WATSON
GENEALOGY
1/14/2017
Generation One
1. David Watson, d. aft Jan 7 1769.[1] Married Feb-24-1729/30 in Prince Georges Co, MD,1 Sarah ___.
Children:
2. i. WILLIAM WATSON b. 1745.
Generation Two
2. William Watson, b. 1745 near Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD,1 d. May- -1809 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,1 resided (settled, 1790) near Masontown, Preston Co, (W)VA.[2] "In 1790, William Watson came from Eastern Virginia and settled near what is now known as Masontown, Preston County, having patented 300 acres of land. His wife was Elizabeth Patton. His children were: John, David, Jacob, Nancy, Mary, Jane and William. William was a soldier in the War of 1812."2. He married1,2 Elizabeth Jane Patton, b. 1747,1 (daughter of Robert Patton), d. 1832.1
Children:
3. i. JACOB WATSON1 b. ca 1787.
4. ii. SARAH JANE WATSON[3].
5. iii. MARY WATSON3.
6. iv. WILLIAM WATSON3.
7. v. NANCY WATSON3.
Generation Three
3. Jacob Watson, b. ca 1787 in Virginia,[4] d. bef Aug 1860,[5] [He did not appear in the 1860 Census.], census 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA, census 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA, resided aft 1812 in Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV),[6] resided until about 1812 in Marion Co, (W)VA,6 occupation farmer.4 (1) Married Jan- 9-1812 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,[7],1_6 Elizabeth Gandy, b. Mar-27-1787,1 (daughter of Samuel Gandy and Rachel Combs), d. 1813 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,1 resided (moved, ca 1812) to Barbour Co, (W)VA,[8] resided originally in Marion Co, (W)VA.8 (2) Married Oct-15-1816 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3,7_6 Sarah Pritchard, b. ca 1797 in Allegheny Co, PA,1,[9] [but 1850 Census puts birth at about 1793 in Virginia] (daughter of Thomas Pritchard, Jr. and Nancy Tichenell), resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,[10] census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,9 [Residing with son John. Marital status not indicated, but husband Jacob is not found in this or any subsequent census.], census 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA.
1850 Census, Barbour County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 18 1850:
Jacob Watson, 63, farmer; Sarah, 57; Angeline, 24; Jane, 22; Wilson, 20; Emily, 18; John, 15. All born in Virginia.
Children by Elizabeth Gandy:
8. i. OTHO G. WATSON b. 1813.
Children by Sarah Pritchard:
9. ii. MARY "POLLY" WATSON b. ca 1816.
10. iii. WILLIAM M. WATSON b. ca 1818.
11. iv. ELIZABETH WATSON.
12. v. NANCY WATSON b. ca 1820.
13. vi. ___ WATSON.
14. vii. GEORGE W. WATSON6 b. Feb-14-1822.
15. viii. ANGELINE "ANN" WATSON b. Dec- 9-1823.
16. ix. AMANDA WATSON b. ca 1827.
17. x. JANE WATSON b. ca 1828.
18. xi. WILSON WATSON b. Nov-20-1830.
19. xii. EMILY WATSON b. ca 1832.
20. xiii. JOHN WATSON b. ca 1835.
4. Sarah Jane Watson. Married Sep-16-1802,3 Jacob Criss.
5. Mary Watson. Married Jul-30-1805,3 Levi Gandy.
6. William Watson, military War of 1812.2 (1) Married Feb-18-1808 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 Eleanor Tansey. (2) Married Oct-14-1816 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 Margaret McElroy, also known as Margaret Muckelroy.[11]
7. Nancy Watson. Married Dec-19-1808 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,3 Thomas Hoskinson.
Generation Four
8. Otho G. Watson, b. 1813,[12],[13] d. Aug-16-1894 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV,[14] resided in Roane Co, WV,6 resided (settled, ca 1845) at Brush Run, Ritchie Co, WV,6,12 resided originally in Barbour Co, (W)VA.6 Moved from Barbour County to Brush Run in Ritchie County in 1845, later moving to Roane County, WV.6 Married 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[15],12 Louisa Jett, also known as Louise,6 b. 1810,12 (daughter of John Jett and Sarah "Sally" Smith), d. aft 1910 in Roane Co, WV,12 resided 1908 in Roane Co, WV,6 resided (settled, ca 1845) in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.12
Children:
21. i. MATILDA WATSON6 b. ca 1839.
22. ii. IRVIN WATSON6.
23. iii. JACOB WATSON6 b. Mar- 8-1840.
24. iv. GEORGE J. WATSON6 b. ca 1841.
25. v. SOPHIA AMELIA WATSON6 b. ca 1845.
26. vi. SARAH A. WATSON b. ca 1848.
27. vii. WILLIAM E. WATSON b. ca 1849.
9. Mary "Polly" Watson, b. ca 1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,5,[16] d. Oct-17-1890 in Roane Co, WV,16 buried in Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV,[17],[18] census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[19],[20],[21],16 John Jett, Jr., b. 1813,17,[22] ["History of Doddridge County," p. 362, gives birthplace as Franklin County, VA, but "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 275, reports it as Barbour County.] (son of John Jett and Sarah "Sally" Smith), buried in Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV,17 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer.[23]
At the age of seven, John Jett Jr. moved with his parents to Barbour County, where they purchased a farm. In 1849, he and his wife moved to Ritchie County, where they lived until 1875, moving then to Roane County, WV. They had ten children, three of whom died in childhood.
1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 6 1850:
John Jett, 37, farmer; Mary, 34; Wesley, 13; William, 10; Jacob, 8; Eliz, 6; Sylvester, 4; Alvin, 2.
1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1860:
John Jett, 48, farmer; Mary, 44; William, 20; Jacob, 18; Sylvester, 14; Alvin, 11; Otha, 9; John M, 7; Wilson F, 5; Wesley, 23.17
Children:
28. i. WILLIAM M. JETT b. Jan-18-1840.
29. ii. JACOB JETT b. ca 1842.
30. iii. ELIZABETH JETT22 b. ca 1844.
31. iv. SYLVESTER JETT b. Jul-29-1846.
32. v. ALVIN JETT b. ca 1849.
33. vi. OTHA JETT b. ca 1851.
34. vii. JOHN M. JETT b. ca 1853.
35. viii. WILSON FLAVIUS JETT b. May-19-1855.
36. ix. GEORGE JETT.
37. x. SARAH JETT.
38. xi. MARY K. JETT b. ca 1861.
10. William M. Watson, b. ca 1818 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[24],[25],[26],[27] d. Feb- 9-1890 in Roane Co, WV,[28],27 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV,27,[29],[30] resided in Roane Co, WV,6 census 1880 in Roane Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA. There is some question as to the date and place of birth of this William M. Watson. Age 45 given at time of 1860 Census would put birth in about 1815, while age given for the 1870 and 1880 Census would put birth ca 1819. Age 53 given at time of his second marriage, in Sep 1871, would put birth ca 1818. Age 72 given at the time of his death in Feb 1890 would put birth ca 1817 or 1818. His place of birth is given as Harrison County in the record of his second marriage, but as Mercer County in his death record. Harrison County would seem more likely.
1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumeratd on Jul 23 1850:
William Watson, 31, farmer; Nancy, 30; Malinda, 8; Sarah, 6; Juliet, 4; Martha, 1; Mary, 1.
(Note: The adjoining household reported was that of John G. Hart & his wife Malinda Ann Nutter, sister of William's wife Nancy. Ninety-six years later, in August 1946, William & Nancy Watson's great-grandson, Armand Leon Brown, married Geneva Pauline Gaston, the great-granddaughter of John & Malinda Hart.)
1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
William Watson, 45, farmer; Nancy, 40; M. A. (female), 18; S. (female), 16; J. (female), 14; Martha, 11; Mary, 11; Jane, 9; Loyd, 8; Marion, 2.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp):
William Watson, 51, farmer; Nancy J, 18; William L, 15; Francis M, 12; Amanda V, 9; William E. Crichfield, 5.
(Note: William E. Critchfield was the grandson of William & Nancy Nutter Watson. His father, William E. Critchfield, died in the Civil War a month before he was born, and his mother, Malinda Ann Watson Critchfield, remarried John William Wyatt in Pennsylvania two years later.)
1880 Census, Roane Co, WV (Spencer District), enumerated in June 1880:
William Watson, 61, farmer; wife Ellen J, 50; dau Amanda V, 19; granddau Eva I (?), 7. (1) Married Oct-22-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[31],[32],[33] Nancy Nutter, b. Feb-22-1818 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,13 [Don Norman reports birth date as 1820.] (daughter of Andrew Nutter and Malinda Willis), d. Jun-29-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV,[34],[35],[36] census 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
Nancy: Some researchers report the parents of Nancy Nutter, the wife of William Watson, as James Nutter (1773-1833) and Julia Ann Davisson (1775-1826), a relationship that is at variance with substantiated facts about her. Nancy Nutter Watson's death record in Doddridge County states that she was born in Barbour Co, (W)VA, the daughter of "A. Nutter." While Barbour County is inconsistent with the reported birthplaces of her siblings (Harrison and Doddridge Counties) and may be incorrect, we do know that her husband William Watson's family had resided for some time in Barbour County, and that her two oldest children were also born in Barbour County. As far as can be determined, James Nutter and Julia Ann Davisson spent their entire lives in Harrison County and had no known Barbour County connections.
Adding to the confusion is the Nutter genealogy compiled by Donald Norman, based on Barr Wilson's work, listing among the children of James Nutter & Julia Ann Davisson, and also among the children of Andrew Nutter & Malinda Willis, a daughter named Nancy who married a William Watson. That there would be two Nancy Nutters who married two William Watsons in that region and time frame seems very unlikely. However, we do know that a Nancy Nutter married a William Watson in Harrison County on Oct 22 1840 (or possibly Mar 4 1841, based on interpretation of the handwritten marriage record; a Marriage Bond was executed in Harrison County on Sep 1 1840 by Nancy Nutter's parents, Anda (sic) & Malinda Nutter, and also signed by her brother Willis Nutter and by Otha G. Watson, half-brother of William M. Watson). There is nothing in the marriage record itself (MR Bk 3, p. 145) reflecting the parentage or exact identity of either person, leaving open the possibility that it was a different Nancy Nutter, a different William Watson, or both. But the family members mentioned in the marriage bond should dispel any doubt.
No other marriage record for William or Nancy was found in Harrison, Doddridge or Barbour Counties. Given all the evidence and circumstances, we conclude that it was this Nancy Nutter, daughter of Andrew Nutter & Malinda Willis, who married William Watson.
(2) Married Sep-25-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,[37] Ellen Jane Stinespring, also known as Ella J. Stinespring,[38] b. May-31-1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,24,[39],[40],[41] (daughter of John A. Stinespring and Mary Watson), d. Aug-14-1914 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,[42],41 buried in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV,27 census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1880 in Roane Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Ellen: 1900 Census of Doddridge County (Southwest District) shows Ellen J. Watson as a member of her son John Ervin Leggett's household, along with his wife and seven children. She was listed as a widow, age 70, born May 1830, mother of 10 children, of which 2 were still living.
Children by Nancy Nutter:
39. i. MALINDA ANN WATSON b. May-12-1842.
40. ii. SARAH ELIZABETH WATSON b. Feb- 1-1844.
41. iii. JULIET WATSON b. Jun- -1846.
42. iv. MARTHA WATSON b. ca 1848.
43. v. MARY WATSON b. Jun-23-1848.
44. vi. JANE WATSON b. ca 1851.
45. vii. (MALE) WATSON b. Dec-27-1853.
46. viii. WILLIAM L. WATSON b. ca 1855.
47. ix. FRANCIS MARION WATSON b. Jul-22-1858.
48. x. MANDA V. WATSON b. Apr- -1861.
11. Elizabeth Watson, resided in Barbour Co, WV.6 Married 1834,16_6,8 Owen Westfall, marriage bond Sep-23-1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA.[43]
12. Nancy Watson, b. ca 1820,[44] d. bef Sep 1870,[45] census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, resided in Barbour Co, (W)VA.6 She married[46],6 Andrew J. Divers, b. Oct-30-1822 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,[47],26 (son of Eli Divers and Dianna Overfield), d. Jan-20-1891 in Kansas,27 buried Pleasant Hill Cem in Concordia, Cloud Co, KS,[48] census 1880 in Cloud Co, Kansas, resided 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, military Sgt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.[49]
Andrew: 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 5 1850:
Andrew J. Divers, 27, farmer; Nancy, 30; Emzza J, 4; Leonidas, 1.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), shows Andrews J. Divers, age 45, occupation common laborer, as a member of the household of Edward & Mary Fleming.
1880 Census, Cloud Co, Kansas (Arion Twp), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
Andrew J. Divers, 57, b. Va, farmer; wife Rebecca A, 43, b. Va; dau Lillian, 8, b. WVa; stepson James M. Overfield, 19, b. Va, farm laborer.
Children:
49. i. EMMA JANE DIVERS b. ca 1846.
50. ii. LEONIDUS DIVERS b. ca 1849.
51. iii. ELLEN DIVERS b. Sep- -1861.
13. ___ Watson, resided in Barbour Co, WV.6 She married6 ___ Castor.
14. George W. Watson, b. Feb-14-1822,27,9 d. Oct-14-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV,16,27 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,[50],[51] census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,9 occupation farmer.[52] He married50 Susan Divers, also known as Susannah Divers,46,51,5 b. Aug- 8-1820,47,9 d. Sep- 4-1878,27 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,50,51 census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.
Susan: Identified in death record of daughter Mary as Susan Divers, but in death record of son Morgan as Susan Divess, and in death record of son Wilson as Susan Davis. Minnie Kendall Lowther, in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 245, identifies her as Susan Divers, born in 1820.
Children:
52. i. MARY CATHERINE WATSON50 b. Jul-27-1843.
53. ii. MARTHA A. WATSON50 b. 1845.
54. iii. MORGAN BIRD WATSON50 b. Mar-10-1847.
55. iv. SARAH ADELINE WATSON9 b. ca 1848.
56. v. WILSON D. "WILLIS" WATSON50 b. Oct-16-1850.
57. vi. MARGARET JANE "JENNIE" WATSON50 b. Oct-16-1852.
58. vii. ANDREW J. WATSON50 b. ca 1856.
59. viii. ALICE V. WATSON50 b. ca 1858.
60. ix. ELIZA ELLEN WATSON50 b. Dec-12-1860.
61. x. GEORGE WATSON50.
62. xi. ADALINE WATSON50.
15. Angeline "Ann" Watson, census name Ann,25 b. Dec- 9-1823,51,16 [Age 32 in 1860 Census would put birth in about 1828.], d. Feb-10-1902,51,16 buried in Simons Cemetery, Brushy Fork, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,8 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA. She married[53],6 Lair Simons, b. 1834,51,16 [Age 44 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1826, but date on headstone is reported as 1834.], d. 1909,51 buried in Simons Cemetery, Brushy Fork, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer.25,[54]
Lair: Identified as Lair Simmons in Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 237, but as Lair Simons in son John's marriage record, and as Lair Simonds in the 1870 Census.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
Lair Simonds, 44, farmer; Ann, 47; Barbery, 16; John, 14; Sarah, 13; Jacob, 10; Melissa J, 6.
Children:
63. i. BARBARA SIMONS b. ca 1852.
64. ii. JOHN SIMONS b. Jan- -1855.
65. iii. SARAH SIMONS b. ca 1858.
16. Amanda Watson, b. ca 1827 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,[55],4 census 1880 in Elk District, Barbour Co, WV, census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Barbour Co, (W)VA. (1) She married6,4 Lemuel Divers, b. ca 1827,4 d. bef Mar 1858,[56] census 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA. (2) Married Mar-10-1858 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,[57] John Welch, b. 1830 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,55,13 (son of Samuel Welch and Margaret Jane Radcliffe), d. Jul- -1881 in Barbour Co, WV,[58] cause of death suicide,58 census 1880 in Elk District, Barbour Co, WV, census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV, census 1860 in Barbour Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer.55,[59]
Children by Lemuel Divers:
66. i. GRANVILLE DIVERS b. Jul- -1851.
67. ii. MARTHA (DIVERS) WELCH b. Oct-30-1856.
Children by John Welch:
68. iii. SARAH WELCH b. ca 1861.
69. iv. MARGARET WELCH b. Apr-16-1863.
70. v. FRANCIS WELCH b. Mar-30-1865.
71. vi. WILLIE WELCH b. 1870.
17. Jane Watson, b. ca 1828 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,[60],4 d. Jul-20-1891 in Limestone Hill, Wood Co, WV,[61] buried in Limestone Cemetery, Rockport, Wood Co, WV,[62] resided in Roane Co, WV,6 resided 1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, census 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA. Married Mar-19-1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,[63] Lewis H. Rush, b. ca 1820 in Augusta Co, VA,60 (son of John Rush and Mary ___), d. bef Jul 1891,[64] resided 1862 in Barbour Co, (W)VA.60
18. Wilson Watson, b. Nov-20-1830 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,13,[65],[66],26 d. Apr-28-1903 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,[67] buried (no dates) in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,[68],51 census 1870, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, census 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer,9,65 military Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.[69] (1) Married Sep- 4-1851 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,[70] [Linder, p. 440, gives marriage date as Sep 4 1853 and incorrectly identifies Wilson Watson as the son of George & Sarah Divers Watson. But that Wilson Watson was born in 1850 and married Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville. Nonetheless, Wilson Watson is not listed by Minnie Kendall Lowther among the children of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard.],[71] Margaret E. Willard, b. ca 1827,9 (daughter of George Willard and Sudna Lowther), d. bef Jun 1870,23 census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.
Margaret: Middle initial given as E. in marriage record and 1860 Census, but as J. in daughter Sudna's marriage record.
1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1860:
Wilson Watson, 30, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $357; Margaret E, 33; Sudney J, 8; S. Charlotte, 5.
NOTE: The adjacent households in this census were those of Wilson Watsons siblings, John Watson, George Watson and Mary (Watson) Jett.
1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 30 1870:
Wilson Watson, 38, farmer, value of real estate $600, value of personal estate $230, cannot read/write; Sudna Jane, 15; Charlotte, 13.
(2) Married Sep-14-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,[72],[73] Martha Wilson, b. ca 1845 in Marion Co, (W)VA,54,66,26 (daughter of Benjamin L. Wilson and Martha Kelley), d. bef Jun 1900,65 [On Aug 23 1889, Martha Watson filed for widow's pension based on the Civil War service record of her first husband, George W. Hess. On Feb 1 1889, Lydia E. Hodge filed for minor's benefits on the same basis.], census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV,25 census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, census 1850 in Marion Co, (W)VA.
Children by Margaret E. Willard:
72. i. JOHN WATSON.
73. ii. SUDNA JANE WATSON b. 1854.
74. iii. SARAH CHARLOTTE WATSON b. Apr-17-1855.
Children by Martha Wilson:
75. iv. ELLA EDITH WATSON b. 1872.
76. v. RUHAMA BELLE WATSON b. Dec-26-1874.
77. vi. MATTIE M. WATSON b. ca 1877.
78. vii. ESTA H. WATSON b. May- -1877.
79. viii. CLAUDIE H. WATSON b. Feb- -1879.
80. ix. EMMA WATSON b. Nov- -1883.
19. Emily Watson, b. ca 1832,4 d. bef 1911,6 never married.6,8
Children:
81. i. ALLEN WATSON b. ca 1852.
20. John Watson, b. ca 1835 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,4,26 d. bef Jan 1888,56 buried (no dates) in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,27,51,50 resided in Brush Run, Ritchie Co, WV,50,26 census 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer,9,52 military Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.27 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1860:
John Watson, 24, farmer; Catherine, 27 (29?); Alfred N, 3; David, 2; Thomas, 1; Sarah, 62.
1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 30 1870:
John Watson, 26 (sic), farmer; Catherine, 39; Alfred N, 13; David, 12; Thomas, 9; John E, 7; Jacob M, 4; Wilson S, 3; William G, 9 months.
1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
John Watson, 45; wife Sarah, 28; son Jacob M, 12; son William G, 9; dau Sarah C, 5; son Joseph N, 3; son Morgan R, 1; George Maxwell (no relatiionship indicated), 18; wife Nancy J. Maxwell, 23; stepson George Maxwell, 1. (1) He married50,53 Sarah Catherine Thrash, also known as Catherine Thresh,38,5 also known as Kathrine Thrash,50 also known as Mary C.,53 b. ca 1832,5 d. bef Mar 1874 [She is presumed to have died prior to her husband's remarriage.], buried (unmarked) in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,50,51 resided at Brush Run, Ritchie Co, WV,50 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, resided originally in Barbour Co, WV.50 (2) Married Mar-15-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV,[74] Sarah Elizabeth Maxwell, b. ca 1851,[75],60 [Birthplace given as Doddridge County in 1874 marriage record, as Harrison County in 1888 marriage record, and as Ritchie County in 1894 marriage record.] (daughter of Lamar Maxwell and Margaret E. Cottrill), d. Jan-17-1923 near League, Ritchie Co, WV,[76] buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Glendale, near Pike at Twin Oaks (Co Rd 50-13), Ritchie Co, WV,76 census 1900, 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children by Sarah Catherine Thrash:
82. i. ALFRED NEALY WATSON50 b. May- 7-1857.
83. ii. DAVID WATSON50 b. Apr- -1858.
84. iii. THOMAS WATSON50 b. ca 1859.
85. iv. SCOTT WATSON50.
86. v. JOHN E. "JACK" WATSON50 b. ca 1863.
87. vi. JACOB M. WATSON50 b. 1866.
88. vii. GRANT WATSON50.
Children by Sarah Elizabeth Maxwell:
89. viii. MARGARET LAVERNA WATSON b. Feb-28-1875.
90. ix. SARAH C. WATSON50 b. ca 1875.
91. x. JOSEPH WATSON50 b. ca 1877.
92. xi. MORGAN ROBERT WATSON50 b. Aug- 2-1878.
93. xii. LAURA JANE WATSON b. Feb-18-1882.
94. xiii. DORA BELL WATSON50 b. Sep- -1884.
95. xiv. MARY WATSON50.
Generation Five
21. Matilda Watson, b. ca 1839 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,26 d. 1881, resided in Roane Co, WV,6 resided 1866 in Doddridge Co, WV.26 Married Jan-14-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV,[77],[78] Francis Boyce, Jr., b. Jun- 3-1832 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,26 (son of Francis Boyce and Elizabeth ___), d. Feb-22-1913.
Children:
96. i. LOUISA VICTORIA BOYCE b. Dec- 7-1866.
97. ii. AMOS VIRGIL BOYCE b. Sep- 7-1868.
22. Irvin Watson.6
23. Jacob Watson, b. Mar- 8-1840 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,13,[79] d. Mar-29-1911 in Walnut Grove, Roane Co, WV,[80] buried in Watson-Vanhorn Cemetery, Co Rd 46/1, Roane Co, WV,48 resided 1872, 1908 in Roane Co, WV,79,6 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV [In household of Joshua & Mary (Conaway) Wilson.], census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, military Co K, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War.49,6 Married Apr-13-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV,[81],26 Lydia Wilson, census name Liddy Wilson, b. Mar-23-1848 in Marion Co, (W)VA,48,54,79 (daughter of Benjamin L. Wilson and Martha Kelley), d. Jan-31-1931 in Looneyville, Roane Co, WV,48 buried in Watson-Vanhorn Cemetery, Co Rd 46/1, Roane Co, WV,48 resided 1872, 1911 in Roane Co, WV,79,[82] census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, census 1850 in Marion Co, (W)VA.
24. George J. Watson, b. ca 1841 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,26 d. in Civil War,6 census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Mar-12-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV,[83] Rachel E. Waldo, b. ca 1846,26 (daughter of Bartlett Waldo and Jane Gray).
25. Sophia Amelia Watson, also known as Amelia Watson,6,12 also known as Sopha Watson,76 b. ca 1845,76 d. Jul- 4-1924 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,76 buried Watson Cemetery,76 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Mar-21-1868 in Roane Co, WV,77_6,[84] Elias Robert Pritchard, b. Dec-29-1845,84 (son of Thomas Dickerson Pritchard and Mary "Polly" Lowther), d. Jun- 4-1909,84 resided in Roane Co, WV,[85] census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation farmer.23
1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 15 1870:
Elias R. Pritchard, 24, farmer; Sophia A, 25; Lewis M, 1.
