Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George J. Brake    
                Born: May-25-1844          in Upshur Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: 1899                  1
              Buried:                      in Horn Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1867                 in Gilmer Co, WV  2
              Father: Elmore Brake 
              Mother: Harriett ___ 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Mary Belinda Woofter     
             Married: May-31-1866          in Gilmer Co, WV  3
                Born: Sep-  -1844          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4
                Died: Jul-27-1867          in Gilmer Co, WV  5
      Cause of death:                      bed fever  5
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Woofter   (1816 - 1890) 
              Mother: Mariah Bailey   (1814 - 1900) 
           F Child 1: Belinda Mary Brake      
         Census name: Mary B. Brake 
                Born: Jun-17-1867          in Gilmer Co, WV  6
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV   (see note 1)

Sources:
(1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 79. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 17, Line 66 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538303&Type=Marriage. 
(3) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as George J. Brake, single, 22, b. Upshur Co, res. Gilmer Co; 
and Mary B. Woofter, 21, b. & res. in Gilmer Co.  Married May 31 1866 in Gilmer County, officiated by George E. Brown. 
MR p. 12, Line 26 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11833&Type=Marriage. 
(4) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, 22y 10m. 
(5) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, DR Line 3 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2205215&Type=Death. 
(6) Gilmer County Birth Records, Glenville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of maternal grandparents.







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