-1848 6,3 Died: 1936 6 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Anna Eliza Musgrave b. Jul-10-1850 d. Nov-13-1933 Married: Sep- 6-1870 in Upshur Co, WV 9
F Child 3: Martha J. Leggett Born: 1849 10 Died: in childhood 10
M Child 4: Charles W. Leggett Born: May- 6-1851 6,11 Died: 1943 4,11 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1 Wife: Sarah Ann Lowther b. Feb-23-1854 d. Sep- 9-1917 Married: Jun- 8-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Wife: Hannah Etta Barr b. Nov- 3-1860 d. Mar-24-1937 Also known as: Marietta "Eliza" Barr Married: Feb-10-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
F Child 5: Catharine Rebecca Leggett Also known as: Kathrine Rebecca Leggett 1 Born: May- 8-1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6,14 Resided: in Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL 1,14 Husband: Thomas Alexander Prunty b. Nov- 7-1848 Married: Jan- 3-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,6
M Child 6: Francis M. Leggett Also known as: Frank Leggett 15,16 Born: May-11-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17,18 Died: Jul- 3-1890 18 Buried: (no dates) in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 19,20,1 Wife: Sarah Ann Lowther b. May- 5-1860 d. Feb-25-1904 Wife: Lucy Kirshner b. Mar-18-1863 d. Jun- 2-1925 Married: Oct- 7-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
M Child 7: Virgil Elbert Leggett Census name: Elbert Leggett 1,22 Born: Jul-10-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 23,7 Died: May- 8-1959 in Ona, Cabell Co, WV 23 Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery Resided: in Ona, Cabell Co, WV 23 Census: 1920 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: formerly in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Martha E. "Mattie" Fisher b. ca 1865 d. bef May 1959 Also known as: Mattie Fisher 24 Married: Apr- 8-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (4) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 661. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 300. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990) (9) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 301. (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Minnie Kendall Lowther, in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 236, reports marriage date as Jun 15 1876. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (14) The History of Edgar County, Illinois, Wm. LeBaron Jr. & Co, Chicago IL (1879), p. 633. (15) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 30. (16) 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. (17) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Headstone. (19) Findagrave.com. (20) 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. (21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Francis M. Leggett, divorced, 29, of Ritchie Co; and Lucy Kirshner, 23, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Oct 7 1886. (22) 1920 Census, Kanawha County, WV. (23) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (24) Death record of son. (25) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Virgil E. Leggett, 19, of Ritchie Co; and Mattie E. Fisher, 21, of Ritchie Co. Married Apr 8 1886. Event Notes Note (1) 617 Morris StreetName Index