Children:
98. i. LEWIS M. PRITCHARD b. ca 1869.
26. Sarah A. Watson, b. ca 1848.[86] Married Aug-24-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV,[87] Alexander Henry Collins, also known as Henry Collins,[88],12 b. ca 1847,86 (son of Evaline ___).
27. William E. Watson, b. ca 1849.26 Married Feb-23-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 Abigail Boyce, b. ca 1849,26 (daughter of William Boyce and Rebecca ___), census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
28. William M. Jett, b. Jan-18-1840 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,86,13,41 d. Feb- 5-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV,[89],41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided since 1849 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV,18,22 military Co G, 14th W.Va., Civil War.51 Married Oct-11-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Sophronia Ellen Lowther, b. Mar-12-1845 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,76,86,18,41 (daughter of Jonathan Coburn Lowther and Emza M. Neal), d. Feb-25-1922 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.51,76
Children:
99. i. WALTER B. JETT b. Nov-15-1870.
100. ii. EMZA ORMA JETT b. 1884.
29. Jacob Jett, b. ca 1842 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,75 resided (settled) in Roane Co, WV,22 resided 1866 in Ritchie Co, WV,75 census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married May-10-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV,[90] Latatia Jane Rowh, b. ca 1849 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,75 (daughter of Lewis H. Rowh and Mary ___), resided 1866 in Doddridge Co, WV.75
30. Elizabeth Jett, b. ca 1844,44 d. young,22 census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.
31. Sylvester Jett, b. Jul-29-1846 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,17,41,26 d. Jul-22-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV,35,41 [History of Doddridge County, p. 362, gives death date as Jul 23 1923.], buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,17,48 census 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided at Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,22,[91] census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer,23,65,[92] occupation 1880 blacksmith,[93] military Aug-20-1864 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav (Civil War),17,91,[94] [Newspaper article in 1913 gives unit as Co A, 4th W.Va. Inf, and "History of Doddridge County," p. 362, gives it as Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav. But 1890 Veterans Schedule indicates Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf. It appears that he did serve in two units.]. Moved with his parents from Barbour County to Ritchie County at the age of three, remaining there until 1910, when he sold his farm and moved to West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.17 Married Dec-28-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,26,77,17 Julia Ann Ermina Gray, also known as Fermany Grey,[95] also known as Ermina Gray,38 b. Aug- 8-1856,17 [birthdate on headstone: 1857] (daughter of Joseph J. Gray and Sarah Ann Adams), d. Jun-19-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV,35 ["History of Doddridge County," p. 362, gives death date as Jun 16 1924.], buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,17,27 census 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
101. i. WALTER MANNING JETT b. 1874.
102. ii. MIKE K. JETT b. Dec- 7-1876.
103. iii. ROBERT BRUCE JETT b. Feb-14-1878.
104. iv. GERTRUDE MAY JETT b. Jan-13-1880.
105. v. OKEY DOY JETT b. Jul-11-1882.
106. vi. EMMA GAYE JETT b. Dec-29-1883.
107. vii. MARGARET B. "MAGGIE" JETT b. Sep- -1886.
108. viii. TENNY GOFF JETT b. Oct-19-1888.
109. ix. GRANT JETT b. Oct-19-1888.
110. x. FANNIE JETT b. Apr-19-1890.
111. xi. HATTIE ILA JETT b. Feb-20-1892.
112. xii. JOSEPH JETT b. Mar-20-1894.
113. xiii. JOHN JETT b. Mar-16-1898.
32. Alvin Jett, b. ca 1849,5 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation 1870 deputy U.S. Mail carrier.23 He married38 Clarice Jane Louden, census name Claracy J., census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children:
114. i. GRANVILLE Z. JETT b. ca 1872.
115. ii. JOHN A. JETT b. Oct-18-1872.
116. iii. SARAH L. JETT b. ca 1874.
33. Otha Jett, b. ca 1851,5 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.
34. John M. Jett, b. ca 1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,26,5 resided in Kanawha Co, WV,22 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Apr-27-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 Deliah Norman, census name Delia Norman, census name Delila Norman, b. ca 1853 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA,[96],26 (daughter of Thornton M. Norman and Elizabeth Boyce), census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA.
Children:
117. i. PHEBE JETT b. Apr- 5-1890.
35. Wilson Flavius Jett, also known as Willard Jett,[97] census name Wilson H. Jett, b. May-19-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,[98] resided 1880 in Roane Co, WV,97,22 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Dec- 5-1880 in Roane Co, WV,97 Mary Ann Dye, b. ca 1860 in Roane Co, (W)VA.97
Children:
118. i. JOHN ALVIN JETT b. Apr- 9-1894.
36. George Jett, d. young.22
37. Sarah Jett, d. young.22
38. Mary K. Jett, b. ca 1861, resided in Roane Co, WV,22,97 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Nov- 6-1884 in Roane Co, WV,97_22 Lewis N. Abbott, b. ca 1863 in Roane Co, WV.97
39. Malinda Ann Watson,38 b. May-12-1842 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,[99],26,[100] d. bef Dec 1908 [Presumed. Husband remarried on Dec 31 1908. His marital status was not indicated in his marriage record.], buried in Maxwell Farm, Hughes River Rd, near Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV,[101] census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV. (1) Married Sep- 9-1860 in Doddridge Co, WV,[102],26 William E. Critchfield, also known as William E. Crihfield, also known as William E. Crichfield, b. May-10-1834 in Aleppo Twp, Greene Co, PA,100 (son of John Critchfield, Sr. and Sarah Whitlatch), d. Aug-10-1864 in Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD,[103],100 buried in Maxwell Farm, Hughes River Rd, near Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV,[104],[105] occupation carpenter,99 military Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War,105,104 [Civil War records on file at Doddridge County Court House show that W. E. Crichfield [sic] enlisted in the Union Army on Jan 3 1862. According to his grave marker, he was a member of Company M, 6th West Virginia Infantry, with rank of Private. His death occurred on Aug 10 1864 in Cumberland, MD, and was the result of falling from a window of a hospital building. Circumstances of his death are described somewhat differently in his military records on file at fold3.com and the National Archives, which state that he was killed when a hospital building was blown over by a storm and fell on him.
He was buried in the Nutter Cemetery on the Maxwell Farm in Doddridge County. Location of the cemetery was specified as "4.0 miles west of Porto Rico on Route 23. Cemetery 400 ft. north of highway." This corresponds to oral family history provided by Walter Ray "Shiner" Husk, who advised that a headstone does exist for William, but not for his wife Malinda buried beside him.].
1870 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton Twp), enumerated on Jun 25 1870:
John W. Wyatt, 23, farmer; Malinda A, 27; T. E. Crichfield (male), 9; Rosetta Crichfield, 6; Wm. E. Crichfield, 5; David L. Crichfield, 3; Nancy A. Crichfield, 1.
(Note: The surnames of the two younger children should have been entered as Wyatt.)
1880 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
John W. Wyatt, 33, farmer; wife Malinda, 36; son David L, 13; dau Nancy A, 11; son Jasper F, 9; dau Mary J, 7; dau Manerva E, 5; dau Amanda P, 4; dau Frances L, 2; unnamed dau, 1 month (born in May); stepson Thomas I. Chrihfield, 19; stepson Wm. E. Crihfield, 15.
(2) Married Apr- 7-1866 in Beaver Co, PA,[106] John William Wyatt, also known as William Wyatt, census name W. J. Wyatt, b. Jun-24-1846 in Marion Co, (W)VA,76 [Although his death record states his birthplace as Doddridge County, two of his marriage records state Marion County, and he was in Marion County for the 1850 Census.] (son of Jasper Wyatt and Jane B. Christy), d. Jul- 7-1935 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,76 buried in Wyatt (Lee) (aka Stahlman) Cemetery, off Triplett Rd, near Spencer, Roane Co, WV,76,48 cause of death automobile accident near Arnoldsburg on Jul 1 1935, resided in Leatherbarke, Ritchie Co, WV,76 resided 1922 in Arnoldsburg, Calhoun Co, WV,[107] resided 1908 in Gandeeville, Roane Co, WV,97 census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, census 1850 in Marion Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer,76 military Co L, 1st WVa Cav, Civil War.[108]
Children by William E. Critchfield:
119. i. THOMAS IRVIN CRITCHFIELD b. Mar-23-1861.
120. ii. ROSETTA CRITCHFIELD b. ca 1863.
121. iii. WILLIAM E. CRITCHFIELD b. Sep-13-1864.
Children by John William Wyatt:
122. iv. DAVID L. WYATT b. Mar-24-1867.
123. v. NANCY A. WYATT b. ca 1869.
40. Sarah Elizabeth Watson, b. Feb- 1-1844 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,27,[109] d. Jan-24-1892 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,27,[110] buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Jul- 7-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV,[111] Sylvester Smith, b. Aug- 1-1842 in Taylor Co, (W)VA,109,[112],27 (son of Samuel Smith and Nancy Ann Fleming), d. Feb- 1-1919 in Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,[113],27 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 census 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1900 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,91 census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, military Oct- 1-1861 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.91,[114]
Sylvester: Following the death of his first wife, Sarah Elizabeth Watson, Sylvester Smith married Sarah's first cousin, Eliza Ellen Watson, who had been married to John Newberry.
Children:
124. i. MARQUIS "MARK" SMITH b. Jun-27-1866.
125. ii. WILLIAM DAVIS SMITH b. Oct-13-1867.
126. iii. NANCY LUANAH SMITH b. Jan-26-1870.
127. iv. THOMAS VIRGIL "T.V." SMITH b. Sep- 5-1871.
128. v. FLORENCE SMITH b. May-15-1873.
129. vi. HIRAM FLOYD P. SMITH b. Apr-27-1875.
130. vii. CORA LILLIAN "LILLIE" SMITH b. Nov- 7-1876.
131. viii. CLARENCE SMITH b. Jun-15-1884.
41. Juliet Watson, b. Jun- -1846 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,[115],[116] d. bef Jan 1920,[117] census 1880, 1900, 1910 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Mar- 4-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV,[118] John Stephens, b. Apr- -1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,116,26 (son of Thomas Stephens and Mahala ___), census 1880, 1900, 10, 20 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV [In 1920, in household of son Virgil and his family.], census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.115
Children:
132. i. DELPHIA W. STEPHENS b. ca 1869.
133. ii. MARY E. STEPHENS b. ca 1871.
134. iii. MARIAN STEPHENS b. ca 1872.
135. iv. WILLIAM L. STEPHENS b. ca 1874.
136. v. LUANNA V. STEPHENS b. ca 1876.
137. vi. JOHN A. STEPHENS b. ca 1878.
138. vii. MARY MAHALA STEPHENS b. 1879.
139. viii. ORA STEPHENS b. Oct- -1883.
140. ix. ROBERT STEPHENS b. Sep- -1885.
141. x. VIRGIL STEPHENS b. Dec- -1889.
142. xi. MEDA STEPHENS b. Aug- -1893.
42. Martha Watson, b. ca 1848,[119],54 census 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
43. Mary Watson, b. Jun-23-1848,[120],41 [Although obituary states birth date as Jun 23 1848, age 62y 4m 5d reported in obituary would actually put birth date at Jun 22 1848. Immediate family had long believed it to be Jun 13 1848, basis unknown. Age given at death in death record would put birth date at May 22 1848. Headstone gives only the year 1848.], d. Oct-27-1910 in Freds Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV,[121],120,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.27 Married May-20-1867,[122] David Marion Haught,[123] b. May-14-1848 in Greene Co, PA,76,[124],[125],41 (son of Peter B. Haught and Bashaba Musgrave), d. Dec- 9-1927 in Doddridge Co, WV,[126],76,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[127] cause of death tuberculosis,[128] resided at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,91 occupation farmer,[129] military Feb-15-1865 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co P, 6th W. Va. Inf, Civil War,91,94,[130],[131] [He was one of ten Civil War veterans from Doddridge County who attended the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary observance in 1913.].
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated Sep 3 1870:
David M. Haught, 22, b. Pa, farmer, unable to read or write; Mary, 21, b. Va; Martha A, 1, b. WVa.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
David Haught, 32, farmer; wife Mary, 32; dau Martha A, 11; dau Sarah R, 8, dau Lotta M, 6; dau Ida E, 5; son Walter, 3; dau Lizzie, 1.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
David M Haught, 52, b. May 1848, married 32 yrs; wife Mary, 51, b. Jun 1848, mother of 11 children (all still living); dau Ida Ellen, 25, b. Mar 1875; son M Walter, 23, b. Aug 1876; dau Lizzie, 21, b. Dec 1878; dau Icy Dell, 19, b. Jul 1880; dau Nancy B, 18, b. Jan 1882; son J Homer, 16, b. Nov 1883; son David H, 11, b. Apr 1889; son Berkley, 5, b. Sep 1894; granddaughter Minnie O, 11, b. Aug 1888.
1910 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District, Harrisville-Salem Turnpike), enumerated in April 1910:
David M. Haught, 61, farmer, married 36 yrs; wife Mary, 61, mother of 11 children (all still living); dau Babe, 22; son Howard, 21, school teacher; son Berkeley, 15, laborer on home farm.
1920 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 22 1920:
David Haught, 71, widowed, b. in Pennsylvania, father b. Pa, mother b. W.Va.
Children:
143. i. MARTHA ALICE HAUGHT b. 1868.
144. ii. SARA ROSE BELLE HAUGHT b. Jul-15-1870.
145. iii. CHARLOTTE E. M. "LOTTIE" HAUGHT b. May-10-1873.
146. iv. IDA ELLEN HAUGHT b. Mar- 4-1875.
147. v. WALTER J. HAUGHT b. Aug-14-1876.
148. vi. ELIZABETH JANE "LIZZIE" HAUGHT b. Dec- 1-1878.
149. vii. ISA DELL HAUGHT b. Jul-21-1882.
150. viii. NANCY LOU "BABE" HAUGHT b. Jan-19-1884.
151. ix. JOHN HOMER HAUGHT b. Nov-21-1887.
152. x. HOWARD DAVID HAUGHT b. Apr-11-1889.
153. xi. WILLIAM BERKLEY HAUGHT b. Sep-15-1894.
44. Jane Watson, b. ca 1851,54 census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
45. (Male) Watson, b. Dec-27-1853 in Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV.[132]
46. William L. Watson, b. ca 1855 in Doddridge Co, WV,25,[133] d. Oct-20-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV,[134],35 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
47. Francis Marion Watson,29 census name Marion Watson,54 b. Jul-22-1858 in Meadow Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[135] [Headstone gives birthdate only as the year 1859, which is at variance with the Jul 22 1858 date in his birth record.], d. 1927,27 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV,27 census 1880 in Roane Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA. Married Apr- 9-1879 in Roane Co, WV,[136] Mary Jane Stalnaker, b. 1860 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,27,[137],[138] (daughter of John Stalnaker and Julia A. Stalnaker), d. 1938,27 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV,27 census 1880 in Roane Co, WV.
Children:
154. i. CORA E. WATSON b. Feb- -1880.
155. ii. FRANCIS WAITMAN WATSON b. 1884.
156. iii. W. L. WATSON b. Sep-27-1887.
157. iv. ARTIE A. WATSON b. Jun-22-1889.
158. v. (FEMALE) WATSON b. Feb-11-1891.
48. Manda V. Watson, census name Amanda V. Watson,25,[139] b. Apr- -1861 in Jims Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[140] census 1880 in Roane Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
49. Emma Jane Divers, census name Emsy, b. ca 1846 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,26 d. bef Nov 1895,45 census 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Oct-18-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV,[141] John Spencer "Buke" Dotson, census name Spencer Dotson, census name Spencer B. Dodson,5 b. Dec- 7-1845 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,76,86 (son of Hiram Sears Dotson and Susan J. Markwell), d. Apr- 7-1941 at Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,76,35 buried in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV,76 resided in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,[142] census 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer,76 military Pvt, Co D, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War,[143],76,122 [He was the last surviving Civil War veteran residing in Doddridge County (per wife's obituary).].
Children:
159. i. S. E. DOTSON b. 1869.
50. Leonidus Divers, b. ca 1849 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,26 census 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1868 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation tanner.[144] (1) Married Jun-13-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV,[145] Mary Jane Nutter, b. ca 1846 in Harrison Co, (W)VA,26 (daughter of David Davisson Nutter and Mary Ann Stinespring), census 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1868 in Doddridge Co, WV.26 (2) Married Aug- 4-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV,[146] Emmie L. Frey, b. ca 1866.26
Children by Mary Jane Nutter:
160. i. JOHN W. DIVERS b. ca 1873.
161. ii. GEORGE SCOTT DIVERS b. 1874.
162. iii. OKA E. DIVERS b. ca 1878.
163. iv. ELLA DIVERS b. ca 1879.
51. Ellen Divers, also known as Ella Divers,[147],53,[148],[149] also known as Nancy Ella Divers,[150] b. Sep- -1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,148,43 resided 1929 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,149 census 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1885 in Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Oct-25-1885 in Harrison Co, WV,[151] Francis M. Hurst, b. Apr-12-1866 in Harrison Co, WV,148,43,41 [Birth date given in death record as Apr 12 1866, but 1900 Census states Apr 1867, while age 5 in 1870 would put it in about 1865. In any case, his birth was at least three years after the death of Eli Hurst, his father of record, and well before his mother's remarriage.] (son of Eli Hurst and Jemima Ann James), d. Apr- 6-1929 in Salem, WV,76,41 buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,[152],76 census 1870, 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1885 in Harrison Co, WV,43 occupation farmer.148,76
1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
Francis M. Hurst, 33, b. Apr 1867, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Ella, 38, b. Sep 1861, mother of 7 children (6 still living); son Marion L, 13, b. Jul 1886; dau Mary J, 11, b. Apr 1889; dau Nora M, 9, b. Jan 1890; son Archie J, 7, b. May 1893; son Marion F, 5, b. Apr 1895; son James J, 1, b. Sep 1898.
Children:
164. i. ARCHIE J. HURST b. May-18-1893.
165. ii. JAMES JOSHUA HURST b. Sep- -1898.
166. iii. JOHN ORIAN HURST b. Aug-29-1904.
52. Mary Catherine Watson,53,77 b. Jul-27-1843 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,76,86 d. Jan- 1-1930 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,[153] buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,76 resided in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.50 Middle initial given as "M" in marriage record and in 1870 Census, but as "C" in 1880 Census and death record. Son's marriage record identifies her as Mary Catherine. Married Mar-21-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV,[154] Arthur Green Bee, also known as Marion Arthur Bee,38 b. Nov-10-1841 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,86,51 (son of Ezekiel Bee and Moriah Catherine Johnson), d. Sep-10-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV,89,51 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,[155],[156] occupation miller,52 military Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.51
Children:
167. i. EDWARD JOHN BEE b. 1869.
168. ii. EMMARETTA BEE b. ca 1871.
169. iii. FERNANDO HARL BEE b. Feb-22-1873.
170. iv. MARTHA A. BEE b. ca 1876.
171. v. LILLIAN LEOTA BEE b. Jul-10-1878.
172. vi. JAMES DOYLE BEE b. ca 1882.
173. vii. WALTER EZRA BEE b. Jul-13-1886.
53. Martha A. Watson,77 b. 1845 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,[157],86 d. 1881,157 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,157 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.50 Married May-17-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV,77,[158] James B. Gribble,77 b. 1836 in Preston Co, (W)VA,[159],86,44 (son of William J. G. Gribble and Lydia A. Rogers), d. 1917,157 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,157 census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, military Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.157
54. Morgan Bird Watson, also known as M. B. Watson,50 b. Mar-10-1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,26,89 d. Apr-26-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV,89 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,50 military Co E, 6th WV Inf, Civil War.51 Married Aug-26-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 Harriet E. Hess, b. Nov- 8-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,[160] (daughter of Archibald Hess and Mary Wilson), d. Aug- 4-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV,89 census 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1867 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, census 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.
Children:
174. i. SCHUYLER MCWHORTER WATSON b. Mar- 2-1871.
175. ii. JOSEPH WILLIAM WATSON b. ca 1873.
55. Sarah Adeline Watson, also known as Adeline Watson,[161] census name Adaline Watson,44 b. ca 1848 in Virginia (now West Virginia),9,86 resided (settled) in Kentucky,161 census 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Nov-19-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV,[162] Marshall Dean Hall, b. Oct-29-1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,161,86 (son of Lemuel Hall and Susana Woofter), resided (settled) in Kentucky.161
56. Wilson D. "Willis" Watson, also known as Willis Watson,53,38 b. Oct-16-1850,76,89,86,41 d. Apr- 8-1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76,89,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,76,51 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,50 occupation carpenter.76 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
Wilson D. Watson, 29, farmer; wife Nancy R, 28; dau Dora B, 7; son George R, 5; son Otis, 2 months (b. April). Married Nov-30-1871 in Ritchie Co, WV,[163],[164] Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville, also known as Rhuhama Sommerville,86 b. Feb- 6-1852,76,41,86 [Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 309, reports birth date as 1848. But age 19 given at time of Nov 1871 marriage would put birth at about 1852, headstone reads 1852, and death record specifies Feb 6 1852.] (daughter of Robert Sommerville and Mary "Polly" Ward), d. Oct-25-1941 in Ritchie Co, WV,[165],[166],41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV.76,51
Children:
176. i. DORA BELLE WATSON b. 1872.
177. ii. GEORGE ROBERT WATSON b. Aug-29-1874.
178. iii. OTIS WATSON b. Apr- 5-1880.
179. iv. MARVIN LEN WATSON b. May- -1882.
180. v. HENRY CARL WATSON b. Dec-28-1883.
181. vi. WINFIELD SCOTT WATSON b. Jul- -1887.
57. Margaret Jane "Jennie" Watson,50,77,76 b. Oct-16-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,76,86 d. Mar- 7-1938 in Walton, Roane Co, WV,[167] buried in Summers Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,76 resided in Walton, Roane Co, WV,76 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Oct-30-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV,77,86_50 Francis Marion Summers,77 b. Jan-29-1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,76,86 (son of Elijah W. Summers and Susanna Barnett), d. Jun-22-1929 in Roane Co, WV,76 buried in Summers Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,76 resided in Gandeeville, Roane Co, WV,76 resided 1919 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,[168] census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer.76,93
Children:
182. i. FLOYD D. SUMMERS b. ca 1879.
183. ii. (DAUGHTER) SUMMERS b. Apr- -1880.
58. Andrew J. Watson, b. ca 1856,9 resided in Salem, WV,50 resided 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.9
59. Alice V. Watson,86 b. ca 1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,86 resided in Roane Co, WV,50 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Jan-16-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Elijah W. Adams,86 b. ca 1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,86 (son of William Adams and Louisa Summers), census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, occupation blacksmith.93
Children:
184. i. OKEY M. ADAMS b. Dec- -1879.
60. Eliza Ellen Watson,26 also known as Ellen Watson,26,50,[169] b. Dec-12-1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,98,[170],26 d. Jan-17-1941 in Cameron, Marshall Co, WV,[171] census 1900, 1910, 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. (1) Married Aug-28-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,[172] John Newberry, b. ca 1860 in Roane Co, (W)VA,86 (son of Thomas Newberry and Elizabeth ___), census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV.86 (2) Married May-24-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV,[173] Sylvester Smith, b. Aug- 1-1842 in Taylor Co, (W)VA,109,112,27 (son of Samuel Smith and Nancy Ann Fleming), d. Feb- 1-1919 in Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,113,27 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 census 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1900 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,91 census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, military Oct- 1-1861 - Jun-10-1865 Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War.91,114
Sylvester: Following the death of his first wife, Sarah Elizabeth Watson, Sylvester Smith married Sarah's first cousin, Eliza Ellen Watson, who had been married to John Newberry.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central Dist), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
Sylvester Smith, 66, farmer, married 16 yrs (second marriage); wife Ellen, 47, married 16 yrs (second marriage), mother of 3 children (2 still living); Jettie Tucker, 18, single, relationship "none"
Children by John Newberry:
185. i. HERBERT NEWBERRY b. Nov- -1879.
186. ii. LOCHIE NEWBERRY b. Dec- -1888.
