Notes for: Mary Leverna "Verna" Tharp

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
Peters Gain, 29, farmer; wife Laverna, 28; son William, 7; son Delaney, 5; dau Susan, 3; dau Lenora, 1.

1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated Jun 7 1900:
Peter Gain, 49, b. Nov 1850, horse trader, married 27 yrs; wife Mary L, 49, b. Dec 1850, married 27 yrs, mother of 11 children (8 still living); son Harry L, 17, b. Jun 1882; dau Ida B, 12, b. Jun 1887; son James P, 9, b. Mar 1891; son Isaac L, 17, b. Apr 1883.

Following this census, Peter and Mary were divorced. In Oct 1904, Peter remarried Ruth Allen Wright, widow of Marcus Wright. In about 1909, Mary remarried Thomas Bennett.