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             Husband: Abraham Whetsel    
                Born: ca 1807               1,2
                Died: Jun- 2-1869          in Lewis Co, WV  3 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Life Family Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV  4
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Phebe Life     
             Married: 1831                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: ca 1811               1
                Died: Jun-10-1870           6
              Buried:                      in Life Family Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV  4
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: George Henry Whetsel   7   
                Born: ca 1834               8
                Died: ca 1915               9 (see note 2)
              Census: 1910                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Lincoln District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co B & D, 10th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  9
                Wife: Emily Jane Marsh  b. Oct-21-1844  d. Dec- 6-1923  
             Married: Dec- 2-1866          in Lewis Co, WV  10,11

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(2) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Morris Braum, Marietta, GA 30066 , Hinzman Braum (WV) Genealogy (Ancestry World Tree Project, 
http://awt.ancestry.com) 
(8) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Lincoln Township). 
(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) 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. 320. 
(11) Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as George H. 
Whetsel & Emily J. Marsh.  Married Dec 2 1866. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Death date on headstone is Jun 1 1869.
Note (2) His wife filed for a widow's pension on Apr 9 1915.







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