61. George Watson, resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.50
62. Adaline Watson, resided in Colorado.50 Married50 Marshall Hall.
63. Barbara Simons, b. ca 1852,54 census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
64. John Simons, b. Jan- -1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,65,86,54 d. bef 1930,[174] census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 census 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA. Married Dec- 4-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Union Victoria Sommerville, census name Victoria, b. Aug- -1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,65,86 [Age 83y 8m 4d in death record would put birth date at Aug-10-1859. But 1900 Census gives birth date as Aug 1861.] (daughter of James William Sommerville and Zilla Smith), d. Apr-14-1943 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,171 census 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children:
187. i. NOAH SIMONS b. Aug- -1880.
188. ii. JOSEPH SIMONS b. Nov- -1882.
189. iii. GEORGE R. SIMONS b. May-13-1886.
190. iv. RICHARD SIMONS b. Jul- -1887.
191. v. FLOYD SIMONS b. Sep-15-1891.
192. vi. NINA SIMONS b. Sep- -1895.
65. Sarah Simons, b. ca 1858,54 census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
66. Granville Divers, b. Jul- -1851 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,148,26 d. Feb- 5-1940 in Union Co, AR,[175] census 1930 in Mooringsport, Caddo Parish, LA, census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1876 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV, census 1860 in Barbour Co, (W)VA, occupation carpenter.148,[176] Married Apr-16-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 Sarah J. VanHorn, b. Oct- -1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,148,26 (daughter of John Waldo VanHorn and Adaline Emily Stout), d. Nov-26-1921 in Caddo Parish, LA,[177] resided 1916 in Vivian, Caddo Parish, LA,[178] census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV, census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
Children:
193. i. WILLIE D. DIVERS b. May- 4-1877.
194. ii. WINNIE DOTT DIVERS b. Dec- 1-1878.
195. iii. SAMANTHA DIVERS b. Feb- -1886.
196. iv. GERTIE A. DIVERS b. Dec- -1888.
197. v. FRANK DIVERS b. Mar- -1890.
198. vi. BRUCE DIVERS b. Jan- -1892.
199. vii. ESTELLA DIVERS b. Nov- -1896.
67. Martha (Divers) Welch, birth name Martha Divers,98 census name Martha Welch, b. Oct-30-1856 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,98 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV, census 1860 in Barbour Co, (W)VA. Married Feb-20-1879 in Barbour Co, WV,55 James A. Turner, b. ca 1856 in Ritchie Co, WV,55 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,55 occupation farmer.52
Children:
200. i. JOHN E. TURNER b. Feb- -1880.
68. Sarah Welch, b. ca 1861,59 census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV.
69. Margaret Welch, b. Apr-16-1863,171,[179] d. Nov-18-1934 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV,171 buried in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV,171 census 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, census 1880 in Elk District, Barbour Co, WV, census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV. Married Jan-11-1882 in Barbour Co, WV,[180],[181] Francis Marion Russell, also known as Francis Russell,53 also known as Francis M. Russell,180 also known as Marion Francis Russell,181 b. ca 1861 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,180 (son of David G. Russell and Catherine Fox), d. Aug-12-1894 in Harrison Co, WV, cause of death killed by vigilante mob,150 census 1870 in Elk District, Barbour Co, WV.
Children:
201. i. WILBERT RUFUS RUSSELL b. Dec- 4-1882.
202. ii. NORA BELL RUSSELL b. Aug- -1891.
70. Francis Welch, b. Mar-30-1865 in Barbour Co, WV,98,59 census 1880 in Elk District, Barbour Co, WV, census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV.
71. Willie Welch, b. 1870,59 census 1880 in Elk District, Barbour Co, WV, census 1870 near Overfield, Barbour Co, WV.
72. John Watson, d. in infancy.71
73. Sudna Jane Watson, census name Sudney J. Watson, b. 1854 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,51,86,9 ["Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 495, reports death date on headstone as Jan 26 1875, with age at death given as 20y 6m.], d. Jan-26-1875,27 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Oct-13-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV,[182] Andrew Montgomery Wade, b. Jul-14-1847 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,27,86 [Although his marriage record states his birthplace as Monongalia County, the entry for his son Andrew in the 1900 Census of Ritchie County shows it as Pennsylvania.] (son of Selby Jr. Wade and Sarah Anne Husk), d. Jul-10-1904 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,27,[183] buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided 1895 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV,138 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation teacher.65,138
Andrew: 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
Andrew M. Wade, 32, farmer; wife Sallie, 24; dau Sarah S, 8; dau Flora B, 4; son Clarence R, 2; dau Martha A, 9 months (b. in August); boarder Wesley Sutton, 19, farm worker.
Children:
203. i. SARAH CHARLOTTE WADE b. Feb-13-1872.
74. Sarah Charlotte Watson, also known as Charlotte Watson,[184] census name S. Charlotte Watson, b. Apr-17-1855 in Ritchie Co, WV,98,41,9,86 d. Jan-28-1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,171,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Jan-18-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV,[185] Ai George Kelley, b. Sep-27-1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,184,41,86 (son of Ezekiel Kelley and Estella Ann Davis), d. Dec-27-1937,184,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1880, 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV.86
1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
Ai G. Kelley, 27, farmer; wife Sarah C, 25; son Lahuma, 6; dau Gertrude, 4; dau Nellie Ann, 2; unnamed son, 1 month, born in May.
1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
Ai G. Kelley, 47, b. Sep 1852, farmer, married 27 yrs; wife Sarah C, 45, b. Apr 1855, married 27 yrs, mother of 7 children (all still living); son Lohuma, 26, b. Mar 1874, single, salesman; dau Nellie (corrected from Gertrude), 22, b. Mar 1878, single; son Morton, 18, b. Mar 1882; dau Emma O, 16, b. Mar 1884; dau Edna G, 7, b. Mar 1893;
1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910 at Hughes River Road, Pullman:
Ai G. Kelly, 58, farmer, married 38 yrs; wife Sarah C, 55, married 38 yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); dau Gurtrude, 34, single; son Jess, 28, single, farmer on home farm; dau Grace, 17; dau Nora, 11.
Children:
204. i. LAHUMA KELLEY b. Mar-15-1874.
205. ii. GERTRUDE KELLEY b. Jul-23-1875.
206. iii. NELLIE ANN KELLEY b. Mar- 4-1878.
207. iv. GARFIELD FRANKLIN KELLEY b. May-25-1880.
208. v. JESS MORTON KELLEY b. Mar-15-1882.
209. vi. EMMA O. KELLEY b. Mar-20-1884.
210. vii. EDNA GRACE KELLEY b. Mar- 3-1893.
75. Ella Edith Watson, b. 1872,41,52 d. Jun-20-1939 in Ross Co, OH,[186],41 buried in Concord Cemetery, Londonderry, Ross Co, OH,48 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married 1892 in Ritchie Co, WV,180 Henry Boffman Oldaker, b. 1868,41 (son of Isaac Oldaker and Minerva Betts), d. 1939,41 buried in Concord Cemetery, Londonderry, Ross Co, OH,48 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
76. Ruhama Belle Watson, b. Dec-26-1874 in West Virginia,[187] d. Jul-29-1926 in Norview (Norfolk), VA,187 buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA,187,48 cause of death cerebral hemorrhage,187 resided in Norview (Norfolk), VA.187 Married 1895 in Ritchie Co, WV,180 Aaron A. Oldaker, b. Nov-14-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV,48 (son of Isaac Oldaker and Minerva Betts), d. Jun- 5-1940 in Norfolk, VA,48 buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA,48 resided 1926 in Norview (Norfolk), VA,187 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
77. Mattie M. Watson, b. ca 1877,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
78. Esta H. Watson, b. May- -1877,65 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
79. Claudie H. Watson, b. Feb- -1879,65 census 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
80. Emma Watson, b. Nov- -1883 in Ritchie Co, WV,65,60 resided 1901 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Aug-25-1901 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 William A. Smith, b. Apr- -1881 in Ritchie Co, WV,65,60 (son of John Robert Smith and Sarah Ann McCormick), resided 1901 in Pritchard, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
81. Allen Watson, b. ca 1852 in Barbour Co, (W)VA,58 d. Mar- -1854 in Barbour Co, (W)VA.[188]
82. Alfred Nealy Watson, also known as Nealy Watson,50,181 b. May- 7-1857,76,86,[189] [Death record states birthplace as Ritchie County, but 1879 marriage record with Margaret Sommerville states Barbour County, and 1930 marriage record with Ella Adams states Harrison County.], d. Aug-13-1932 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76,[190] buried at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76 resided at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,50,64 census 1930 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV [In household with daughter & son-in-law Iona & Albert Britton.], census 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV, census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer, miller.76,189 (1) Married Oct-23-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,[191] Margaret N. Sommerville, b. Nov- 6-1842,76,89 [Birth date of 1844 reported by Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 309, and Nov 1844 in 1900 Census, while "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 497, reports birth date on headstone as 1843. But death record specifies Nov 6 1842. Middle initial given as N in marriage record and 1900 Census, but appears as A on headstone.] (daughter of Robert Sommerville and Mary "Polly" Ward), d. Aug- 8-1921 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76,89 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV.164,76,51. (2) Married Oct-17-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV,[192] Ora ___, b. ca 1867 in Gilmer Co, WV,[193] resided 1923 in Ritchie Co, WV.193 They were divorced.45 (3) Married Aug-17-1930 in Ritchie Co, WV,[194] Ellen M. "Ella" Sommerville, b. Apr-18-1863 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,76 d. Jan-21-1946 at Duck, Clay Co, WV,[195] buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Braxton Co, WV,76 resided at Duck, Clay Co, WV.76
Children by Margaret N. Sommerville:
211. i. IONA WATSON b. 1883.
83. David Watson, b. Apr- -1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA,65,26 resided in Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV,50 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA. Married Oct-25-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,[196] Alice L. Gray, b. Mar- -1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,65,26 (daughter of Joseph J. Gray and Sarah Ann Adams).
1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
David Watson, 42, b. Apr 1858, farmer, married 22 yrs; wife Alice L, 42, b. Mar 1858, mother of one child (still living); son Ezra C, 21, b. Feb 1879.
Children:
212. i. EZRA C. WATSON b. Feb- -1879.
84. Thomas Watson, b. ca 1859,9 d. bef 1911,50 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA.9 Married Sep-13-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,[197] Rebecca A. Gray, b. ca 1854,26 (daughter of Joseph J. Gray and Sarah Ann Adams).
85. Scott Watson, resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.50
86. John E. "Jack" Watson, b. ca 1863,23 resided in Fenwick, Nicholas Co, WV,50 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
87. Jacob M. Watson, b. 1866,41,86 d. Oct-26-1914,[198],41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 cause of death thrown from horse,198 resided near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,198,50 census 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation farmer, stockman.198 "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Oct 29, 1914:
Prominent Ritchie Citizen Killed
Jacob Watson, a prominent farmer residing on Brushy Fork about 20 miles below Auburn, Ritchie County, was thrown from his horns near the Summerville bridge Thursday morning of last week and received injuries from which he died about one o'clock Monday morning.
From the time the unfortunate man was found, he was conscious for only a short time -- about an hour.
The condition of his face and head indicated that the horse had stepped in his face after he was thrown.
He was about 50 years of age and is survived by a wife (formerly Miss Clara Fisher) and three daughters. A brother, Scott Watson, a well-known B & O conductor, also survives.
Mr. Watson was one of the most prominent and widely known stockmen and farmers in this section of the state, and his tragic death has cast a deep gloom over the entire state. Married Feb- 2-1890 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Clara Fisher, b. 1866 in Ritchie Co, WV,41,86,[199] (daughter of Edgar D. Fisher and Drusilla Sommerville), d. Mar-31-1965 in Ritchie Co, WV,[200],41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 [Headstone reads: Clara F. Watson, 1866-1965.], resided near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.[201]
88. Grant Watson, resided in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH.50
89. Margaret Laverna Watson, b. Feb-28-1875,27 d. May- 3-1876,27 buried in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV.[202]
90. Sarah C. Watson, b. ca 1875,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
91. Joseph Watson, b. ca 1877,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
92. Morgan Robert Watson, b. Aug- 2-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV,76,41,60 d. Jun-26-1943 near Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV,76,41 buried in Pursley Cemetery, Tyler Co, WV,48,[203] [Death record states burial location as Greenwood Cemetery in Sistersville, Tyler County. But Findagrave and the Tyler County Cemeteries website show that both he and his wife are buried at Pursley Cemetery, Tyler County.], census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation farmer.76 Married Apr-22-1900 in Ritchie Co, WV,60 Lenora Virginia "Jennie" Smith, b. Nov-27-1875 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,[204],41,60 (daughter of John Robert Smith and Sarah Ann McCormick), d. Sep-24-1967 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV,171,41 buried in Pursley Cemetery, Tyler Co, WV,48 resided 1943 near Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV,149 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
93. Laura Jane Watson,86 b. Feb-18-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV,76,41,86 d. Jul-16-1969 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51,76 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.76,50 Married Apr- 2-1905 in Ritchie Co, WV,50,86_50 Charles W. Sinnett, b. 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV,41,86 d. 1947,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1910, 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1910 store clerk.[205]
Children:
213. i. LOIS SINNETT b. Jan-24-1906.
214. ii. LORA SINNETT b. Apr-15-1908.
215. iii. HELEN SINNETT b. Oct-27-1910.
216. iv. JOHN WILLARD SINNETT b. Jan-28-1913.
217. v. EDSEL HARMON SINNETT b. Sep-11-1915.
218. vi. MARY ELIZABETH SINNETT b. Jan- 8-1921.
94. Dora Bell Watson, b. Sep- -1884 in Ritchie Co, WV,[206],60 census 1920, 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1902 at League, Ritchie Co, WV.60 Married Feb- 1-1902 at League, Ritchie Co, WV,[207] William Preston Cunningham, b. Oct- 4-1880,60 [Birthplace given as Ritchie County in marriage record, but Gilmer County in death record.] (son of Joseph Peter Cunningham and Mary Elizabeth Ayers), d. Aug- 6-1955 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,76 buried in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,76 resided in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV,76 census 1920, 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1902 at Racy, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation coal miner.76,[208]
Children:
219. i. LILLIE CUNNINGHAM b. ca 1908.
220. ii. RALPH CUNNINGHAM b. ca 1910.
221. iii. MARY H. CUNNINGHAM b. ca 1919.
95. Mary Watson.
Generation Six
96. Louisa Victoria Boyce, b. Dec- 7-1866, d. Feb-28-1923.
97. Amos Virgil Boyce, b. Sep- 7-1868, d. Nov-28-1958. Married Jun-13-1896, Emma Sophia Vogt, b. Nov-14-1876, d. Jun-13-1953.
Children:
i. EMMA RUTH BOYCE. She married Oliver Dana Williams.
ii. FRANCIS HENRY EDWARD BOYCE.
iii. HERMAN VIRGIL BOYCE.
98. Lewis M. Pritchard, b. ca 1869,23 census 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
99. Walter B. Jett, b. Nov-15-1870,27 d. Jan-29-1899,27 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.51
100. Emza Orma Jett,[209],171 also known as Orma Jett,60 also known as Orma E. Jett,138 b. 1884 in Ritchie Co, WV,41,60 d. Jun-26-1966 in Wood Co, WV,171,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,48 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1905 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV. Married May-20-1905 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 Corliss Sutton, b. Sep-23-1881 in Ritchie Co, WV,98,[210] [Birth date on headstone is 1880, but birth record and SSDI show it as Sep 23 1881.] (son of Francis Marion Sutton and Amanda Canzada Stalnaker), d. Oct- -1975,210 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,48 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,[211] resided 1905 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 occupation farmer.211,156
Children:
i. CLIVE B. SUTTON, b. Feb-21-1906 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,210,49,[212] d. May- 1-1993,210 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,48 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,212,210 census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,211 military M/Sgt, US Air Force, World War II, Korea.49
ii. VIRGIE LUCINE SUTTON, b. Nov- 7-1907 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,210 d. Oct- 4-2006,210 resided in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV,210 census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV.211 Married 1925 in Ritchie Co, WV,180 Ivan Wyers.
iii. FRANCIS ORLAND SUTTON, also known as F. Orland Sutton,27 b. Oct-21-1909 in Ritchie Co, WV,43,210,27 d. Sep-16-1985,27,210 buried in Brown Gap Cemetery, Trenton, Dade Co, GA,48 resided in Trenton, Dade Co, GA,[213] resided in Waverly, Wood Co, WV,213 resided 1936 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,43 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV.211 Married Feb-22-1936 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV,43 Edna Ruth Bottoms, b. Sep-22-1911 in Limestone Co, AL,43,27 (daughter of Ary Thomas Bottoms and Jewel Mason), d. Sep-19-1978,27 buried in Brown Gap Cemetery, Trenton, Dade Co, GA,48 resided 1936 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.43
iv. WILLIAM E. SUTTON, b. ca 1912 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,156,[214] resided 1944 in Mineral Co, WV,[215] resided 1939 near Keyser, Mineral Co, WV,214 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, military (enlisted 4/7/1944) U.S. Army, World War II.215 Married May-20-1939 in Burlington, Mineral Co, WV,214 Kathryn Steedman, b. ca 1921 near Keyser, Mineral Co, WV,214 (daughter of Frank Steedman and Bessie ___), resided 1939 in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV.214
v. ALICE LENORA SUTTON, b. Jul-15-1921 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,198 d. Jan-20-2016 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,[216] buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,198 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, education Pullman High School.198 She married Charles Edward Brissey, b. Nov- 3-1923,210 (son of Maynard Carl Brissey and Dora Irene Watson), d. Sep- -1987,210 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,48 resided in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.[217]
101. Walter Manning Jett,35 also known as Colonel Jett,[218],95 b. 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV,86 d. Oct-21-1948 in Doddridge Co, WV,35 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,[219] resided 1948 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,168 census 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Mar- 2-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV,[220] Lelia Della Bee, b. May-30-1878,41,86 (daughter of Albert Franklin Bee and Eliza Ann Holbert), d. Mar-18-1956 in Doddridge Co, WV,35 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,219 census 1930 in Doddridge Co, WV,[221] census 1880, 1900, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children:
i. EDNA G. JETT, b. ca 1905,[222] d. bef Jul 2008,142 resided 1978 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,168 census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. She married[223] Carl Nalley.
ii. IRENE A. JETT, b. May-16-1910,210 d. Jul- 9-2008 in Hopedale, Harrison Co, OH,216,210 buried in Cadiz Union Cemetery, Harrison Co, OH,198 resided in Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH,168,210 census 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jun-29-1931 in Doddridge Co, WV,26_223 Carson P. "Pinky" Frashure, census name Carson Freshure,[224] census name Carson P. Frashur,[225] b. Mar-20-1906,210,26 (son of James Steele Frashure and Ida Mae Riggs), d. Dec- -1986,210 resided in Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH,[226] census 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV.
iii. WALTER EARL JETT, b. Feb-22-1912 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV,98,210,114,[227] d. Dec- 9-1983,210,227 buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Marlinton, Pocahontas Co, WV,48 resided in Marlinton, Pocahontas Co, WV,168,210 resided 1938 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, military Dec-10-1942 - Dec- 8-1945 Lt, U.S. Navy, World War II.114,227 Married Aug-19-1938 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV,75 Frances Geraldine "Jerry" Holden, also known as Geraldine Holden, also known as Jerry Holden,95 census name Geraldine F. Holden, b. Jun-23-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV,210,27,75 (daughter of Theodore Holden and Lena Martha Lough), d. Jan-11-1983,27,210 buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Marlinton, Pocahontas Co, WV,48 resided in Marlinton, Pocahontas Co, WV,217 census 1940 in Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,[228] [Listed as daughter Geraldine Holden in household of parents.], resided 1938 in Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
iv. HOBERT O'NEAL "RED" JETT, also known as Hobart Jett,198 b. May-15-1913 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV,98,198,210 d. Jun-29-1978 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,[229],210 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,27 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,226 census 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation Veterans Administration Hospital, Clarksburg WV (retired),198 military (enlisted 5/22/1943) S/Sgt, U.S. Army, World War II,215,27,198. Married Oct- 1-1949,201 Bernice Josephine "Jo" Gain, also known as Josephine Gain,201 b. Aug-25-1927 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,198 (daughter of Leeman L. Gain and Ora Agnes Reed), d. Sep- 3-2011 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,[230] buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided formerly at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided 1978 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.201
v. COLUMBUS LAYTON "WHITEY" JETT,[231] also known as Layton C. Jett,168,[232] census name Columbus L. Jett,222 b. ca 1919,221 d. bef Jul 2008,142 resided 1978 near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,168 census 1930 in Doddridge Co, WV,221 resided 1968 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV.232 Married Sep-22-1939 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD,218_46,231 Maxine Richards, birth name Hester Maxine Richards,98 b. Sep- 4-1921 in Doddridge Co, WV,218,221 (daughter of Elbert Ruben Richards and Madaline Virginia Fox), resided 1987 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,142 resided 1964, 1968 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,[233],232 census 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV.
102. Mike K. Jett,198,26 also known as Michael Jett,77,86,93 b. Dec- 7-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. May-24-1948 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198,26 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,198 census 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1920 blacksmith,222 occupation 1910 farmer.211 Married Nov-17-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV,[234] Ivy Myrtle Bee, b. Dec-29-1876,13,86 (daughter of Albert Franklin Bee and Eliza Ann Holbert), d. Dec- 1-1935 in Ritchie Co, WV,89 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children:
i. LOCIA PEARL JETT,210 also known as Pearl Jett,193,222 also known as Locy P. Jett,211 b. Apr-29-1899,210,193 d. Feb-13-1990,210 resided in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,[235],210 census 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1920 stogie maker.222 Married May- 1-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV,193,[236] Archie Guy Weekly,193 b. Jun-27-1896,193,210 d. Jul- -1976,210 resided in Weston, Lewis Co, WV.217
ii. JULIA E. JETT, b. Jul- 2-1900 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV,98,210,60 d. Oct- -1980,210 resided in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,226 resided 1948 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,235 resided 1922 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. (1) Married Jun-16-1922 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 Laco Camden Simmons, also known as Camden Laco Simmons,98 b. Oct-20-1899 in Ritchie Co, WV,27,60 (son of James Manley Simmons and Artie M. Sommerville), d. Jun-14-1956,27 buried in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Ritchie Co, WV,48 resided 1922 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.60 (2) She married236 William R. Linger.
iii. DEWITT GRANT JETT, b. Dec-25-1901,210,41 d. Jan- -1981,210,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,235,210 census 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1920 teamster.222 He married46,[237] Georgia Viola Rexroad, b. Jun- 8-1911 at Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV,198 (daughter of Ira L. Rexroad and Bessie B. Reed), d. Jan-30-2011 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 occupation Economy Industries of Harrisville (40 yrs).198
iv. LEO SYLVESTER JETT, b. Nov-17-1908,210,193 [Birth date on headstone is 1907, and his birth record (which was filed on a delayed basis by his father in 1942) indicates a birth date of Nov 17 1907. But SSDI shows it as Nov 17 1908, and his age in the 1910 Census was one.], d. Dec-17-1991,210,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,210 resided 1948 in Dennison, Tuscarawas Co, OH,235 census 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Nov-24-1934 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Martha Cottrill, b. ca 1916.193
103. Robert Bruce Jett,199 also known as R. Bruce Jett,27,168 census name Bruce Jett,211 b. Feb-14-1878,27 d. Feb-16-1966 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,68,27 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided 1948, 50 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,168 census 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation glass worker.68 Married ca 1911,174 Junie Ethel Jones, also known as Ethel Jones, b. Sep-23-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV,27,60 (daughter of Joshua Jones and Lovie Jane Sutton), d. Jan- 3-1975,27 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1901 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.60
Junie: 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910 at Hughes River Road:
Head of household Ethel Prunty, 25, widowed, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Eva, 8; dau Edna, 6; dau Hazel, 2; boarder Bruce Jett, 32, single, pumper in oil field.
1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (town of Harrisville), enumerated on May 20 1930:
Robert B. Jett, 52, laborer on road, age 33 at time of first marriage; wife Ethel Jett, 45, age 17 at first marriage; son R. Dennis Jett, 16; dau Edna Prunty, 26, single.
