Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elijah C. Metheny    
                Born: Jul-16-1818           1
              Buried:                      in Sugar Valley Cemetery, Bruceton Mills, Preston Co, WV  2
              Census: 1850                 in Preston Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Christena DeWitt     
                Born: Oct- 7-1820           1
                Died: Mar-12-1902           1
              Buried:                      in Sugar Valley Cemetery, Bruceton Mills, Preston Co, WV  2
              Census:                      in Preston Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: John Metheny 2     
       Also known as: John Matheny 
                Born: Nov-23-1837          in Preston Co, (W)VA  2,1,4
                Died: Nov-19-1913          in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  2,1,5,6
              Buried:                      in Metheny Family Cemetery, Long Run, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Preston Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4,7,8
            Military:                      Pvt, Co B & I, 3rd W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  9,10
                Wife: Mahala Wolf  b. Apr- 9-1834  d. Jan-28-1916  
             Married: Oct-11-1855           5

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) 1850 Census, Preston County, (W)VA. 
(4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(5) Obituary of wife. 
(6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045627&Type=Death. 
(7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(8) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). 
(9) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(10) U.S. Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, fold3.com, NARA. 







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