Children:
i. ROBERT DENNIS JETT, also known as R. Dennis Jett,174,210 also known as Dennis Jett,53 b. Aug- 5-1913 in Ritchie Co, WV,210 d. Aug-12-1993,210 resided in Washington, Washington Co, PA,217 census 1930 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Dec-21-1932 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,75 Alma Lenore Lambert, b. Apr- 8-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV,75 resided 1932 in Doddridge Co, WV.75
ii. JUNIOR JETT, b. 1917,41 d. 1917,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.51
104. Gertrude May Jett, also known as Gertie M. Jett,65,76 census name Birdie G. Jett,93 b. Jan-13-1880 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,76,26 [Death record states birthplace as Oxford, Ritchie County, WV, but birth record specifies Summers, in Doddridge County near Oxford. Birth date given in 1880 Census as Feb 1880, but death record states Jan 13 1880.], d. Jan-17-1949 in Harrison Co, WV,76 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,76 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,168,76 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Feb-26-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV,[238] Jonas M. Roush,26 also known as Joe Roush,223 b. ca 1869 in Mason Co, WV,26 resided 1910 in Harrison Co, WV.26
105. Okey Doy Jett,199 b. Jul-11-1882,210,[239] d. Aug-10-1966 in Ritchie Co, WV,199,210,239 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,227,219 resided 1948, 66 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,168,210 resided 1950 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV.168 Married Oct-16-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 Myrtle L. Kincaid, b. 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV,26,41 d. 1979,41 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV.27
Children:
i. RALPH LYNN JETT, b. Sep- 8-1914,193,210 d. Jan-14-1992,210 resided in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV.210 Married Oct-15-1938 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Eva Virginia Wade, b. ca 1915,193 (daughter of Clarence W. Wade and Hattie L. Jones).
106. Emma Gaye Jett, also known as Gay Jett,53,198 also known as Gaye Jett, b. Dec-29-1883,210,198 d. Apr-10-1977 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,[240],210 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,219,198 resided 1967, 1977 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,168,210 resided 1966 in Miami Springs, Miami-Dade Co, FL,168 resided 1948 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,168 resided 1906 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV.60 Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but in obituary as Doddridge County. Identified in marriage record as E. Gay Jett, in 1948 obituary of brother Mike as "Mrs. Lloyd Dotson of Clarksburg," in 1966 obituary of brother Grant as "Mrs. Gay Williamson, Miami Springs, Florida," and in 1967 obituary of brother Joseph as "Mrs. Gaye Dotson of Harrisville." Name listed in Social Security Death Index as Gaye Williamson, last residence in Harrisville. Name on grave marker reads "Emma Gay Williamson," with dates 1883-1977. There is also a marker for her as the wife of Lloyd S. Dotson at the Wilson Cemetery in Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie County, that reads "E. Gay Dotson," with dates 1883-19__. In both cases, the 1883 birth year is at variance with the 1884 date listed in SSDI. Birth date is not given in obituary, but age 93 would put it in 1883. (1) Married Jul-12-1906 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,60_223 Lloyd S. Dotson, b. Sep-16-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV,76,41,60 (son of William Flavius Dotson and Jennie Warner), d. Jan- 3-1942 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,76,41 buried in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,76 resided 1906 in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV,60 occupation painter.76 (2) She married W. T. Williamson.
Children by Lloyd S. Dotson:
i. ARDIE LLOYD DOTSON, b. Jul-17-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV,210,[241],26 d. May- 1-1979 in Highlands Co, FL,241,210 resided in Sebring, Highlands Co, FL,226 resided 1977 in Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL,178 resided 1939 in Ritchie Co, WV.26 Married May-25-1939 in Doddridge Co, WV,[242] Mary Alleta Goff, b. ca 1905 in Ritchie Co, WV,26 (daughter of M. M. Goff), resided 1925 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.[243]
107. Margaret B. "Maggie" Jett, b. Sep- -1886,65 resided 1966, 67 in Baltimore, MD,168 resided 1950 in Burlington, Mineral Co, WV,168 resided 1944 in Kitzmiller, Garrett Co, MD.142 She married223 ___ Hardesty.
108. Tenny Goff Jett, also known as Goff Jett,[244],168,227 b. Oct-19-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV,198,227 d. Feb-18-1950 near Shirley, Tyler Co, WV,[245],227 [Death record on file in Doddridge County.], buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198,227,219 [Name reads: Goff Jett.], resided in Doddridge Co, WV,168,198 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation teamster,198,244 military Pvt, U.S. Army, World War I,198,227 never married.198
109. Grant Jett, b. Oct-19-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV,198,210,227 d. May-12-1966 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,[246],210,227 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198,227,219 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,168,198,210 census 1940 in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation teamster and oil field worker,198 occupation 1940 truck driver for County, occupation 1930 teamster, military Pfc, US Army, Ambulance Co 49, World War I.227 Married Nov-10-1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,[247] Hannah Lee Belle Husk, also known as Hana Husk,27 b. Mar-11-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,243,43 [Birth date given in obituary as Mar 11 1888, but birth record and marriage record show it as Mary 17 1888. Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but birth record shows it as Doddridge County.] (daughter of William Wayne Husk and Mary Jane Fox), d. May-21-1969 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198,171 buried (no dates) in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,219 resided in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,198 census 1940 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
110. Fannie Jett, also known as Fanny Jett,198,[248] b. Apr-19-1890 in Ritchie Co, WV,26,76 [Marriage record states birthplace as Ritchie County, but death record states Doddridge County.], d. Oct-18-1944 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,76,198 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,76,27 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,76 census 1910, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [Listed as Fanny Bland, 50, widow, occupation clerk in restaurant, a servant in the household of Earl & Esta (Williams) Kinney.], census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Aug-15-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV,[249],201_201 Clarence Todd Bland, census name Charley T. Bland,224 b. Jun- 9-1871,[250],26 [Age given as 28 at time of May 1899 marriage, but as 34 at time of Aug 1911 marriage. Birth date given as Jun 1870 in 1900 Census, but obituary specifies birth date as Jun 9 1871.] (son of Richard C. Bland and Perdilla Ann "Delia" Lowther), d. Sep-22-1911 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,[251] buried in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,48 cause of death typhoid fever,250,[252] census 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation teamster in oil fields.224
Clarence: Among others, survived by his wife, his parents, five children, four brothers and three sisters.250
111. Hattie Ila Jett,227 b. Feb-20-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,227,219,243 d. Jul-30-1984,210,227,219 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,227,219 resided 1946, 66, 67, 84 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,168,210 resided 1948, 50, 77 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.168,142 (1) She married[253],56 ___ Martin. Divorced.56 (2) Married May-26-1946 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243_223 Harry W. Crouse, b. Mar- 6-1885 in Ohio Co, WV,243,41,60 (son of Cornelius Crouse and Cynthia ___), d. 1961,41 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,219 resided Aug 1961 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co, FL,[254] resided 1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,243 census 1940, Wabash Ave in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,[255] census 1920 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1907 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV,60 occupation 1940 bailing machine helper at Pittsburgh & W.Va. Gas Co.248
112. Joseph Jett, also known as Joe Jett,53 b. Mar-20-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV,198,17,239 d. Nov-17-1967 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,198,17,239 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,17,198,227,219 census 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation blacksmith, tool dresser, rubber worker.198 He spent the greater part of his life in West Union, where he was a blacksmith and tooldresser. He went to Akron in 1943 to work for the B. F. Goodrich Co, retiring in 1959.198 Married Jul- 8-1917 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,[256],26 ["History of Doddridge County" gives marriage date as April 1917, but marriage record has it as Jul 8 1917.], Lucy V. Smith, b. Jul-23-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV,[257],198,239 ["History of Doddridge County," p. 362, incorrectly states her birth as Jul 23 1889. The obituary of her death on Jul 14 1951 lists birth date as Jul 23 1887 and her age as 64 (that actually would make her nine days short of her 64th birthday), and her birth record also shows she was born on Jul 23 1887. Her grave marker indicates her birth only as the year 1887.] (daughter of Harman L. Smith and Susan Jane Owens), d. Jul-14-1951 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,17,[258] buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,17,198,219 census 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. JOHN WILEY JETT, census name Wiley Jett,225 b. Feb- 9-1918 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV,98,227,[259],[260] d. Aug- 3-1975 in Danville, VA,17,259,227 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,17,227,219 resided 1967 in Westfield, Surry Co, NC,235 resided 1951 in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC,178 resided formerly in Michigan,259 resided 1953 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,260 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1937), Wake Forest University, military Jul-31-1942 - Jan-16-1946 Sgt, U.S. Army, World War II.227,114 John W. Jett was a standout player on the undefeated West Union football team that was the 1936 State Champion. He went on to play college football at Wake Forest and professional football for the Detroit Lions in 1941, before entering the Army in 1942. Married Jul-27-1953 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV,[261],[262] Lenore Mae Hart, b. Mar-28-1921 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,198,210 (daughter of Aron Omega "Meigs" Hart and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Price), d. Jun-16-2006,198,210 cremated198 resided in Oviedo, Seminole Co, FL,168,198,217 resided 1971 in Winter Park, Orange Co, FL,178 resided 1958 in North Carolina,235 resided 1953 in Pleasants Co, WV,260 census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Lenore: Name given as Lenora M. Hart in 1930 Census, as Lenora Jett in father's 1958 obituary and in mother's 1971 obit, but as Lenore Mae Davis in her 1953 marriage record and as Lenore Cohick in brother's 1992 obituary, in her own obituary, and in SSDI.
ii. PEARL M. JETT, b. Apr- 9-1919 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,218 d. Dec-19-2006 in Massillon, Stark Co, OH,246 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198 resided in Canal Fulton, Stark Co, OH,[263] resided until 2004 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 census 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation executive director for US Dept of Agriculture (44 yrs),198 education Doddridge Co HS (1937), Salem College (BS in Business, cum laude),198 never married.
iii. OLIVE JUNELL JETT,[264] b. Sep- 2-1920 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV,264,210,198 [SSDI gives birth date as Sep 2 1920, which coincides with birth record. Obituary gives age as 78, born Sep 2 1921, which would be mathematically correct but is presumed to be in error. Obituary states birthplace as West Union, but birth record specifies the nearby community of Canton.], d. May-18-2000 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,198,210 buried in Hillside Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH,198 resided 1951, 67, 91, 2000 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,178,235,168,210 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married122 Ralph V. Perkey, b. Apr-25-1919,210 d. Dec- -1979.210,122
iv. JOE WILLARD JETT, census name Willard Jett,244 b. Sep-29-1923 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,227 d. Feb- 3-2001,198,227 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198,227 resided in Windham, Portage Co, OH,198,217 resided 1951 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,178 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, military Apr- 6-1943 - Jan-30-1946 Pfc, bomb loader, US Army Air Force, World War II (Pacific),114,[265],[266],198. Employed by Weirton Steel before moving to Windham, OH, where he retired from the Eaton Corporation of Aurora, Ohio, with 30 years of service. Name listed in obituary and SSDI as "Joe W. Jett," but identified in father's obituary as Joseph W. Jett. Preceded in death by one son, David L. "Tuffy" Jett. Survived by wife; three sons, Eddie Jett of West Union, Larry Jett of Windham, and David W. Jett of Warren; and one stepdaughter, Michelle Hickman of Windham.198 (1) Married Oct-26-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[267] Beatrice E. McKinney, b. ca 1930 in Doddridge Co, WV,[268],[269] (daughter of Mahalie Frances "Halie" McKinney), resided 1977 in Burgettstown, Washington Co, PA,178 census 1930 in Doddridge Co, WV.268 (2) Married201 Ruth Laughery.
v. JAMES WELDON JETT, b. Jun-15-1925 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,98,198,[270],210 d. May- 3-1991 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198,210 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198,219 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,217 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, military Sep-24-1943 - Apr-10-1946 U.S. Navy, World War II (Pacific).198,266 James W. Jett was a former employee and later owner of the West Union Transfer Co. For several years he operated the Henderson and Holland farms in Doddridge County, and he was the West Union Chief of Police from 1964 to 1969. He was a former employee of the West Virginia Department of Highways, retiring in 1989 as the Doddridge County road supervisor. He was a former member of the West Union Volunteer Fire Department for 25 years, and was active in local athletics, coaching boys basketball teams at Middle Island and West Union grade schools. He was a 3-year U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving 18 months in the Pacific. He was also noted for his active involvement in the recovery efforts of the Doddridge County Flood of 1950.198 Married Oct- 3-1947 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,75,201,270 Mary Margaret Smith, b. Jan-21-1929,[271],244 (daughter of Moses William Smith, Jr. and Anna Maude Heflin), resided 1973 97, 2005 06 16 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,168,178,95,142,[272] resided 1963 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV,168 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV.
vi. ROBERTA "JUDY" JETT, census name Jean Jett,244 b. Aug-15-1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. Jan-10-2002 in Spanaway, Pierce Co, WA,198 buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO,198,48 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, education Doddridge County H.S. (1945).198 Lived most of her life as a homemaker in Denver and Golden, CO, before retiring to the state of Washington.198 Married Dec-19-1945,201 Howard Kenton Sullivan,[273] b. Feb- 9-1915 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,98 (son of Christopher Columbus "Dick" Sullivan and Lula Blanch Perine), d. Dec- 2-2001 in Puyallup, Pierce Co, WA,198 buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO,198,[274],48 resided in Spanaway, Pierce Co, WA,[275] resided 1963 in Denver, Denver Co, CO,235 census 1940 in Panama Canal Zone [Listed as one of many U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone.], census 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, education West Union H.S. (1933), military (23 years) M/Sgt, US Air Force (World War II, Korea).198,265
Howard: Joined the U.S. Army in 1934. He spent 23 years in both the Army and Air Force, retiring as a Master Sergeant in June 1960. Much of his military service was overseas, including Trinidad, Panama, England and Korea, as well as throughout Europe in World War II. His last retirement was from Jefferson County Schools in 1980.198
vii. LOIS ARLENE JETT,[276] also known as Arlene Jett,235,201,142,46 b. Mar-23-1931 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,276 d. Jun-21-2005,198 resided in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,178,235,168,142,198. Married Nov-20-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,276 Thomas Jefferson Boyce, Jr., b. Feb-19-1924 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV,198 (son of Thomas Jefferson Boyce and Olive Esta "Ollie" Hurst), d. Jul-31-2001 in Orlando, Orange Co, FL,198 buried in West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV,198,265,48 cause of death automobile accident,198 resided in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,198 resided 1943 in Doddridge Co, WV,215 census 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1935 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV,[277] census 1930 in Brownton, Barbour Co, WV, occupation National Steel Corp (33 yrs, retired 1981),198 [Served as chairman of the Steelworks Committee and vice president of the Independent Steelworkers Union.], military Jun-15-1943 - Jan-29-1946 Tec 3, US Army, World War II (Pacific Theater),215,265,114,198.
viii. LIVING. She married236,253 Emil Bologa, b. Jan-30-1929 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,[278] (son of Vasile Bologa and Virginia Onice).
113. John Jett, census name Little Jett, b. Mar-16-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV,26,210,239 d. Feb- -1980,210,239 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,227,219 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,210,142 resided 1950, 66, 67 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV,168 resided 1948 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV,168 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910, 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jul-16-1921 in Doddridge Co, WV,26 Zella Fay Pitts, b. Sep-23-1897 in Tyler Co, WV,26,227,219 d. Jun-26-1978,227,219 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,227,219 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV.
114. Granville Z. Jett, b. ca 1872,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
115. John A. Jett, b. Oct-18-1872,76 d. Apr-18-1967 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,76 buried in Beard Cemetery, Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV,76 resided near Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV,76 occupation farmer.76
116. Sarah L. Jett, b. ca 1874,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
117. Phebe Jett, b. Apr- 5-1890 at Kester, Roane Co, WV.[279]
118. John Alvin Jett, b. Apr- 9-1894 in Roane Co, WV,80 d. Feb-20-1962 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,80 buried in Rocky Branch Cemetery, Walton, Roane Co, WV,80 resided 1951 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.64 Married in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co, KY,[280] Bessie Grace Maxson, b. Dec- 9-1889 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76,280,60 (daughter of Elisha John Maxson and Margaret Catherine Law), d. Mar-26-1951 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76,280 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51,76 resided 1930 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 resided in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.76
119. Thomas Irvin Critchfield, also known as T. I. Critchfield [Crihfield],[281] census name T. E. Critchfield, b. Mar-23-1861 in Roane Co, (W)VA,76,100 [Researcher Lizabeth Cottrill White reports birthplace as Trapp Run in Doddridge County, but death record states Roane County.], d. Sep- 7-1946 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,76,166,122,100 buried in Stonewall Park Cemetery, Stonewood, Harrison Co, WV,76 census 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1935 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,[282] census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1889 in Roane Co, WV,281,26 census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV. Married Jul-18-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV,[283],26 Cornelia Leeson, b. Mar- 1-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,198 (daughter of John P. Leeson and Sophia McIntyre), d. Jan- 2-1951 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,230 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198 census 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1935 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,282 census 1880, 1900, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Obituary of daughter Dorothy identifies her as the "daughter of the late Thomas Forest and Carnelia Leason Critchfield." Thomas Forest Critchfield was actually Dorothy's brother. Marriage record has his name as Thomas I. Crihfield [sic], while obituary of wife identifies him simply as Thomas Critchfield. His own death record identifies him as Thomas Irven Critchfield Sr. and incorrectly identifies his father as Thomas Irvin Critchfield.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
Thomas I. Crichfield, b. Mar 1861, married 11 yrs; wife Cornelia, 27, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Dollie H, b. Jun 1890; son Homer, b. Sep 1892; son Earnest, b. Dec 1894; son Forest, b. Feb 1897; dau Dortha, b. Aug 1899.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
Thomas I. Crihfield, 58; wife Cornelia, 28; son Forest, 22; son Hilton, 15; son Porter, 13; dau Willie C, 11; son Thomas I, 9.
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
Cornelia Critchfield, 52, married; son Thomas I, 19, single.
Children:
i. DOLLIE H. CRITCHFIELD, b. Jun- -1890,39 d. bef 1993,168 resided 1960, 62, 63, 78 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,168,142 census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. She married104,223 John Wickenhofer, b. Oct-19-1890,210 d. Nov- -1971,210 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.210
ii. HOMER CRITCHFIELD, also known as Homer Crihfield,[284] b. Sep-25-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV,[285],284,198,27 d. Apr-14-1964 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,229,27,284 buried in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV,51,284 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,178,168,198 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940 road construction worker,282 occupation farmer,284 military Pvt, Co F, 49th Inf, World War I.27,198 (1) Common law104 Blanche Gertrude Quinn, b. ca 1908,[286] (daughter of Virgil Quinn and Louise Vandyne), census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930:
Homer Critchfield, 32; wife Blanche G, 22; dau Kathleen, 6y 11m; son Henry, 5y 2m; son Russell, 2y 10m; dau Irene, 1y 8m.
(2) Married Jun- 2-1947 in Ritchie Co, WV,285_104 Stella A. Jones, b. Jul-22-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV,285,210 [SSDI has birthdate as Jul 22 1897, but headstone shows it as Jul 22 1896, and age 20 at time of Nov 1916 marriage would also put birth year at 1896.] (daughter of John Savannis Jones and Columbia F. Jones), d. Apr-26-1971,27,210 buried in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV,51,48 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.149,217
iii. ERNEST C. CRITCHFIELD,198 b. Dec- 5-1894 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. Feb-10-1960 in Deerfield, Portage Co, OH,230 resided 1952-60 in Deerfield, Portage Co, OH,198 resided 1951 in Ravenna, Portage Co, OH,178 resided 1917 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. (1) Married Jan-25-1917 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 Beulah Barron, b. ca 1900 in Wetzel Co, WV,43 (daughter of W. Frank Barron and Nellie ___). (2) Married201 Alice M. Pollock, b. Apr-24-1899,210 d. Mar- -1984,210 resided in Donora, Washington Co, PA,210 resided 1960 in Deerfield, Portage Co, OH.201
iv. THOMAS FORREST "FOXY" CRITCHFIELD,95 also known as Forrest Critchfield,168,122,39 census name Forest Crichfield, census name Forrest Crihfield, b. Feb-23-1897,198 d. 1962,122 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided 1951, 60 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV,178,168 census 1940 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV, census 1930 in Portland District, Preston Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940 truck driver,[287] occupation 1930 farmer.[288] Married ca 1920,288_122,104 Mary Frances Smith, b. Sep-27-1896 in Calhoun Co, WV,198 (daughter of Jeptha Henry Smith and Matilda Knight), d. Apr-15-1985 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,198 buried in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Akron, Summit Co, OH,198 resided 1962 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,201 census 1940 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV, census 1930 in Portland District, Preston Co, WV, occupation Deem McNicol Pottery and Clarksburg Casket Company.198
Mary: Predeceased by four sons, one daughter, five brothers and four sisters.198
v. DOROTHY VIRGINIA CRITCHFIELD, census name Dortha Critchfield,39 b. Aug- 5-1900 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,198,210 d. Apr- 1-1978 in Fairfax, VA,198,210 resided in Arlington, Arlington Co, VA,198 resided formerly in Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV,198 census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation potter for McNichol Pottery Company.198 Survived by six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.198 Married Sep-27-1919 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,[289] Jennings Bryan Smith, b. Sep-27-1896 in Freed, Calhoun Co, WV,[290],[291],[292] [Birth date given in SSDI as Sep 26 1896, but all other records show it as Sep 27 1896.] (son of Jeptha Henry Smith and Matilda Knight), d. Sep-18-1970,122,210 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.292,210
vi. HILTON H. CRITCHFIELD,[293] b. Feb- 3-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV,[294],27,210,75 d. Jan-14-1986,27,210 buried in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV,51,48 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,210,294,293,178,168 resided 1924 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. (1) Married Jun-16-1924 in Doddridge Co, WV,[295] Mona Thompson, b. ca 1908.26 They were divorced.45 (2) Married Jun-21-1952 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV,294_104 Hannah Mae Burgess, b. Feb-16-1929 in Marlinton, Pocahontas Co, WV,198 (daughter of William Downey Burgess and Jessie Charity McCune), d. Aug- 1-2011,198 buried in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1952 in Pocahontas Co, WV.294
vii. FRANKLIN PORTER CRITCHFIELD, also known as Porter Franklin Critchfield,46 also known as Porter Critchfield,168,[296],286 b. Feb- 3-1906 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,27,210 d. Jun-15-1993 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,198,210 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,198,217 resided 1951, 62, 63 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV,178,168 census 1940 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1935 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV,287 census 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer, coal miner, musician, occupation 1940 truck driver.287 Married ca 1929,286 Virgie Marlene Reed, b. Oct-10-1910 in Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV,198,[297],27 (daughter of Isaac Ellis "Dick" Reed and Flossie Luzana "Zannie" Reed), d. Dec- 6-2000 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,198,27 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198 census 1940 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1935 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV,287 census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Virgie: Resident of Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV, and Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV, previously of Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV. Worked as a baker in the Parsons-Souders Bakery of Clarksburg, WV. Survived by 22 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great- grandchildren. Obituary gives birthplace as Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV, but birth record gives it as Porto Rico, in Doddridge County. Birth record has name as "Vergie Reed."198,168
viii. WILLA CORNELIA CRITCHFIELD, census name Willie C. Crihfield,296 b. Aug-19-1908 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,98,210 d. Jan-26-1979 in San Bernardino Co, CA,[298],[299] buried Desert Lawn in Calimesa, Riverside Co, CA,48 resided in Yucaipa, San Bernardino Co, CA,217 resided 1960, 1962 in California,168 resided 1951 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,178,[300] census 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV [In household of parents, along with her two sons. Marital status married, but husband not present.], resided 1935 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,282 census 1930 in Roseland, St Joseph Co, IN, census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940, 1951 beautician.282,300 (1) Married 1929,104 Horace Omar Nutter, b. Jun- -1897 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[301],290,39 [Birth date given on headstone and on World War I Draft Registration card as Jun 1 1897, but birth record (with his name given as Horas Nutter) shows it as Jun 18 1897.] (son of John William Nutter and Laura Scott), d. Jun-10-1944, buried in Togus National Cemetery, Chelsea, Kennebec Co, Maine,[302],48 resided 1935 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,235 census 1930 in Roseland, St Joseph Co, IN, census 1900, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1918 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,290 occupation 1930 truck driver for retail lumber,176 military Horseshoer, 3rd Cavalry, US Army, World War I.69,265 (2) Married Jun- 2-1951 in Summit Co, OH,300_253 William Joy Morrison, b. Jun-24-1917,210,41 (son of William Wirt Morrison and Nora Bell Russell), d. Apr-29-2002,210,41 buried Desert Lawn in Calimesa, Riverside Co, CA,48 resided in Salem, Salem Co, VA,217 resided 1951 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,300 resided 1941 in Lewis Co, WV,215 census 1920, 1930, 1940 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, occupation 1951 pipe fitter,300 military Jan- 8-1941 - Oct- 3-1945 U.S. Army, World War II.215,114
ix. THOMAS IRVEN "BUS" CRITCHFIELD, also known as Irven Critchfield,53,43 b. Nov- 3-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,[303],210 d. Dec-13-1996 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,198,210 buried in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided formerly in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV,198,168,64 census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. He was retired from the Union Carbide Corporation, where he worked as a machine operator and was a fireman with over 30 years service. Spelling "Irven" is correct. He was predeceased by one son, two daughters, three brothers and three sisters.198 (1) He married201 Edith Stella Mossor, b. Jun-14-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV,284 (daughter of Elijah Mossor and Martha McCullough), d. Oct-28-1964 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,284 buried in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV.284 (2) Married Jun-27-1970 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 Agnes Virginia Smith, b. Apr-14-1921 in Lewis Co, WV,43 (daughter of Hugh Smith and Lillie Allie "Alta" Waren), resided 1970 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1930 in Skin Creek District, Lewis Co, WV.
120. Rosetta Critchfield, b. ca 1863 in Jackson Co, WV,[304],97 census 1880 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV, resided 1877 in Roane Co, WV,97 census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV. Married Jan-10-1877 in Roane Co, WV,[305] Marcellus Monroe Lance, also known as Seldon Lance, b. Jul- -1858 in Jackson Co, (W)VA,97 census 1880 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV, resided 1877 at Roane Co, WV,97 occupation farmer.139
Children:
i. MINNIE L. LANCE, b. ca 1879,139 census 1880 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV [Name originally entered as Myrtle, then crossed thru and corrected to Minnie.].
121. William E. Critchfield, b. Sep-13-1864 in Trapp Run, Doddridge Co, WV,100 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV [William E. Critchfield was enumerated twice in 1870, once in the household of grandparents William Watson & Nancy Nutter in Doddridge County, and once in the household of his mother and stepfather in Roane County.]. Married Nov- 2-1884 in Roane Co, WV,100,77 Eunice V. Stalnaker.
122. David L. Wyatt, b. Mar-24-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV,[306] census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
123. Nancy A. Wyatt, b. ca 1869,304 census 1870 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
124. Marquis "Mark" Smith, also known as Mark Smith,25,[307],26,262,168,76 b. Jun-27-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV,[308] [Birth date given in death record as April 27 1866, but birth record states June 27 1866.], d. Oct- 2-1943 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,76 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76 resided 1932 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,168 census 1870, 1880, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation postal clerk.76 Married Oct- 4-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV,26_262 Luella Williams, also known as Ella Williams,168 b. Aug- 7-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV,76,26 (daughter of Hezekiah B. Williams and Lucinda Baker), d. Mar-29-1951 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,76 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76,178,168,235 census 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1870, 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. HARRY B. SMITH, b. May- -1899,39 census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
125. William Davis Smith, b. Oct-13-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV,[309],27 d. Jun-30-1891 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[310],[311] buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27,[312] census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
126. Nancy Luanah Smith, also known as Luanah Smith,27 census name Nancy L. Smith, b. Jan-26-1870,[313] d. Oct-14-1873,27 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 [Headstone reads: Luanah, Daughter of S. & S. E. Smith, Died Oct 14 1873, Aged 3 Ys 8Ms 18Ds. This is the basis for the birthdate of Jan 26 1870. The 1870 Census of Doddridge County identifies her as Nancy L. Smith, age 4 months.], census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
127. Thomas Virgil "T.V." Smith, also known as Virgil Smith,95 b. Sep- 5-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,76,170,41,26 d. Oct-30-1932 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,230,35,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,198,27,76 resided in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,198 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.76 Married May-20-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV,[314],201 Hattie Elizabeth Ross, census name Hattie L. Ross, b. Mar-22-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV,124,170,41,26 (daughter of William S. Ross and Artimace Catherine McGee), d. Mar-13-1949 in Doddridge Co, WV,124,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27,124 resided 1932 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,201 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. LORENA ARTIMACE SMITH, also known as Lorane,235 b. Feb-28-1899 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,198,41 d. Dec-27-1958 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,35,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,198,27 resided 1932 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV.235 Married Aug-30-1922,[315],122,201 Clarence Hall Primm, also known as Hall Primm,142 also known as C. Hall Primm,95 census name Hall C. Prim,255 b. Nov-18-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,[316],[317],41 (son of Ephraim Primm and Artimace Catherine Douglass), d. Oct- 6-1970 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198,[318],41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,198,317,27 occupation farmer,198,317 military U.S. Army, World War I.198,317
ii. CHAUNCY WALTER SMITH, also known as C. Walter Smith,147 b. Jul-14-1900 in Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. May- 8-1975 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,219 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided 1958 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,142 census 1940 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[319] resided 1932 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,235 census 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.319 Married Jun- 9-1924 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,150_201 Clara Etta Adams, b. Dec-10-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV,150,41 (daughter of Alonzo L. "Lonnie" Adams and Nancy Louise Nutter), d. Dec- 3-1997 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,150,41 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,27 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,168,201 resided 1940 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,178,319 census 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
iii. RALPH FRANCIS SMITH, b. Nov- 9-1903 at Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,98 census 1920, 1940 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV [In 1940, location specified as Cabin Run.]. Married Sep-18-1928 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV,[320],147 Mona Mae Doak, b. ca 1908 in Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1940 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
iv. RONALD SMITH, b. ca 1910,[321] resided 1975 in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH,168 resided 1958 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH,142 resided 1932 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,235 census 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
v. WILMA J. SMITH, b. Jun-25-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV,210 d. May- 4-1991,210 resided in Ashland City, Cheatham Co, TN,217 resided 1975 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,168 resided 1958, 1962 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,142,149 resided 1932 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,235 census 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV. (1) Married Feb-11-1934 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,75 Harold Carmon Zinn, birth name Harold Carman Zinn,98 b. Oct- 9-1908 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV,98,198,27 (son of Ernest Erickson Zinn and Vallie Gay Calhoun), d. Nov-10-1994 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,229,27 buried in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 resided in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,198,168,75 resided 1959 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,300 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation Baptist minister, machinist for Cornwell Quality Too Co, Mogadore OH (21 yrs),198,300 education Salem College,[322] military (enlisted 9/17/1943) Tec 5, U.S. Army, World War II.27 (2) Married Feb- 4-1946 in Salem, WV,75_253 Theratis Kinsey Dulaney, also known as T. K. Dulaney,75 b. Feb- 5-1881 in Wetzel Co, WV,124,75 (son of Isaac Young Dulaney and Mary Jane Sterling), d. Mar-10-1962 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,124 buried in Lowman Cemetery, Kingstown, Wetzel Co, WV,124 resided 1946 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV,75 occupation oil & gas laborer.124
vi. OPAL SMITH, b. ca 1914,321 resided 1958, 75 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH,142,168 resided 1932 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,235 census 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV. Identified in sister's obituary as Opal Snick, but in brother's obituary as Opal Smyth, resident of Cleveland in both cases. Husband's SSDI entry shows name to be Smick. She married253 Frank Smick, b. Jul-30-1888,210 d. Dec- -1966,210 resided in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH.210
128. Florence Smith, b. May-15-1873 in Doddridge Co, WV,[323] d. Jan- 5-1953 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[324],26 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,[325],219 resided 1932 in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV,168 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Jun-28-1894 in Doddridge Co, WV,[326],26 Franklin Henry Ross,138 census name Henry F. Ross,25 b. Oct-13-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV,76,27,[327] (son of William S. Ross and Artimace Catherine McGee), d. Feb-28-1958 in South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,76,27 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,219 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,76 resided 1916 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. ORVILLE E. ROSS, b. Mar-15-1895 in West Virginia,241,210,198 d. Jul- 2-1973 in Tulare Co, CA,241,198,210 buried in Exeter, Tulare Co, CA,198 resided in Woodlake, Tulare Co, CA,198,210 resided 1968 in Marionville, Lawrence Co, MO,142 resided formerly in Oklahoma,[328] occupation Shell Oil Co. (retired),198 military World War I.198 He married201 Myrtis J. ___, b. Dec-18-1902 in Texas,241,210 d. May-30-1977 in Tulare Co, CA,241,210 resided in Woodlake, Tulare Co, CA,201,210 resided formerly in Oklahoma.328
ii. CHLORIS W. ROSS, b. Feb-15-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV,[329],27 d. Nov-13-1898 in Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,[330],27,35 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.27
iii. LORA EDITH ROSS, b. Nov-26-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,[331] d. Jan-16-1968 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV,246 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,27,198 resided in Masontown, Preston Co, WV,198 resided 1959 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,201 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Oct- 9-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV,75,26,122,201 Frank Francis Leggett, b. Apr-26-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV,[332],198 (son of Alexander Leggett and Harriet Caroline "Hattie" Douglass), d. Sep-30-1959 in Harrison Co, WV,[333],122,198 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV, resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[334],198 census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910, 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation West Union Bank - Cashier & Director (31 yrs),198,122 military U.S. Army, World War I.198
Frank: He was a charter member, director and treasurer of the West Union Volunteer Fire Department, a past adjutant and member of Robison Post No. 25 of the American Legion, a former town councilman, a member of the cemetery committee of the Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, a charter member of the Middle Island Golf Club, and a member of the Farming for Better Living Council.198
"Mr. and Mrs. Leggett resided in West Union for a number of years while rearing their children. During this time Mr. Leggett was employed by the West Union Bank and was cashier at the time of his death. Mrs. Leggett operated a tourist home in the family home on Neely Ave. for a number of years before going to Masontown."122
iv. FORREST M. ROSS, b. Mar- 4-1902 in Doddridge Co, WV,332,210 d. Oct- 2-1986 in Alliance, Stark Co, OH,[335],210 resided in Sebring, Mahoning Co, OH,210,241 resided 1968, 1973 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,142,168 resided formerly in West Virginia,[336] occupation insurance sales.241
v. CARMEN J. ROSS, b. Jan-30-1904 at Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,[337],210 d. Sep-27-1994,210 resided in Traverse City, Grand Traverse Co, MI,142,168,[338] She married223 E. O. Carder.
vi. ELFRIEDA ROSS, b. Oct- 2-1905 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[339],198 d. Oct- 2-2003,210 buried in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,198 resided in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,210 resided 1958, 68, 73 in South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,293,142,168. She married253,223,122 John L. Wright, d. bef Oct 2003.122
129. Hiram Floyd P. Smith, also known as Floyd Smith,93 b. Apr-27-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV,[340] census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
130. Cora Lillian "Lillie" Smith,75 also known as Lillie Smith,75 b. Nov- 7-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV,[341],284 d. Jun- 5-1957 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,[342] buried in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,284 resided in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,168 resided 1932 in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV,168 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Jun- 1-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV,[343] John Herbert McGee, also known as Herbert McGee,26 census name J. Herbert McGee, b. Mar-14-1873,284 (son of Henry L. McGee and Mary Elizabeth Leach), d. Oct-13-1960 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,[344] buried in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,284 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1880, 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
John: Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Oct 26 1916, in its entirety:
"Herbert L. McGee, a son of Uncle Henry McGee, raised on Cabin Run, is one of the nominees for Member of the House of Delegates from Harrison County on the Democratic ticket."
Children:
i. LAZURE S. MCGEE, also known as Lazier McGee,[345] b. Jan-20-1901,210 d. Jun-15-1994,210 resided in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,210 resided 1916 in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV.345
ii. ADAH GRACE MCGEE, b. Dec-24-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV,98,210,186 d. May-12-1994 in Upper Arlington, Franklin Co, OH,186,210 buried in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,48 resided in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH,217 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1916 in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV,345 occupation elementary school teacher,186,208 education 4 years college.186 Married May-29-1944,150_253,150 John S. Burnside, b. Mar- 2-1910 in Lewis Co, WV,114,217 (son of Stephen Minter Burnside and Emma Jane Nicholson), d. Oct-20-1991 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH,186,114,217 buried in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,48 resided in Upper Arlington, Franklin Co, OH,186 census 1910 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV, military May-15-1943 - Jul-21-1945 U.S. Army, World War II.114
iii. ALMA THERESA MCGEE, b. Aug-17-1909 in Harrison Co, WV,43,210 d. Feb-14-1990,210 resided in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,293,210 resided 1933 in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, occupation teacher.208 Married Dec- 9-1933 in Parsons, Tucker Co, WV,[346] John Howard Musgrave, b. Apr-20-1908 in Marion Co, WV,43,210 (son of Gilbert Haven Musgrave and Sadie Freeland), d. Jan-20-1989,210 resided in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,217 resided 1933 in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV.43
iv. MAXINE E. MCGEE, b. Aug-20-1911 in Dola, Harrison Co, WV,198 d. Feb-12-2004 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,246,210 buried in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV,198,210 resided formerly in Pennsylvania,275 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV, occupation teacher, Jacksonville, FL (23 yrs); teacher, McCandish, Meadowbrook & Bice schools (6 yrs),198 education Fairmont Normal School (now Fairmont State College).198 She married122 Howard J. Barnes, b. May- 8-1897,210 d. Nov-23-1969,122,210 resided in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL.210
131. Clarence Smith, b. Jun-15-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV,[347] d. Apr- 6-1954 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co, WA,[348] resided 1932 in Washington State,168 census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Nov-16-1906 in Ritchie Co, WV,[349],122 Malinda Viola Hileman, also known as Viola Melinda Hileman,[350],178,198 census name Viola Hileman, b. Jan-20-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV,[351] [Identified in Doddridge County birth record as Malinda V. Hileman, b. Jan 20 1887, but in obituary as Viola M. Hileman (Mrs. Clarence Smith), b. Jan 30 1887 in Doddridge Co. Identified in Nov 1906 marriage record as Viola M. Hildmon [sic], 19, born in Wetzel Co. Basis for the Wetzel Co entry is not known.] (daughter of Isaac Lynch Hileman and Juliet Hart), d. Jan- 5-1920 in Lakeview, WA,198 buried in Montesano, Grays Harbor Co, WA,198 [Wynooche Cemetery], resided after 1911 in Montesano, Grays Harbor Co, WA,198 resided until 1911 in Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. BEULAH OPAL SMITH, b. ca 1908 in West Virginia,169 resided 1920 in Montesano, Grays Harbor Co, WA,178 census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
ii. EULAH BERNIECE SMITH, also known as Bernice,178 b. ca 1910 in West Virginia,169 resided 1931 in Shelton, Mason Co, WA,[352] resided 1920 in Montesano, Grays Harbor Co, WA,178 census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Apr- 6-1931 in Pacific Co, WA,352 George Albert Evers, resided 1931 in Shelton, Mason Co, WA.352
132. Delphia W. Stephens, census name Delpha W. Stephens, b. ca 1869,25 census 1880 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
133. Mary E. Stephens, b. ca 1871,139 census 1880 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
134. Marian Stephens, b. ca 1872,139 census 1880 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
135. William L. Stephens, b. ca 1874,139 census 1880 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
136. Luanna V. Stephens, b. ca 1876,139 census 1880 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
137. John A. Stephens, b. ca 1878,139 census 1880 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
138. Mary Mahala Stephens, census name Mahala Stephens, census name Mary M. Stephens, b. 1879,139,115 [Birth date given as Aug 1879 in 1880 Census, but as Jul 1879 in 1900 Census.], census 1880, 1900 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
139. Ora Stephens, b. Oct- -1883,115 census 1900, 1910 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
140. Robert Stephens, b. Sep- -1885,115 census 1900 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
141. Virgil Stephens, b. Dec- -1889 in Roane Co, WV,115,97 census 1920 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV, residence 1916 in Gandeeville, Roane Co, WV,97 census 1900, 1910 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV. Married May- 4-1916 in Roane Co, WV,97 [at residence of John Smith], Ella Smith, b. ca 1893 in Roane Co, WV,97 resided 1916 in Gandeeville, Roane Co, WV.97
Children:
i. DON STEPHENS, b. ca 1917,117 census 1920 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
ii. DOROTHY STEPHENS, b. ca 1918,117 cremated 1920 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
142. Meda Stephens, b. Aug- -1893,115 census 1900, 1910 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV.
143. Martha Alice Haught, also known as Alice Haught,26,209,27,181,[353] b. 1868,41 [Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1870, age 29. But her age was one in the 1870 Census (enumerated in September) and 11 in the 1880 Census (enumerated in June). Birth date on headstone is 1868.], d. May-26-1903,41 buried in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Aug-12-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV,75 Stonewall Jackson "Jack" Leeson, also known as Jackson Leeson,93,46 census name Jack S. Leeson,353 also known as Jack Leeson,142,168 b. Dec-28-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,27 [Birth date given as Dec 28 1866 in obituary and on headstone, and age 21 at time of Aug 1888 marriage would also put birth in about 1866 or 1867. But 1900 Census shows his age as 31, with birth date Apr 1869. W.B. Haught's "Genealogy of the Haught Family of America," 1948, pp. 166 and 169, incorrectly identifies him as Jacob Leeson.] (son of John P. Leeson and Sophia McIntyre), d. Apr- 9-1951,27 buried in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided 1951 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,142,168 census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1908 in Ritchie Co, WV,[354] census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.353
Children:
i. CARRIE BELL LEESON,86,[355] census name Clara Leeson, b. 1889 in Doddridge Co, WV,41,86 d. 1987,41 buried in O'Neal Cemetery, near Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV,[356] resided 1970, 1977 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,149,142 resided in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV,142 census 1910, 20, 30, 40 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Sep-28-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV,86_253,149 Stonewall W. Dodd,86,76 b. Oct-27-1883,86,353,41 (son of Nathaniel Dodd and Jeneva Cottrill), d. Mar- 4-1970 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,76,41 buried in O'Neal Cemetery, near Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV,76,356 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,76 census 1910, 20, 30, 40 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV [In 1940, location specified as Hanover Street in Park View.], census 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation laborer,76 occupation 1940 laborer in tin mill,287 occupation 1930 stroker-puller in steel mill,208 occupation 1910 laborer at odd jobs.[357]
ii. HATTIE LEE LEESON, b. Dec- 9-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV,[358],[359],27 [Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1890.], d. Sep-23-1958 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,358 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,358,27 census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV. (1) Married Jan-23-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV,[360],201,26 Isaac Everett Husk, also known as Everett Husk,27,95,359,26 b. Jul- 9-1884 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV,198 [Southwest District] (son of Isaac Newton Husk and Margaret Adams), d. Feb-20-1921,[361] buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV.27 (2) Married Sep-22-1927 in Doddridge Co, WV,[362] John White, b. ca 1882 in Harrison Co, WV,362 resided 1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.362
iii. FLORENCE EDNA LEESON, b. Jun- -1892 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,[363],27 [Doddridge County birth records show her birth as Jun 29 1892 at Holbrook, which is just inside Ritchie County but is considered by many to be in Doddridge County and sometimes reported that way. This would explain why the birth record was filed in Doddridge County. SSDI also has birth date as Jun 29. But obituary states birth as Jun 19 1892 in Ritchie Co, and her headstone also has birth date as Jun 19 1892. Birth date in 1900 Census is Jun 1891.], d. Apr-28-1984 in Grove, Doddridge Co, WV,198 buried in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV,27 resided in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV,142 resided 1951 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,235 census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Oct-27-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV,201,122 [The obituaries of both Ernest and Florence give their marriage date as Oct 27 1917, but the marriage record, as completed by the officiating minister, states that the ceremony was held on Oct 28 1917 at "the residence of Evert Husk in Doddridge Co. W. Va." October 27th that year was a Saturday. Person providing information for the marriage license application was M. F. Husk.], Ernest Washington "Short" Husk, b. May-24-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV,[364],198,27 (son of William Leonard Husk and Virginia Elizabeth "Jennie" McNemar), d. Jun-22-1976 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198,27 buried in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV,27 occupation climber for Bell Telephone Co.,[365] military May-27-1918 - May-14-1919 Cpl, US Army, World War I.27,114
Ernest: Served overseas as a Corporal with the US Army in World War I. In the late 1940's, he operated a one-man, one-vehicle shuttle bus service in Doddridge County, with his vehicle being a car that he "stretched" into a limousine having 8 doors. A photo of it is among the holdings at the Doddridge County Historical Society Museum. There is some confusion regarding Ernest's birthplace: While his grandson Edward Jr.'s entry in "The History of Doddridge County," p. 173, states Jackson County, WV, Ernest's obituary states Ritchie County, WV, as does his marriage record and his birth record itself.
iv. OKEY LEESON, b. Jun-30-1894 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,353,41 d. Oct-19-1918 in France,41 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[366] census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1917 telephone lineman, Jane Lew WV,290 military Bugler, Btry D, 314th Fld Arty, World War I (KIA). A handwritten letter was found in a box of personal effects belonging to Okey Leeson's aunt, Nancy "Babe" Haught Brown, who was his late mother's sister. The envelope was addressed to Mrs. Babe Brown, West Union, West Virginia, U.S.A. In the upper left corner: "from Bug. Okey Leeson, Battery D, 314 F.a., American E.F." In the upper right corner, rather than postage was the handwritten notation "Soldiers Mail." The complete text of the letter follows, with minor corrections to spelling, grammar and capitalization for ease of understanding:
"France, Aug. 4, 1918
Mrs. Babe Brown
Dear Aunt,
After a long time of delay, I will now answer your letter received back in the States. This leaves me feeling fine, am in good health and sincerely hope for this to find each of you well and enjoying life.
Well, this is certainly a grand country with all its beauty, and my but there are lots of pretty girls here. But I have one back in the States awaiting on me, so I don't try to get acquainted with them here.
This has been a nice bright sunshiny Sabbath, and I have written the most of the day.
Has Chauncey Riddle returned back home yet?
How is business around town?
How is Brown's health? Is he as fat as ever? Tell him I am as I ever was, that Army life hasn't learnt me any bad habits yet and I expect to be the same as long as I live. Tell him hello for me and I hope to see him in the near future.
How are the children?
Well, Babe, don't wait too long to answer. So with love, best wishes to all, I will close.
From
Bugler Okey Leeson
Battery D, 314 F a
American Expeditionary Forces
Via Port New York."
v. LOT LEESON, b. Aug-17-1896,[367],353,41 d. Oct- 2-1912,35,41 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,366 cause of death typhoid fever,367 census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV [Listed as Lottie Leeson, age 3, b. Aug 1896, a daughter.].
vi. LORA DELORAS LEESON, b. May-19-1898 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,125 d. Aug- 4-1977 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,27,198 resided 1958 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,201 census 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Oct-15-1915 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD,[368] [But wife's obituary gives marriage date as Oct 19 1915.], Morris Fordyce "Dice" Husk, b. Feb- 2-1887 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,124,365,198 (son of Isaac Newton Husk and Margaret Adams), d. Feb-21-1958 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,230,35 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,27,124 resided in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,235,198 census 1930, 1940 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Equitable Gas Co.,198 occupation 1940 well blower (natural gas).[369]
Morris: Although he had no formal training, "Dice" Husk was an accomplished musician, playing many instruments well. He also taught music, gave music lessons in his home, and wrote many songs. The family and many of their friends spent evenings at the Husk home in Summers, Doddridge County, playing instruments and singing. Dice and wife Lora were members of men's and women's quartets, respectively, which traveled the area and sang gospel music.368
vii. MARY EVA LEESON, also known as Eva Leeson,198,353,[370] census name Mary E. Leeson, b. May-16-1900 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,198 d. Sep-22-1993 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,210,198 [Obituary gives death date as Wednesday, Sep 20 1993, which is incorrect. The correct death date was Wednesday, Sep 22 1993, per SSDI and other sources.], buried in Bridgeport Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV, resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,142 census 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900, 1910 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV [In 1900, listed without a name as Infant Leeson, a daughter, age less than 1 month, born May 1900.], occupation McNichol Pottery (23 yrs).198 Married Nov-29-1932,43 Lionel MacClellan Shipley,284,122 also known as MacClellan Lionel Shipley,100 b. Sep- 6-1898 in Harrison Co, WV,[371] [Death record shows birth date as Sep 16 1898, but birth record states Sep 6 1898.] (son of George B. MacClellan "Mack" Shipley and Malinda Elizabeth Hart), d. Oct-31-1952 in Harrison Co, WV,284 buried in Bridgeport Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV,284 cause of death alcohol poisoning,284 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,100 occupation poultry market owner & operator.284
viii. WILLIAM ALLIE LEESON,27 also known as Allie Leeson, b. May-26-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV,[372],27 d. Dec-29-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV,[373],27 buried in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV.51
144. Sara Rose Belle Haught, also known as Rosa B. Haught, nickname Rosie,125 census name Rosa, b. Jul-15-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV,[374],170 d. Aug-10-1958 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[375],35 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[376] census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV. Known to immediate family as Aunt Rosie. For many years, she was confined to a wheelchair due to a broken hip. (1) Married Jan-31-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV,[377],[378] Hezekiah Wesley "Wes" Thomas, also known as Wesley Thomas,95 b. Aug- 6-1848 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA,198 (son of Hezekiah Thomas and Abigail Tibbs), d. Aug-14-1931,198 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation carpenter, head of County Poor Farm.
Hezekiah: Local news items, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 28 1915, in its entirety:
"H. W. Thomas, Superintendent of the county Infirmary, made a trip to Clarksburg Sunday."
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 22 1900:
Hesakiah W. Thomas, 51, b. Aug 1848, house carpenter; wife Rosa, 29, b. Jul 1870, mother of 4 children (all still living); son Arlington, 19, b. Jan 1881; son Ottis, 17, b. Feb 1883; son Claud, 14, b. Sep 1885; dau Maud, 12, b. Apr 1888; dau Venoshia, 7, b. Nov 1892; son Goff, 4, b. Oct 1895; son Alton, 2, b. Jun 1897; son Darel, 1, b. Apr 1899.
Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, October 14 1915, in its entirety:
"Mrs. H. W. Thomas, of Route 1, was taken to St. Marys hospital at Clarksburg last week and operated upon for appendicitis. She is reported to be doing nicely."
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District):
H. Wesley Thomas, 81; wife Rosie B. Thomas, 59; son Cleo Thomas, 40, widowed; lodger Charlie Cottrill, 14.
(2) Married Feb-25-1934 in Doddridge Co, WV,[379] Thomas Jackson Elliott, Jr., b. Nov- 1-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV,76,26 (son of Sarah Elizabeth Elliott), d. Aug-23-1952 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,[380] buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,76 resided in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,76 census 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.76
Children by Hezekiah Wesley "Wes" Thomas:
i. MINNIE OCAL HAUGHT, also known as Ocal Haught,95 b. Oct-16-1888 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[381],[382],198,27 d. Nov-12-1963 in Ashland, Ashland Co, OH,246,27 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV.198,219 Married Feb-17-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV,[383],382 Lloyd Wheeler Gray, b. Sep-11-1886 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,382,198,219 (son of David Wilson Gray and Martha Ellen Leggett), d. Nov-27-1960 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,35,219 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198,219 occupation Hope Natural Gas Co.
ii. LURA VENOSHIA THOMAS, also known as Venoshia Thomas,170,27,125 b. Nov- 2-1892 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[384],170,198,41 d. Dec-26-1990 in Englewood, Montgomery Co, OH,198,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 resided 1963 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,142 census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Jun-25-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV,26,201,122 Cleo Cleff Gray, b. Jul-14-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,41 (son of David Wilson Gray and Martha Ellen Leggett), d. Oct-24-1971 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,246,122,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27,198 resided at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,293 census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Hope Natural Gas Co.198
iii. GOFF THOMAS, b. Oct- 1-1894 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,[385],198 [A birth date of Oct 2 1895 has been reported by some sources, and 1900 Census gives his birth date as Oct 1895. But birth record and obituary both state Oct 1 1894.], d. Oct- 6-1950 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV,246 buried in Mt. Vernon Memorial Cemetery, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV,198 resided in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV,[386],198 census 1930 in Barbour Co, WV, census 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation well tender, Hope Natural Gas Co (33 yrs),198 military U.S. Army, World War I.198 Married ca 1920,[387],[388],201,209 Ivah Virginia Bartlett,201,209 b. ca 1895 in Barbour Co, WV,387,147 resided 1950 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV,201 census 1930 in Barbour Co, WV.
iv. ALTON THOMAS, b. Jun- 1-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV,[389],170,210,290 d. Aug-26-1976 in Sarasota Co, FL,[390],210 resided in Englewood, Sarasota Co, FL,226 resided 1949, 1963 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH,386,142 census 1940 in Union Co, OH, resided 1935 in Union Co, OH,[391] census 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940 farmer,391 occupation 1930 farm laborer,255 military World War I. Married ca 1922,255_388 Inez Rose Sullivan, b. ca 1905 in Ohio,255 census 1940 in Union Co, OH, census 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
v. DARRELL THOMAS, b. Apr- 6-1899 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[392],170,198 d. Mar-16-1991 in Brookville, Montgomery Co, OH,198 buried in Royal Oak Memorial Gardens, Englewood, Montgomery Co, OH,198 resided in Brookville, Montgomery Co, OH,142,186 resided 1963 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH,142 resided 1923 in Montgomery Co, OH,26 census 1900, 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation US Postal Service.186,125 Married Jun-27-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV,75,26 Jensia Celestia Squires, also known as Jensia Celeste Squires,186 b. Apr-19-1902 in Doddridge Co, WV,332,210 (daughter of William Franklin "Billy" Squires and Lucy Jane Leeson), d. May- 8-1989 in Montgomery Co, OH,[393],210 buried at Royal Oak Memorial Gardens, Englewood, Montgomery Co, OH, resided in Brookville, Montgomery Co, OH,226 resided 1951, 54, 86 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH,235,178,168.
vi. EARL DAVID THOMAS, also known as Irl David Thomas,27 b. Nov-11-1901 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,76,[394],27 d. Oct-22-1919 in Doddridge Co, WV,76,27 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[395],76 cause of death fell from 60-foot oil derrick,76 resided 1934 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,[396] census 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation rig builder,76 never married.76
145. Charlotte E. M. "Lottie" Haught, also known as Lottie Haught,26 b. May-10-1873 in Doddridge Co, WV,[397],39 d. Oct- 6-1969 in Canton, Stark Co, OH, buried in Canton, Stark Co, OH, resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH, census 1920, 1930 in Canton, Stark Co, OH, census 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Cleveland Indians fanatic. Married Feb-21-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV,[398] Sylvester George "S. G." Duckworth, also known as Uncle Duck [to younger family members], census name S. George Duckworth, b. May- 4-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV,[399],39 (son of James William Duckworth and Mary R. Magee), d. Jul-13-1958 in Canton, Stark Co, OH,186 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,186,168 census 1920, 1930 in Canton, Stark Co, OH, census 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Lincoln National Life Insurance Co,125,[400] occupation school teacher.147,138
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
Sylvester Duckworth, 26, b. May 1874, married 7 yrs; wife Lottie, 27, b. May 1873, mother of 4 children (3 still living); dau Clara H, 6, b. Jan 1894; dau Dessie M, 4, b. Oct 1895; son Daris, 10 months, b. Jul 1899.
1910 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
Sylvester G. Duckworth, 34, insurance agent, married 17 yrs; wife Charlotte M, 34, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Clara, 16; dau Dessie, 14; son Daris, 10; dau Darlie, 9.
1920 Census, Stark Co, Ohio (City of Canton), enumerated on Jan 12 1920:
S. G. Duckworth, 45, life insurance salesman; wife Lottie, 45; son Daris, 20, single; dau Dorothy, 18, single; dau Dessie Bruening, 23, married; grandson George E. Bruening, 2 yr 3 mo.
1930 Census, Stark Co, Ohio (City of Canton), enumerated on Apr 10 1930 at 1211 Fourteenth Street:
S. George Duckworth, 53, insurance manager, age 18 at time of first marriage; wife Charlet M, 54, age 19 at first marriage; son Daris D, 29, salesman for electric sweeper company, single.
Children:
i. CLARA H. DUCKWORTH,[401] b. Jan-22-1894 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,332,39 d. young,401 census 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
ii. DESSIE MARY DUCKWORTH, b. Oct-11-1895 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[402] d. Aug-16-1958,[403] buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Allen Co, OH,403 resided in Lima, Allen Co, OH,186 census 1930 in Allen Co, OH, census 1920 in Canton, Stark Co, OH, census 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married ca 1913,176 Edward Michael Bruening, b. Feb-14-1884 in Batesville, Ripley Co, IN,401 (son of Bernard Bruening and Josephine Sitzman), d. Feb- 2-1968 in Lima, Allen Co, OH,401 buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Allen Co, OH, census 1930 in Allen Co, OH, census 1920 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH, occupation Standard Oil,401 occupation 1930 distiller at oil refinery,176 occupation 1920 assembler in sewing machine factory.[404]
1920 Census, Montgomery Co, Ohio (City of Dayton), enumerated on Jan 13 1920 at 229 Bowen Street:
Ben G. Bruening, 68, b. Ohio, chair factory worker; wife Josephine, 58, b. Indiana; son Edward, 37, b. Indiana, assembler at sewing machine company, married; dau (should be granddaughter) Virginia, 5, b. W.Va.
1930 Census, Allen Co, Ohio (American Twp), enumerated on May 2 1930:
Edward Bruening, 46, b. Indiana, distiller at oil refinery, age 29 at time of first marriage; wife Dessie, 33, b. W.Va, age 18 at first marriage; dau Virginia, b. Ohio; son Edward, 12, b. W.Va; son Donald, 9, b. Ohio.
iii. RALPH DUCKWORTH,401 b. Nov- 4-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV,332,124 d. Oct-26-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV,124 cause of death cholera.124
iv. DARIS DAVID DUCKWORTH, b. Jul-22-1899 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,332,210,39 d. Jan-12-1964 in Canton, Stark Co, OH,186,210 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,186 census 1920, 1930 in Canton, Stark Co, OH, census 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, never married.186
v. DOROTHY DUCKWORTH, b. Mar-14-1901 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,332,210 d. Oct-19-1972 in Canton, Stark Co, OH,186,210 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,[405] census 1930 in Dodge City, Ford Co, KS, census 1920 in Canton, Stark Co, OH, census 1910 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV. Married ca 1921,176 Hadley Smythe, b. ca 1900 in Tennessee,176 d. bef 1972, census 1930 in Dodge City, Ford Co, KS, occupation 1930 switchman on steam railroad.
146. Ida Ellen Haught, b. Mar- 4-1875 in Freds Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV,198,[406] d. Jan- 4-1967 at Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,[407],216,35 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,407,198 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 census 1930 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,244 census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV [In household with her widowed brother Walter and his children.], occupation telephone operator.124 She was a former Doddridge County school teacher and telephone operator. Following the early death of her brother Walter's wife, she resided at his home and helped rear his three children, Fred, Lena and Romaine Haught. She later married, but had no children of her own.198 Married Apr-27-1930 in Doddridge Co, WV,[408],[409] George W. Britton, Jr., b. Oct- 4-1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA,76,170,41,75 (son of George Wade Britton and Mary J. "Polly" Husk), d. Mar-10-1935 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76,122,41 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[410] resided at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,198,244,168 census 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 at Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,170 census 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA, occupation farmer.76,64
George: 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 20 1900:
George W. Britton, Head of Household and Manager, 43, b. Oct 1856, occup farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Cassa A. Britton, 47, b. May 1853, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Porter M. Britton, 19, b. Mar 1881; dau Zelphia M. Britton, 17, b. Oct 1882; son Orestes G. Britton, 15, b. Apr 1885; inmate Nancy J. Clark, 70, b. Aug 1829, single; inmate Sarah Terry, 58, b. Dec 1841, widowed, mother of 1 child (still living); Julia Claybourne, 34, b. Apr 1866, married 15 yrs, mother of 8 children (3 still living); inmate Olga Hitt, 1, b. Jul 1898; inmate Manza Davis (male), 50, b. Jan 1850, single; inmate Robert Swan, 45, b. Apr 1855, single; inmate John Wright, 18, b. May 1882, single; boarder Arthur C. Britton, 24, b. Nov 1875, single, occup teacher.
(Note: Though not labeled as such, the location is known to be the County Poor Farm, which later became the Britton Rest Home. Boarder Arthur C. Britton was George Britton's nephew, the son of his brother Lewis. Inmate Olga Hitt was raised by George & Cassa Britton as their daughter. They were identified as her parents in her obituary, but she was not listed as a surviving child in George's obituary. Inmate Sarah Terry is probably Sarah Elliott, dau of Jacob Elliott & Barbara S. Lowther, widow of William Terry, who had sons Benjamin and Thomas Elliott out of wedlock before having daughter Mary Terry. Inmate Julia Claybourne is Julia A. Stull, who married (1st) Clinton W. Claybourn in 1885, (2nd) James S. McNemar in 1904, (3rd) George M. D. Wells in 1908, (4th) Porter M. Prunty in 1909, (5th) George W. Maxwell in 1922; she was last found in the 1930 Census of Pennsboro.)
147. Walter J. Haught, b. Aug-14-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV,[411] d. Sep-19-1961 in Newark, Licking Co, OH,241,[412] buried in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV,412,48 resided in Newark, Licking Co, OH,241 census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV [Court Street], occupation 1910 superintendent for oil company,[413] census 1910 in Lincoln Co, WV. (1) Married ca 1910,413 Mamie Hager, b. Oct-28-1885 in Boone Co, WV,98,[414] (daughter of Chester Hager and Hester A. ___), d. ca 1916,412 census 1900, 1910 in Lincoln Co, WV. (2) Married Jun-26-1924 in Lexington, Fayette Co, KY,412_412 Florence Hazel Ross, b. Oct- 6-1900 in Pebworth, Owsley Co, KY,412,186 (daughter of William Ross and Dora ___), d. Sep-24-2000 in Newark, Licking Co, OH,186,412 buried in Newark Memorial Gardens, Newark, OH.412
Children by Mamie Hager:
i. LENA M. HAUGHT, b. Jul-10-1910,412,210 d. Nov-25-1988 in Lawrence Co, OH,186,210 buried in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV,48 resided in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,210 census 1930, 1940 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV, census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. She married[415] James Howard McAllister, b. Mar-13-1911 in West Virginia,210 d. Aug- 4-1987,210 buried in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV,48 resided in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,210 census 1930, 1940 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV [In 1940, at 2912 29th Street Avenue.], occupation 1940 salesman for flour mill.
ii. GRACE HAUGHT, b. Jul-10-1910,412 d. Jul-10-1910.412
iii. ROMAINE M. HAUGHT, also known as M. Romaine Haught, b. Oct- 6-1911 in Snowden, Lincoln Co, WV,98,210,[416] d. Apr-18-1996,210 resided in Newark, Licking Co, OH,[417] resided 1931 in Cabell Co, WV,217,416 census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. (1) Married Apr- 1-1931 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,416_412 David C. Owens, b. ca 1909 in Sumter, Sumter Co, SC,416 resided 1931 in Florence Co, SC.416 (2) She married412 John F. Vogelmeier, b. Mar-16-1919 in Newark, Licking Co, OH,186,210,404 (son of Arthur Ray Vogelmeier and Margaret Pfeffer), d. Jun-28-1997 in Newark, Licking Co, OH,186,210 resided in Newark, Licking Co, OH,210 census 1920, 1940 in Newark, Licking Co, OH, occupation 1940 carpenter.
iv. WALTER FRED HAUGHT, also known as Fred Haught,415,[418] also known as W. F. Haught,210 birth name Fredrick Haught,98 b. May-25-1913 in Yawkey, Lincoln Co, WV,412,210 d. Aug- 7-1996 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,412,[419],210 buried in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Barboursville, Cabell Co, WV,412,48 resided in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,217 census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. He married412 Ruth Elizabeth Lancaster, b. Jun- 1-1916 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,48,210 d. Jun-18-1990 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,48,210 resided in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV.217
Children by Florence Hazel Ross:
v. BILLY JOE HAUGHT, b. May-10-1925 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,412 d. Sep-25-1975,412 buried in Lafayette Memorial Park Cemetery, Fayetteville, NC.412 Married Jun-16-1946,412 Helen Grace Melvin, b. Jun-16-1928 in Fayetteville, Cumberland Co, NC,198,210 (daughter of Albert J. Melvin and Lola A. Godwin), d. Jun-27-2010,210 buried in Lafayette Memorial Park Cemetery, Fayetteville, NC,198 resided in Warner Robins, Houston Co, GA,[420],[421] occupation sales clerk, Belk's department store.198
vi. NADINE HAUGHT, b. Jun-20-1927 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV,198,210 d. May-14-2007 in Newark, Licking Co, OH,[422],210 buried (ashes) in Newark Memorial Gardens, Newark, OH,198 resided in Newark, Licking Co, OH,226,198 occupation registrar for state fire marshall training academy.186 Married Mar-15-1946 in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co, KY,412 Thomas Harvey Jones, Jr.. They were divorced in 1969,412 [Wife reclaimed her maiden name following their divorce, and she did not remarry.].
vii. LIVING. (1) He married412 Living. (2) He married Living. (3) He married Living. (4) He married Living. (5) He married Living.
148. Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Haught, b. Dec- 1-1878 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[423] d. Sep-28-1959 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,62 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,62 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,176,62 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Sep-11-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV,[424] Hugh Cameron Foley, b. Sep- 5-1883 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,62,210 (son of James I. Foley and Sarah Owens), d. May-12-1964 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198,62,210 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,198,62 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,62 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,176 resided from 1921 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198 census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation salesman.62
Hugh: After working in West Union for the J. B. Markey Company, Hugh moved to Parkersburg in 1921, where he became a food and drug salesman, an occupation he followed to retirement.198
Children:
i. MARY FOLEY, b. May- 9-1906 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,210,198 d. Aug-29-1985 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,210,198 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,198 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,210 census 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation C & P Telephone Co.198 She married355 Jewett H. Kirsch, b. Sep-12-1899,210 d. Jul- -1971,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.217
ii. HUGH CAMERON FOLEY, JR., b. 1909,92 census 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. He married355 Betty ___.
1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated in Apr 1930 on Madison Avenue:
Anna Fouse, 52, b. Ohio, age 26 at time of first marriage, widowed; dau Iris Fouse, 20, b. W.Va, single; son-in-law H. C. Foley Jr, 20, b. W.Va, age 18 at first marriage, married; dau Opal Bienida Foley, 18, b. W.Va, age 16 at first marriage, married.
iii. ELIZABETH KATHLEEN FOLEY, census name K. Elizabeth Foley,[425] b. Oct-30-1913 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,210 d. Dec-30-1992 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198,210 buried in Evergreen Cemetery (North) (aka Arlington), Rt 2 N of Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,217 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV. She married Harry L. Wharton, b. May- 8-1910,210 d. Jul- -1974,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.217
iv. CAHILL DAVID "BUD" FOLEY, b. May-20-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,243,198 d. Apr- 9-2000,198 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243,198,210 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation McJunkin Corp. of Marietta (30 yrs),198 military U.S. Army, WW II (5th Air Force Service Command in Asiatic-Pacific area).198 Married Aug-16-1942 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243,[426] Catherine Anna Marie Bailey, also known as Anna Marie Bailey,125,95 b. Jun-17-1920 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243 (daughter of Kenner Seaton Bailey and Agnes Celia Krick), resided 1942, 2011 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.243,95
149. Isa Dell Haught, b. Jul-21-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV,[427],210 d. Apr-14-1978 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198,210 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,219 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,210,418 census 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Aug-23-1908 in Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV,[428],26 Aaron Lewis Ashburn, also known as Lewis Ashburn,26,418,253,219 census name Lewis Ashburn, b. Dec- 5-1876,76 (son of William Mathias Ashburn and Columbia Josephine Butcher), d. Aug-18-1921 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,76 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,[429] census 1880, 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation mail carrier,76 occupation 1910 factory worker.92
Children:
i. KENNETH ASHBURN, b. May-23-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV,[430] d. Sep-26-1909 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.[431],35
ii. CHELSIE ASHBURN, b. Sep-17-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV,[432] [Family member report her middle name as Columbia or Columbiana, a name which she disliked and did not use.], d. Dec-18-1994 in Glen Dale, Marshall Co, WV, buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV, resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1940 at Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, occupation school teacher,[433] never married.
iii. CECIL HOWARD ASHBURN, b. Aug- 2-1912 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,210 d. Jan- 2-1992 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,198,210 buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,198 resided in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,210 census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation electrician, Weirton Steel. Married Jul-28-1934 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,[434],26 Erma Iona Hurst, b. May-31-1915 in Salem, WV,[435] (daughter of William Blaine Hurst and Flossie Pearl Digman), d. May-17-1995,210 resided in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV,217 resided 1942 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV,293 census 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV.
iv. MARY VIRGINIA ASHBURN, also known as Virginia Ashburn,[436] census name Virginia Ashburn, b. Oct- 4-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV,[437] d. Jun- 9-2001 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV,198 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1940 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940 clerk in confectionary store,433 education Doddridge Co H.S. (1937).436 Married May- 9-1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, Floyd Wilbur Crouse, b. Feb-20-1913 in Lincoln Co, WV,198 (son of Harry W. Crouse and Mattie Jane Delancey), d. Dec-24-1994 in Doddridge Co, WV,198 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,27 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided 1942 in Salem, WV,178 census 1930 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV,255 census 1920 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV, occupation as of Oct 1957 editor/publisher of West Union Herald newspaper,198,[438] occupation formerly Salem Herald newspaper employee,198,438 occupation formerly postal clerk & mail carrier,198 education West Union H.S. (1933, class president; class motto "After the clouds, sunshine").
150. Nancy Lou "Babe" Haught, b. Jan-19-1884 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[439] d. Sep-23-1977 in Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH,125,241 buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH,[440] resided (nursing home) in Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH,125,[441] resided formerly in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,125,241 resided originally in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.125 Nancy was always sensitive about her age, and no one in the family was ever sure exactly when she was born. The official Jan 19 1884 birth date was provided at the time of the delayed recording of her birth record in 1944 and was based principally on the testimony of her sister Rosa. Age 23 given at time of Dec 1910 marriage would put birth date in 1887, as would age 43 in the 1930 Census. The SSDI reports her birth date as Jan 19 1885, while her headstone shows her birth date as Jan 19 1889, also incorrect. A birth date of Jan 1882 was given in the 1900 Census, correctly placing her between older sister Icy Dell (listed as b. Jul 1880) and younger brother John Homer (b. Nov 1883). An analysis of the 1900 Census data for that household leads to the conclusion that Nancy and siblings Elizabeth, Icy & Homer seem to have shifted their birthdates in later years to make themselves appear a few years younger than they were. In Nancy's case, the shift seems to have occurred at about the time of the 1910 Census (when she was listed as being only 4 years older than in the 1900 Census), as her given age stayed fairly consistent after that. In the end, although we list her birth date as January 1884 to conform with her official birth record, the likelihood is that she was actually born in January 1882 as indicated in the 1900 Census. Married Dec-20-1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[442],[443] Addison Avery Brown, b. Aug- 1-1881 in Verndale, Wadena Co, MN,[444],[445] (son of Ammi Almanzia Brown and Almira Sanders), d. Jan-13-1954 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH,[446] resided in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,125 resided 1910 - 1943 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,125,418,244 resided 1893 - 1910 in Chehalis County (now Grays Harbor Co), WA,[447],445 census 1910 in Montesano, Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) Co, WA, census 1900 in Satsop, Chehalis (now Grays Harbor) Co, WA, census 1885 in Aldrich Twp, Wadena Co, MN, resided originally in Verndale, Wadena Co, MN, occupation glass-blower (in WV), steel mill worker (in OH).125
Addison: Born in Minnesota in 1881, Addison Brown moved from there to the state of Washington with his father in June 1893. Federal Census data of Jun 5 1900 identifies Addison Y. [sic] Brown, age 19, residing in Satsop, Chehalis County (now known as Grays Harbor County), Washington as a servant and farm laborer in the household of Edward F. Foster, b. Aug 1862 in Idaho. Addison's birthdate was given as Aug 1880 [sic], birthplace Minnesota, father's birthplace Massachusetts, mother's birthplace New York. Edward Foster's wife Mary was shown as born in Apr 1864 in West Virginia. The Fosters' neighbors were the family of Jasper and Virginia Mowry; they and the oldest five of their seven children were born in West Virginia, the younger two born in Washington. We can only speculate that it was through the Fosters and/or the Mowrys that Addison was somehow introduced to Nancy "Babe" Haught and eventually came to West Virginia. This is supported by the fact that Jasper Mowry appeared in the 1870 Census of Doddridge County (New Milton Twp) as the 9-year-old son of George & Mary Mowry, and that Jasper N. Mowry & Jennie (nickname for Virginia) Knight were married in Doddridge County on Mar 10 1856.
Census data of April 19 1910 states that Addison Brown was a 28-year-old laborer living in Montesano Precinct, County of Chehalis (now Grays Harbor County), Washington, with place of birth as Minnesota in 1881, residing as a "hired man" in the household of John C. Smith (age 52, born in Wisconsin) and his wife of 27 years, Jennie C. (age 47, born in West Virginia), and their children. Addison must have come to West Virginia soon thereafter, as he and Nancy "Babe" Haught were married Dec 20 1910 in West Union, and daughter Waneta was born Oct 23, 1911.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jan 3 1920 at 111 Wabash Avenue:
A. A. Brown, 38, b. Minnesota, both parents b. Minnesota, occupation truck-dray driver; wife Babe Brown, 33; step-dau Clella Haught, 15; dau Jaunita Brown, 8; son Vernon A. Brown, 2 months.
Stated birthplace of Addison's parents is clearly in error.
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930 (location appears to be one of several households at 317 E. Main St.):
Addison A. Brown, 47, b. Minnesota, both parents b. Minnesota, occupation salesman at feed store, age 26 at first marriage; wife Babe, 43, age 22 at first marriage, b. WV, father b. Pa., mother b. WV; dau Mabel W, 18; son Vernon A, 10; son Armond L, 7.
Again, the stated birthplace of Addison's parents is in error. Daughter Mabel W. Brown was better known as Waneta Brown; with her name appearing as Juanita Brown, she had been enumerated a week earlier in Harrison County in the household of half-sister and brother-in-law Clella and Lawrence Ingram.
1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 29 1940 at 304 Cottage Ave:
A. A. Brown, 59, b. Minnesota, laborer; wife Babe, 52, b. WVa; son Vernon, 20, single, laborer at cleaning & pressing shop; son Armand, 17. (Note: It is known from immediate family that in 1940 Addison Brown was employed as a delivery truck driver for the L. A. Hess Transfer Company of Fairmont, WV.)
In an affidavit dated Aug 21 1935 at Clarksburg WV, regarding establishment of Addison's birthdate, Addison stated that his family had moved to Montesano, Washington when he was about nine years old, that the family Bible had been destroyed in a house fire about three years later, that his mother had died when he was about six years old, that his father had died when he was about 18 years old, and that he had no living siblings.
Addison always told his son Armand that his only living relative not descended from him was a cousin, Edith Maria Weeden, whose address was 10 Guernsey Street, Norwich (Chenango County), NY. We have since determined that Edith Weeden was the wife of Archer Lewis Weeden (b. Mar 18 1870) (married May 20 1891) and was born Edith Maria Terwilliger in New York on Feb 13 1873, daughter of Andrew Jackson Terwilliger (1829-1904) and Mary Esther Sanders (1842-1919) (married Dec 12 1871). Census data shows that Mary Esther Sanders was a sister of Almira Sanders, Addison's mother. It was Edith Maria Weeden who in January 1943 provided an affidavit supporting the filing of Addison's delayed birth certificate in Verndale, Wadena County, Minnesota.
Children:
i. CLELLA MARGARET HAUGHT, b. Nov-15-1904 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,43,210,[448] d. Mar-24-1977 in Irving, TX,210 buried in Lakewood Cem, Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co, OH, resided in Irving, TX,210 resided formerly in Stone Mountain, Dekalb Co, GA, resided formerly in Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co, OH [1666 Roosevelt Ave.], resided 1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.43 Married Dec-24-1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,[449] Lawrence Kirchner Ingram, also known as Laurence Kirshner Ingram,[450] b. Mar-23-1901 in Salem, WV,43,241,210 (son of Michael Clark Ingram and Anna Melinda Kirchner), d. Mar-12-1991 in Hendersonville, Henderson Co, NC,[451],210 resided in Hendersonville, Henderson Co, NC,210 resided formerly in New York,[452] census 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.43
1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 7 1930:
Lawrence Ingram, 29, b. WVa, occup bookkeeper at explosives company, age 22 at first marriage; wife Clella Ingram, 25, occup stenographer at law office, age 18 at first marriage; dau Martha Ingram, 6; sister-in-law Juanita Brown, 18, occupation none.
Children by Addison Avery Brown:
ii. WANETA MABEL BROWN, nickname "Bo", census name Mabel W. Brown,244 census name Juanita Brown,208 b. Oct-23-1911 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[453] d. Nov-10-1959 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH, resided in Hubbard, Trumbull Co, OH, resided formerly in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, census 1940 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, census 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, census 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. (1) Married Jan-13-1934 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[454] Forrest Harold Waller, also known as Forrest John Waller, also known as Forrest J. Waller,186 birth name Forest Harold Waller,[455] b. Jul-12-1907 in Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV,[456],210 (son of Thomas Frank Waller and Fannie Bird McKeown), d. Apr-16-1986 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,186,[457] resided in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,210,186 census 1940 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH [3610 Southern Blvd], occupation steel mill security, occupation 1940 clerk at Express Co.391 They were divorced. (2) Married Oct-19-1957,125 Fred Jarvis, b. Mar-17-1906 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV,198 (son of Robert Lee Jarvis and Gay Collins), d. Mar- 6-1959 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,246 buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH,198 resided 1936-42, 58-59 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,198 resided 1942-58 in Hubbard, Trumbull Co, OH,198 resided until abt 1936 in West Virginia,198 census 1930 in Fork Lick District, Webster Co, WV [Listed with his wife Hattie in household of her widowed mother and siblings. He was unemployed.], resided 1929 in Gilmer Co, WV,[458] census 1910, 20 in Gilmer Co, WV, occupation office mgr, TransAmerican Freight Lines (6 yrs),198 occupation previously Motor Express Co. (20 yrs).198
iii. MARY EDITH BROWN,[459] also known as Edith Brown,125 also known as Adeline Brown,403 b. Feb- 8-1914 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[460] d. Jan- 1-1917 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,125,459 buried in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 cause of death burns from clothing catching fire.198 Edith died when she got too close to an open fire and her clothes caught on fire. She and her older sister Waneta were home alone at the time.125
iv. VERNON AVERY BROWN, b. Oct-29-1919 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[461] d. Jan-27-1960 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, OH,[462] resided in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, census 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation crane operator, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1940). Married Jun-15-1947 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH,[463] Elizabeth Lees, b. Dec-22-1921 in Plainfield, Windham Co, CT (daughter of James Spencer Lees and Nannie B. Shirk), residence in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, census 1940 in West Middlesex, Mercer Co, PA, census 1930 in Plainfield, Windham Co, CT.
v. ARMAND LEON BROWN, b. Jan-27-1923 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[464] d. Apr- 9-1985 in Doddridge Co, WV, buried Apr-11-1985 in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV, resided from 1974 in Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1952 - 1974 in Boardman, Mahoning Co, OH, resided 1946 - 1952 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, resided until 1945 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation A&P Grocery Produce Manager, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1941), military Apr- 6-1943 - Jan- 9-1946 S/Sgt, US Army Armor, World War II (Europe).215,114 Armand held several jobs as a youth, including doing custodial work at the West Union Post Office and pumping gas at the local filling station. After his 1941 graduation from Doddridge County High School, he worked at the A&P grocery store at the end of Main Street near the court house. He had a knack for working with fresh produce, much of which was displayed outside the store to attract customers. One person it attracted was a pretty teenager who walked by every morning on her way to school. Armand happened to be watching one day and saw her grab an apple and continue on her way. He rushed out of the store and demanded that she either return the apple or pay for it. We don't know what she ended up doing, because at this point in telling the story, Armand would always say "And that's how I met my wife. I caught her stealing apples." That teenage girl was Geneva Gaston, and they married a few years later. Although it was never made clear in the telling of the story, there's little doubt that far from being an apple thief, Geneva was simply trying to get the attention of someone special. Married Aug-4-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[465] Geneva Pauline Gaston, b. Nov-15-1926 at Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV (daughter of Ira Dow Gaston and Ida Opal Husk), d. Dec-22-2001 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, buried Dec-27-2001 in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV, resided from 1974 in Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1952 - 1974 in Boardman, Mahoning Co, OH, resided 1946 - 1952 in Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1945), Salem College.
Geneva: Graduate of Doddridge County High School (1945) and attended Salem College, Salem, WV, 1945-46. Worked for two years in the office of the Ford garage in West Union. Upon her marriage to Armand Brown in 1946, she moved to Youngstown, Ohio, where Armand's family had moved from West Union while he was overseas during World War II. From 1962 to 1974, she worked as cashier and office worker for A&P food stores in Youngstown and vicinity. In June 1974, with Armand's heart problems preventing him from continuing his job with A&P in Youngstown, they returned to Doddridge County, moving into the house on Oxford Road, at Cabin Run, where Geneva had lived with her family for about five years prior to her marriage. From then until his death in 1985, Armand and Geneva operated what had been her parents' small grocery store adjacent to the family home, changing the name from Gaston's Grocery to Brown's Grocery. With her brother Sam, Geneva was a driving force and principal compiler of this genealogy.
151. John Homer Haught, also known as Homer Haught,125,178,147 census name Homer Haught, b. Nov-21-1887 in Freds Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV,41 d. May-14-1963 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,[466],41 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,[467],198,219 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation clerk, Markeys Clothing,125 occupation 1910 store clerk.92 Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, September 30 1915, in its entirety:
"Homer Haught and father D. H. (sic) Haught attended the special service at the Ruley church Sunday and enjoyed the fine basket dinner served on the grounds."
From the West Union Herald of Thursday, April 30, 1936:
"Homer Haught, of Parkersburg, made this office a call while here Tuesday and informed us that he will move his family to F. A. Fisher's farm in Doddridge County this week." Married Sep-20-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV,201,[468] Delphia Blanche Fisher, also known as Blanche,147,27 b. Jan- -1887,[469],41 (daughter of Frederick Asa Fisher and Amy Louisa Maxwell), d. Jan- 8-1961,201,41 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,[470],219 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. DAVID EDWARD HAUGHT, also known as D. Edward Haught,27 b. Sep-23-1909 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[471],41 d. Jul- 9-1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,198,41 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198,27,219 [Headstone reads: D. Edward Haught.], census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, census 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV, never married [Crippled].
ii. MARY RUTH HAUGHT, also known as Ruth, b. Oct-17-1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[472] d. Feb-27-1997 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH, buried in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH, resided 1963 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH,235 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV. Married Oct-22-1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243 John Edward White, Sr., b. ca 1911 in McConnelsville, Morgan Co, OH,243 resided 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.243
iii. JOHN HOMER HAUGHT, JR., b. Sep- 7-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV,210,243 d. May- -1987,210 resided in Venice, Sarasota Co, FL,217 resided 1963 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,235 census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV. Married May-19-1934 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243_415 Thelma Virginia Day, b. Feb-11-1911 in Jackson Co, WV,210,243 d. Mar- -1995,210 resided in Venice, Sarasota Co, FL,210 resided 1934 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.243
iv. (TWIN SONS) HAUGHT.
v. AMY BLANCHE HAUGHT, b. Aug- 5-1917 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV,198,210 d. Apr-15-2004,198,210 buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter Co, FL,198 resided in North Port, Sarasota Co, FL,198,[473] resided 1963 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV.235 She married George C. Day, b. Sep- 6-1915,27 d. Nov-20-1990,27 buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter Co, FL,48 military Cpl, US Army, World War II.49
152. Howard David Haught, b. Apr-11-1889 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,76,198,[474] [But Doddridge County death records (Bk 2, p. 143) give birth date as Apr 10 1889.], d. Oct- 7-1940 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV,76 buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,76,198 resided in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV,76 census 1940 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1931 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,474 census 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, occupation Civil Service examining board, Clarksburg Post Office,76,95 occupation 1920 mail carrier.[475] (1) Married Feb- 2-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV,[476],[477] Minnie Belle Brown,75 b. Nov-29-1894 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,98,171,75 [Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1893.] (daughter of George Washington Brown and Mary Virginia Thomas), d. Aug-29-1965 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,171 buried in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV,171 census 1940 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1913 in Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV. They were divorced.[478]
1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jan 9 1920 at 406 Haymond Ave:
Howard D. Haught, 30, mail carrier; wife Minnie, 26; son Paul A, 5; dau Wanda, 2y 3m.
1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 22 1930:
Minnie Haught, 35, married, occupation domestic, monthly rent $52.50; son Paul A, 16; dau Wanda L, 12; lodger Roy F. Clopp, 38, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.), married, glass cutter in factory; lodger Joseph E. Nayler (?), 29, b. Indiana (both parents b. Belgium), married, glass cutter in factory.
(2) Married Feb-22-1931,[479] Alice Lee Swiger, also known as Lee Swiger, b. Jan-29-1906 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,98,474 (daughter of Truman Dallas Swiger and Eliza Ellen Doak), resided 1940 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV, census 1940 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1931 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.474
Children by Minnie Belle Brown:
i. PAUL ANTHONY HAUGHT, b. Mar-27-1914 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,98,210,450 d. Jun- 1-1991 in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC,450,210 buried in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV,[480],198,48 resided in Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC,217,450 census 1940 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, occupation 1940 glass cutter in flat glass factory,287 education Salem College (1935),[481] military S/Sgt, US Army, World War II.49 He married355 Nellie Miller, b. Jun-30-1917,48 d. May-25-2008,48 buried in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV.48
ii. WANDA LUCILLE HAUGHT, b. Sep-20-1917 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,[482],210 d. Sep-19-2002,210 resided in Hallowell, Kennebec Co, ME,217 census 1940 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1920, 1930 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV. She married355 W. E. Bailey.
Children by Alice Lee Swiger:
iii. HOWARD BRYSON HAUGHT, also known as Bryson Haught,388 b. ca 1933,198 d. Apr-21-1935 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.198
iv. HOBART KENT HAUGHT, also known as Kent Haught,198 also known as H. Kent Haught,198 b. Jul-25-1934 in West Virginia,210 d. Jan- 2-2007 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH,422,186,210 cremated186 resided in Ashtabula Co, OH,186 resided in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH,226,[483] census 1940 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV, occupation account representative, Sears & Roebuck,186,198 military U.S. Army.198 He married Living.
v. MYRON LYNN HAUGHT, also known as Lynn Haught,168 b. Sep- 7-1936 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 d. Feb-14-1989 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA,198 buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 census 1940 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV, occupation hospital administrator, education University of Louisville, KY.
153. William Berkley Haught, also known as Berkley Haught,125,142,178 b. Sep-15-1894 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,[484],198,210 d. Feb- 2-1972,198,210 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,198 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,210 resided formerly in Pennsylvania,275 census 1940, 105 Court St in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1916 in Tango, Lincoln Co, WV,[485] occupation O. Ames Co., Parkersburg, WV, occupation 1940 laborer in oil field,433 occupation 1930 pumper in oil field,[486] occupation 1920 tool dresser.475 He resided in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV when employed by the Philadelphia Oil Co. He moved to Parkersburg in 1942. He was a retired employee of the Johns Manville Co in Parkersburg. He was survived by four grandchildren, all of Baltimore, MD.198,210 He married Mary Florence Yates, b. Nov-28-1896 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,332,198,210 (daughter of James S. Yates and Laura Davisson), d. Jan-27-1981 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,210 census 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, resided 1916 in Tango, Lincoln Co, WV,485 census 1910 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children:
i. JAMES DAVID HAUGHT, b. Jan- 1-1918,210 d. Feb-26-1977,210 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,48 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,275,235 census 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, occupation 1940 truck driver (C.C.C., state forest),433 military Sep-13-1941 - Jun-30-1945 Pfc, US Army, World War II,215,114,49. Married late in life.
154. Cora E. Watson, b. Feb- -1880,139 census 1880 in Roane Co, WV.
155. Francis Waitman Watson, also known as Waitman Watson,[487] b. 1884,41 d. 1942,41 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27 Married ca 1912,29,27,487_29 Arvilla B. "Biddie" Reynolds, census name Biddie B.,487 b. Jun- 5-1893,210,41 d. Apr- -1981,210,41 resided in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,210 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27
Children:
i. VIRGIL WATSON,29 b. Sep-23-1912 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,107,210,487 d. Feb-23-1994,210 resided in Spencer, Roane Co, WV.107,217 Married Nov-25-1946 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,[488] Opal Arnold, b. Jan-25-1911 in Calhoun Co, WV,107 (daughter of Simon A. Arnold and Nancy Jane ___), resided 1946 in Orma, Calhoun Co, WV.107
ii. DELBERT DENZIL WATSON,29 b. Feb-17-1915,27,210 d. Jun- 5-1994,27,210 resided in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,210 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27 Married Sep-24-1938 in Roane Co, WV,[489],27 Isabelle Grace Davis, b. Mar- 5-1920,27 (daughter of Earl Davis and Elsie ___), d. Jun-28-1997,27 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27
iii. HAYWARD H. "JOHN" WATSON,27,29 b. Oct- 1-1921,27,210 d. Oct- 2-1981,27 [SSDI lists death date as Nov 1981, but headstone specifies Oct 2 1981.], resided in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,210 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27
iv. WILBUR WAYNE WATSON, b. Jul-22-1931 in Zona, Roane Co, WV,[490] resided 1952 in Zona, Roane Co, WV.490 He married Living.
156. W. L. Watson, b. Sep-27-1887,27 d. Dec- 7-1914,27 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27
157. Artie A. Watson,27 b. Jun-22-1889 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,[491],27 d. Feb-16-1891,27 buried in Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Roane Co, WV.27
158. (Female) Watson, b. Feb-11-1891 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV.[492]
159. S. E. Dotson, b. 1869,[493] census 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV.
160. John W. Divers, b. ca 1873,144 census 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV.
161. George Scott Divers, census name Scott Divers,144 b. 1874 in Harrison Co, WV,41,26 d. Jul-10-1958 in Doddridge Co, WV,35,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,152 census 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV. Married Nov-30-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV,[494],[495] Gladie O. Davis,495 also known as Gladiolus Davis,495 b. Aug-30-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV,495,41 (daughter of Alvin Marcellus Davis and Victoria Gay Dotson), d. Apr- 8-1960 in Doddridge Co, WV,35,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.152
162. Oka E. Divers, b. ca 1878,144 census 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV.
163. Ella Divers, b. ca 1879,144 census 1880 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV.
164. Archie J. Hurst, b. May-18-1893,210,148,41 d. Feb- -1968,210,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,152 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,217 census 1900, 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, occupation welder in oil fields.208 Married Aug- 3-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV,26_209 Elsie Mae Hutson, b. Jan-17-1892,76,208,41 (daughter of Iven Hutson and Sarah Jane Permelia Davis), d. Feb- 2-1956 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,76,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,76,152 resided in Salem, WV,76,233 census 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, census 1900, 1910 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Clarksburg Drug Company (40 yrs).198
Children:
i. ILA B. HURST, b. May-12-1913,210,208 d. Nov-17-1992,210 resided in Keedysville, Washington Co, MD,217 census 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV. She married253 ___ Moss.
ii. WAYNE W. HURST, b. May- 5-1915,210,208 d. Sep-19-1998,210 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,217 census 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV.
iii. BERNARD WOODELL HURST, b. May- 1-1917 at Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,210,[496] d. Dec- 7-1995,210 resided in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV,210 resided 1942 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV.496 Married Jun-21-1942 in Salem, WV,496_253 Clara Mae Nicholson,142 also known as Clair Mae Nicholson,496 b. Apr-18-1918,[497],[498] (daughter of Alvin Spencer Nicholson and Edna Mae Sperry), resided 1990, 2003, 2008 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV,168,142,168 resided 1930 in Doddridge Co, WV.498
iv. ARCHIE JOSEPH HURST, b. Mar-27-1919,210,41 d. Nov- -1971,217,41 buried in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,152 census 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV, military World War II.152
v. RUBY MAE HURST, b. Oct-10-1921 in Salem, WV,198 d. Jul-14-2008 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,216 buried in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided ca 1982 - 2003 in Hawaii,198 census 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV. She married122 Albert E. Moore, b. Apr-22-1916,27,210 d. Jul- 7-1980,27,210 buried in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,152 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.217
vi. NINA HURST, b. ca 1931, resided 2008 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.142 She married[499],253 ___ Bailey.
165. James Joshua Hurst, b. Sep- -1898 in Harrison Co, WV,148,75 d. Oct- 1-1974 in Newark, Licking Co, OH, buried in Newark Memorial Gardens, Newark, OH,150 resided 1952 in Salem, WV,75 census 1930 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,208 census 1900 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV. (1) Married ca 1920,208_95 Ada Virginia Dennison, b. Jun- 1-1898 in New Creek, Harrison Co, WV,43,210 [Obituary states birthplace as Marshville, Harrison County.] (daughter of Amos D. Dennison and Lelia Skaggs), d. Apr- 3-1981 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,246,210 buried in Shahan (Ten Mile) Cemetery, Flinderation, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Salem, WV,43,210 census 1930 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV.208 They were divorced.56,46 (2) Married Apr-12-1952 at Lake Floyd, Harrison Co, WV,75,[500] Ethel Fay Currey, also known as Esther Fay Curry,138 also known as Ethel Fay Curry,209 b. Apr-29-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV,210,43,41 (daughter of Thaddeus L. Curry and Mary Lavonia Ford), d. Sep- -1980,210,41 buried in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,[501] resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,217 resided 1952 near Salem, WV,75 census 1940 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV, resided 1935 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in Washington Co, PA, resided 1918 in Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1900, 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children by Ada Virginia Dennison:
i. RAYMOND DALE HURST, b. Apr-28-1921 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,43,210 d. Aug-23-1985 in Fayette Co, KY,[502],210 buried in Bluegrass Memorial Gardens, Nicholasville, Jessamine Co, KY,150 resided in Lexington, Fayette Co, KY,217 resided 1946 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1930 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,208 military (enlisted 5/24/1943) U.S. Army, World War II.215 Married Jul- 3-1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 Opal Emogene Jones, census name Emogene Jones, b. May- 4-1928 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV,43 (daughter of Arthur C. Jones and Georgia Burr), d. Oct- 8-1958 in Newark, Licking Co, OH,150 resided 1946 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1940 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV.
ii. ROBERT ELWOOD HURST, also known as Elwood Robert Hurst,[503],208 b. Dec- 6-1924 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV,198 d. Jan-12-2002 in Salem, WV,198 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Salem, WV,198 occupation truck & bus driver,198 military U.S. Army, WW II (Purple Heart).198 Served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart on June 1 1944 at Anzio. After his military service, he worked for several years as a truck driver for Conoco Gas Co in Ohio and Texas. His last 15 years of employment was with the Doddridge County School System as a bus driver in the Long Run area.198 (1) Married Dec-28-1946,122,201 Barbara Jean Gum, b. Aug- 4-1926 in Doddridge Co, WV,[504] (daughter of James Blair Gum and Gladys Anne Cumpston), d. May- 6-1977 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198,201 resided in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV.198 (2) He married Living.
iii. MARY ELLEN HURST, b. Jul- 3-1928 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,98,210 d. Mar- 8-2011,210 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,217,168 census 1930 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV.208 She married223 ___ Snider.
iv. DOROTHY MAE HURST, b. Dec-28-1930 in Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,43,210 d. Sep- -1992,210 resided in Grand Junction, Greene Co, IA,217 resided 1948 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.43 Married Aug-21-1948 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,43_223 Albert Williams Hutchison, Jr., also known as A. W. Hutchison,210 also known as Albert William Hutchison, Jr.,43 also known as A. Hutchison,114 b. Jul-16-1926 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,43,204,217,114 (son of Albert Williams Hutchison and Etta E. Rollins), d. May- -1989,204,217,114 resided 1948 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,43 military Aug-19-1943 - Sep-27-1943 U.S. Army, World War II.215,114
v. WILDA JEAN HURST,168 b. Jun-19-1935,210 d. Feb-25-1994,210 resided in Newark, Licking Co, OH,210,178 resided formerly in West Virginia.[505] Married223 ___ Modesitt.
vi. EVELYN SUE HURST, b. Jun-22-1942 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,198 d. Aug-21-2015 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV,230 buried in Shahan (Ten Mile) Cemetery, Flinderation, Harrison Co, WV,198 resided in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.198,168 She married223 ___ Greaver.
166. John Orian Hurst, census name Orin J. Hurst,208 also known as Owan O. Hurst,138 b. Aug-29-1904 in Harrison Co, WV,98 census 1930 at Raccoon Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV, occupation 1930 farm laborer.208 Married ca 1925,208_138,46 Beulah K. Thompson, b. ca 1910,208 census 1930 at Raccoon Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV.
Children:
i. OMA KATHERINE HURST, b. Nov-28-1928 in Harrison Co, WV,98,75 [Birthplace given in marriage record as Lost Creek, but in WV Birth Index as Good Hope.], resided 1951 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1930 at Raccoon Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV. Married Jun-17-1951 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,75 Fairfield F. Randolph, b. Jun-18-1914 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,98,217 (son of David Alvadore F. Randolph and Nancy Alice "Allie" McClain), d. Jul-17-1981,217 buried in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV,48 resided 1951 at Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV, military Jan-13-1941 - Sep- 8-1943 Pfc, U.S. Army, World War II.114,227
167. Edward John Bee, census name E. John Bee,52 b. 1869,41,23 d. 1942,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1870, 1900, 10 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation blacksmith,147,65,211,174. Married Oct-18-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV,86_122 Arminda Calhoun, b. Apr-10-1868,198 (daughter of John C. Calhoun and Mary Shaffer), d. May-18-1950 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,198,166 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,198,51 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.198
Arminda: Survived by three daughters, predeceased by one daughter and three sons.198
1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
Edward J. Bee, b. May 1869, blacksmith, married 6 yrs; wife Arminda, b. Apr 1868, mother of 3 children (2 still living); dau Izora, b. Aug 1894; son Iliff, b. Dec 1895; dau Mona M, b. Apr 1899; dau Okla A, b. Feb 1900; brother-in-law Harl Bee, b. Feb 1875, widowed, occupation blacksmith. (NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the number of children reportedly born and the number of children listed. Also, Harl Bee is incorrectly identified as a brother-in-law, rather that a brother.)
1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, Berea Precinct), enumerated on May 24 1910:
Edward J. Bee, 40, self-employed blacksmith, married 16 yrs; wife Arminda, 41, mother of 7 children (4 still living); dau Izora, 14; dau Monia, 12; dau Alda, 10; dau Conza, 4.
1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, town of Auburn), enumerated on Apr 4 1930:
Edward J. Bee, 60, blacksmith, age 24 at first marriage; wife Arminda, 61, age 25 at first marriage.
Children:
i. IZORA BEE, also known as Zora Bee,193,149 b. Aug- -1894,65 resided 1950, 1960 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,178,149 census 1910 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jun-26-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV,[506] Hiram I. Williams, b. Apr- 2-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV,76,27,193 (son of Adolpheus J. Williams and Phebe S. Sommerville), d. Feb-16-1960 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76,27 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51,76 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,76 occupation truck driver for State Roads,76 military Pfc, Co I, 164th Inf, World War I.51
ii. ILAF BEE, b. 1895,41 d. 1896,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 [Identified as daughter of E. & A. Bee.].
iii. MONA MERLE BEE, b. Apr-19-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV,76 [1900 Census shows birth date as Apr 1899, but death record specifies Apr 19 1898.], d. Sep-24-1943 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76 buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, WV,76 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,76 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Aug-16-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Harold G. Fidler, b. ca 1892 in Gilmer Co, WV,193 resided 1943 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,64 resided 1919 in Ritchie Co, WV.193
iv. OKLA ALDA BEE, also known as Alda Bee,211,201 also known as Okley Alda Bee,193 census name Alda O., b. Feb-17-1900 in West Virginia,284 d. Apr-30-1953 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,284 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,284,51 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,178,201 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Jun- 8-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV,193,201_95 Okey Lee Bush, b. Sep-23-1896 in Gilmer Co, WV,198,193 (son of Freeman Marion Bush and Hilah Jane Stewart), d. Jun-16-1952 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,246 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,198,51 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,198 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation carpenter, former employee of State Road Commission,198 occupation 1920 driving team for Smith Preston.296
v. RUBLE BEE, b. Nov-22-1903 at Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,[507],41 d. Apr-14-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV,68,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.51
vi. CONZA BEE, b. Jul- 4-1906 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,507,210,193 d. Jun- -1985,210 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Glasgow, Barren Co, KY,217 resided 1950 in Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH.178 Married Aug-24-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV,193_262 Carley D. Keister, census name Carlie D. Keister,189 b. Sep- -1898 in Gilmer Co, WV,189,193 (son of Asa W. Keister and Ada Strother), census 1900, 1910, 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV, occupation 1920 tool dresser in oil fields.[508]
168. Emmaretta Bee, b. ca 1871,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children:
i. OLIVE LORINA "MOLLIE" BEE, also known as Ola Bee,86 b. Feb-21-1891, d. Feb- 7-1962 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH,241 census 1920 in Middletown, Butler Co, OH, resided in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH.241 Married Jun-13-1907 in Ritchie Co, WV,[509] Neff Corliss Hoff, b. Apr- 9-1883 (son of Eri Benson Hoff and Malinda Ann Hart), d. Jun-25-1961 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH, census 1920 in Middletown, Butler Co, OH, census 1910 in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH, census 1900 in Wirt Co, WV.
169. Fernando Harl Bee, also known as F. Harl Bee,76 also known as F. H. Bee,26 census name Harl Bee, b. Feb-22-1873 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76,166 d. Sep-23-1943 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76,166 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51,76 census 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation farmer.76 (1) Married Mar-11-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV,[510] Henrietta Costilow, b. ca 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV,75 (daughter of Jackson J. Costilow and Mary "Polly" Moreland), d. Feb-20-1900 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,230 buried in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided 1899 in Doddridge Co, WV,75 census 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Henrietta: Local news item, "West Union Record," Friday, Feb 23 1900, in its entirety:
"The wife of F. H. Bee died of consumption at her home on Doe Run Tuesday after a lingering illness of several months. The body was interred in the West Union cemetery on Wednesday. The body was followed to its last resting place by many relatives and friends. Peace be to her ashes."
(2) Married Jan-15-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV,[511] Clara Melrose Gribble, b. Jan-12-1879 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,166,41 (daughter of Thomas Neely Gribble and Talitha C. Davis), d. Jun-25-1950 in Ritchie Co, WV,166,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 cause of death drowned in flood,[512] census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
170. Martha A. Bee, b. ca 1876,52,86 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Mar- 1-1900 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,[513],60 Floyd Smith, b. ca 1881.86
171. Lillian Leota Bee, b. Jul-10-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV,157 d. Feb- 8-1961 in Houston, Harris Co, TX,157 census 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Apr- 7-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Loyd Edwin Criss, b. ca 1880 in Gilmer Co, WV,86 resided 1901 in Ritchie Co, WV.86
172. James Doyle Bee, b. ca 1882 in Ritchie Co, WV,[514] resided 1910 in Harrison Co, WV,514 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Nov-23-1910 in Harrison Co, WV,[515] Alice Maude Bush, b. ca 1884 in Gilmer Co, WV,514 (daughter of George S. Bush and Kirura Ann ___).
173. Walter Ezra Bee, census name Ezrith W. Bee,65 also known as Ezra Bee,53 also known as W. Ezra Bee,27,122 b. Jul-13-1886 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,[516],41 d. Oct- 1-1943 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 occupation farmer,76 census 1900, 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jul-19-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV,86_53,149 Viola Jane Mitchell, b. Jul-16-1891 in Paris, Edgar Co, IL,198,41,86 (daughter of James W. Mitchell and Nancy Rollins), d. Jul-21-1977 in Canton, Stark Co, OH,246,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,198,51 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,198 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930:
Walter E. Bee, 43, farmer; wife Viola J, 38, b. Illinois, both parents b. W.Va.; dau Gladys L, 18; son Howard, 16; son James A, 15; son Dennis C, 13; son Ersel G, 11; dau Lucy B, 9; son Cassel T, 6; son Vental M, 4 yr 1 mo.
Children:
i. LOWELL GLADYS BEE, also known as L. Gladys Bee,95 also known as Gladys Bee,53 census name Gladys L. Bee,174 census name Lola G. Bee,156 b. Apr-22-1912,174,76 d. May-23-1939 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,76 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,76 cause of death influenza, pneumonia,76 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation restaurant worker.76 Married Dec-20-1934 in Ritchie Co, WV,[517] Odbert Harold Bell, b. ca 1901 in Harrison Co, WV,193 resided 1934 in Ritchie Co, WV.193
ii. HOWARD RALPH BEE, also known as Ralph Bee,210 b. Nov- 1-1913 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,98,210,107 d. Mar- -1978,210 resided in Washington, DC,217 resided 1977 in Seat Pleasant, Prince Georges Co, MD,178 resided 1941 in Nobe (Calhoun/Gilmer Co), WV,107 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, military (enlisted 1/6/1941) U.S. Army, World War II.215 (1) Married Nov-23-1941 in Revere, Gilmer Co, WV, Dessie Jane West, b. Feb-27-1920 in Calhoun Co, WV,13,107 (daughter of Robert West and Euphemia Burrows), d. Aug- 4-1943 in Gilmer Co, WV,[518] resided 1941 in Nobe (Calhoun/Gilmer Co), WV,107 census 1930 in Sherman District, Calhoun Co, WV. (2) Married Jul- 8-1944 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,[519] Nora Opal Robinson, also known as Opal Robinson,519,210 b. Jul-21-1916 at Tanner, Gilmer Co, WV,210,519 (daughter of Harry Robinson and Anna ___), d. Sep-17-1996,210 resided in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV,210 resided 1944 at Tanner, Gilmer Co, WV.519 They were divorced.46
iii. JAMES ARTHUR BEE, b. Apr-15-1915,210,174 d. Aug-16-2003,210 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,217 resided 1977 in Seat Pleasant, Prince Georges Co, MD,178 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married May-22-1944 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Roberta Gay Calhoun, b. May-13-1922 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198,193 (daughter of Romeo M. Calhoun and Ruby Mae Elder), d. Dec-22-2009 in Navarre, Stark Co, OH,198 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,198 resided 1944 in Ritchie Co, WV.193
iv. DENNIS CARL BEE, b. Dec-16-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV,285,210,27 d. Mar- 2-1971 in Canton, Stark Co, OH,241,226,27 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,241 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jul- 9-1945 in Ritchie Co, WV,285 Wilma Mary Britton, b. Mar-22-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV,285,210 (daughter of Harley Britton and Viola Jane Earl), d. Sep-20-1997,210 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH.210
v. ERSEL GEORGE BEE, b. Apr- 1-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,60,174 d. Dec-17-2007 in Lexington, Lexington Co, SC,230,210 buried in Woodridge Memorial Park, Lexington, SC,198 resided in Lexington, Lexington Co, SC,198,217 resided 1977 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV,178 resided 1943 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, military U.S. Army, World War II, Europe (EAME Campaign Medal).198 He was a civil engineer, worked as a carpenter, and retired as a Building Inspector for the State of West Virginia, with 20 years of service. He was especially proud of being an Ordained Minister.198 (1) Married Jan-23-1943 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,[520] Juanita Madeline Dodd, census name Waneta A. Dodd, b. Aug- 7-1925 at Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV,198 (daughter of Alva Allen Dodd and Laura Jane McCloy), d. Jul- 6-2013 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,216 buried in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,198,168,[521],142,209 census 1930, 1940 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation waitress, cook, garment worker (Myles Manufacturing).198 They were divorced.56 (2) Married ca 1960,201 Novaline G. Lawson, b. Nov- 9-1919,497 resided 2007 in Lexington, Lexington Co, SC.201
vi. LUCY BELLE BEE, b. Jul-24-1921,210,241,174 d. Aug-26-1985 in Orange Co, FL,241,210 resided in Altamonte Springs, Seminole Co, FL,217 resided 1977 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,178 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jun-13-1939 in Ritchie Co, WV,[522] Charles Alfred Lewis Hileman,403 also known as Lewis Hileman,178,235,168 b. Nov-13-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV (son of Anda Aaron Hileman and Rulina Clemma Gaston), d. Nov-18-1981, buried in Evergreen Cemetery (North) (aka Arlington), Rt 2 N of Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV, resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,178,168,235.
vii. CASSEL T. BEE, b. Feb-16-1924,210,27,174 d. Mar- 5-1981 in Stark Co, OH,241,210,27 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Canton, Stark Co, OH,226,241,178 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
viii. VENTOL MARVIN BEE, also known as Marvin Bee,178 b. Jun- -1926 in Ritchie Co, WV,98 resided 1977 in Fairfax, VA,178 census 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV.
ix. CLAUDE BEE, b. Jun-14-1931 in Ritchie Co, WV,210 d. Oct-25-1993 in Bexar Co, TX,241,210,27 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX,210 resided 1977 in Canton, Stark Co, OH,178 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Sep-28-1949 in Ritchie Co, WV,[523] Louise Ellen Jones, b. Oct- 6-1931 in Ritchie Co, WV,285 (daughter of Draper Jones and Cecil Jeffries).
x. FRANK BEE, b. Jun-15-1934 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,98 d. Nov- 2-2010,210 resided in Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa Co, FL,210 resided 1977 in Auburn, King Co, WA,178 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. He married Living.
174. Schuyler McWhorter Watson, b. Mar- 2-1871 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76,86,89 d. Jan- 2-1931 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,89,76 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,76,51 census 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV. (1) Married Feb-17-1895 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Georgie Adams, b. ca 1876.86 They were divorced. (2) Married Oct-12-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV,[524] Ida Blanche Reed, also known as Blanche Reed,60 b. Nov-20-1898 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,98,210,193 (daughter of Ira J. Reed and Clara Overfield), d. Apr- 3-1989,210 resided in Baltimore, MD,210 census 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.
175. Joseph William Watson, b. ca 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV.[525] (1) Married Nov-19-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV,[526] Gatha G. Williams, b. ca 1877,86 d. bef Aug 1911.45 (2) Married Aug-15-1911 in Lewis Co, WV,[527] Liddie Hurst, b. ca 1891,525 (daughter of D. S. Hurst and Rachel ___).
176. Dora Belle Watson, b. 1872,41,86 d. Oct-15-1966 in Doddridge Co, WV,35,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided 1955 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV,168 resided 1941 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.233 Married Jan-25-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV,86_223 Simpson A. Westfall, b. 1866 in Gilmer Co, WV,41,86 d. 1936,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV.51
177. George Robert Watson, b. Aug-29-1874 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,198 d. Jul- 2-1955 near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,76,198 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51,76 resided near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,76 resided 1935 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV,181 census 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.76 (1) Married Aug-19-1902 in Doddridge Co, WV,[528] Lucy F. Ingram, b. Jun-13-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV,27,170,26,181 (daughter of Lloyd Stanley Ingram and Jettie E. Tucker), d. Jan- 4-1909,27 buried in Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,27 census 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Lucy: Name spelled Inghram in marriage record, but Ingram in daughter's death record.
(2) Married Apr- 6-1918 in Doddridge Co, WV,[529] Bessie M. Williams, b. Aug-14-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV,210,170,75 (daughter of William Henry Williams and Minnie Odell Dotson), d. Mar-15-1995,210 resided in New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA,210 resided 1955 near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,149,[530] census 1900, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Children by Lucy F. Ingram:
i. OVIED P. WATSON,122,210 also known as Ovid Watson [Although more commonly known as Ovid Watson, his name was given in his wife's obituary and in his own SSDI listing as Ovied P. Watson.], b. Jun-16-1904,210 d. Oct-28-1996,210 resided in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV,235,122,217. Married ca 1928,122,[531] Letha V. Wise, b. Jun-14-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV,198,210 (daughter of John Jackson Wise and Addie Kelley), d. Jul-13-1990 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV,230,210 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided 1937 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,178 occupation cook, baker at Country Hearth Restaurant, Harrisville.198
ii. WENOMA WATSON, b. Sep-25-1907 at Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,76 [Birth date on headstone is 1908.], d. Mar- 1-1935 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51,76 cause of death tuberculosis.76 She married64 Joseph William Wines, also known as William Wines,64 b. Jan-25-1904 in Roane Co, WV,76 (son of I. G. Wines and Hattie Newlon), d. Aug-23-1935 in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,76 buried in Little Creek Bapt (aka Bartlett) Cem, Co Rd 20/4, Triplett, Roane Co, WV,76 resided in Spencer, Roane Co, WV,76 occupation grader, State Road Commission.76
When Joseph William Wines and Wenoma Watson died within a few months of each other in 1935, they were survived by five young children who were divided among the neighbors to raise, as was the custom of the time. Their twin daughters, Delene and Delane, were taken in and raised to maturity by Jacob and Gay Zinn Spiker as foster children, giving the Spikers a total of nine children to raise. In her diary, Gay referred to the nine children as her "7 and 2."
Children by Bessie M. Williams:
iii. ROXIE BELL WATSON, census name Roxy B. Watson,321 b. Apr- 3-1919 at Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. Feb- 4-2014 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 buried in Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,235,168,201 census 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, education Doddridge Co H.S. (1938).198 Married ca 1939,201 Earl W. Rollins, b. Nov- 2-1914 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV,198 (son of Wilmer L. Rollins and Myrtle Emma McGary), d. Nov-29-2004 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,198 buried in Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV,198 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,235,168,178,198 [Upper Arnolds Creek Community], census 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Earl: Formerly employed in construction, combustion engineering, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and he retired after 26 years of service with Weirton Steel.
iv. JUANITA MAY WATSON, nickname Skeeter,273 census name Waneta Watson,255 b. Apr-15-1920 in Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. Jan-16-1999 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA,198 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA.235,198 Married Mar-13-1938 in Harmony, Butler Co, PA,[533] Charles Wayne Perine, also known as Wayne Perine,418,176,235 b. Mar-27-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV,[534] (son of Waitman T. "Willie" Perine and Georgia May Garrison), d. Aug- 3-2000 in Ellwood City, Lawrence Co, PA,273 buried in West Virginia,273 resided 1951 in New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA,235 census 1930 in Butler Co, PA,176 census 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV.418
Charles: Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 23 1915, in its entirety:
"A five year old son of Wate Perine and wife of Arnolds Creek was taken to a Clarksburg hospital Friday for treatment for typhoid fever."
v. ROBERT JUNIOR WATSON, b. Mar- 7-1925 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198,210 d. Oct-10-2000 in Grove City, Mercer Co, PA,198 buried in Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mt Chestnut, Butler Co, PA,198,48 resided in Portersville, Butler Co, PA,198,142 resided 1955 in New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA,235 census 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Lava Crucible Refractories, Zelienople, PA (retired 1987, 35 yrs),198 military Jul-14-1943 - Mar- 4-1946 U.S. Army, World War II,198,215,114. Married Jan-25-1947,201 Bertha Evelyn White, b. Jun-13-1928 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 (daughter of Leslie Marlin White and Minnie Del Freeman), d. Aug-17-2003 in Grove City, Mercer Co, PA,198 buried in Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mt Chestnut, Butler Co, PA,198,48 resided in Portersville, Butler Co, PA,198,201 census 1940 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
vi. WILODEAN WATSON, b. Oct-19-1926,27,210 d. Jan-29-1987,27,210 buried in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV,48 resided in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV,210 resided 1955 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,235 resided formerly in Pennsylvania,275 census 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.255 She married236,201 Marshall Norwin "Ted" McKinney,198 census name Norwin McKinney, b. Dec-18-1921 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,98,198,210 (son of Joseph Maurice McKinney and Florida Frances "Flossie" Scott), d. Oct- 7-1999 in Salem, WV,216,210 buried in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV,265,48,198 resided in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV,198,210 census 1930, 1940 at Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV, occupation C & P Telephone Co (retired),198 military Jul- 4-1944 - Feb- 8-1946 PHM1, U.S. Navy, World War II (USS Valentine, AF-47),265,198,[535]
vii. BONNIE LEE WATSON, b. ca 1932, resided 2014 in Holiday, Pasco Co, FL,142 resided 1999, 2003 in Palm Harbor, Pinellas Co, FL,142,168 resided 1955 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH.235 She married223,253 Stuart Schwartz.
viii. PAUL E. WATSON, b. Aug- 4-1934 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. Dec-31-2003 in Butler, Butler Co, PA,246 buried in Concord Presb Ch Cem, Hooker Rd, West Sunbury, Butler Co, PA,198 resided in West Sunbury, Butler Co, PA,198,142 occupation welder (Herman Corp of Zelienople, PA) and bus driver (Campbell Bus Co.),198 military U.S. Navy, Korean War.235,198 Married Aug- 2-1957,201 Darla Kay Kauf,273 (daughter of Clyde Kauf and Winona May Perine), resided 2003 in West Sunbury, Butler Co, PA.201
ix. MARTHA JO WATSON, b. Aug- 1-1941 in Doddridge Co, WV,75 d. Nov-26-2008 in Looneyville, Roane Co, WV,230 buried in Clover Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV,198 resided in Looneyville, Roane Co, WV,198,168,142 resided 1955, 1960 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.235,75 (1) She married Living. (2) She married253,223 ___ Conley.
178. Otis Watson, b. Apr- 5-1880 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76,166,41 [Although his death record states his birth date as Apr 5 1881, and his headstone also shows the birth year 1881, he appears in the 1880 Census as a 2-month-old, with his birth occurring in April 1880.], d. May-15-1947 in Ritchie Co, WV,166,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,76,51 occupation farmer.76 Married Jul-26-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV,86_53 Clara Myrtle Stanley, also known as Clara India Stanley,149 b. Jul-12-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV,76,86,41 d. Aug-21-1951 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,[536],41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV.51,76
Children:
i. DORA IRENE WATSON, also known as Irene Watson,222,46 b. Apr-15-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV,48,41,193 d. May-18-1994,48,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,[537] census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Sep- 5-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Maynard Carl Brissey, b. Oct-15-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV,48,41,193 (son of Arthur N. Brissey and Genevra "Neva" Maxson), d. 1976,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.48
ii. AVERY LYNN WATSON, b. Nov-14-1905,210,174 d. Apr-30-1990,217 census 1920, 1930 in Ritchie Co, WV.222,174 (1) Married Aug-13-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV,193_53 Helen Sinnett, b. Oct-27-1910 in Ritchie Co, WV,76 [Death date on headstone is 1938, but death record shows it to be Aug 30 1939. Age 12 at 1920 Census would put birth in about 1908, and age 21 in 1932 marriage record would put it in about 1911, but death record shows it to be Oct 27 1910 and date on headstone is also 1910.] (daughter of Charles W. Sinnett and Laura Jane Watson), d. Aug-30-1939 in Hopemont, Preston Co, WV,76 buried in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,76 cause of death tuberculosis,76 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76 census 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.
As descendants of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard, Avery Watson and Helen Sinnett were second cousins once removed.
(2) Married May-23-1942 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Pauline W. Roberts, b. Mar-29-1924 in Macfarlan, Ritchie Co, WV,204,27,193 (daughter of Ira Jasper Roberts and Dessie Pearl Elliott), d. Oct- 8-1988 in Clark Co, OH,186,27 buried in Myers Cemetery, North Hampton, Clark Co, OH,48 census 1940 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV.
iii. MARVIN NOEL WATSON, also known as Noel Watson,222,46 also known as M. Noel Watson,293,122 b. Feb- 9-1910 in Ritchie Co, WV,[538] d. Feb-10-1989,210,122 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,538,293,210. (1) He married46 Vera E. Drane. (2) Married May-26-1967 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,538 Dorothy Lou Wolfe, b. Mar-31-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV,198,538 (daughter of Valen Dow "Pet" Wolfe and Hettie Childers), d. Aug-10-2003 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided 1960 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV,386 census 1920 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation Myles Manufacturing, West Union (22 yrs).198
iv. ONEDA WATSON, b. Aug- 7-1912 in Ritchie Co, WV,285,210,222 d. Jul- 1-2003,210 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,217 census 1920, 1930 in Ritchie Co, WV.222,174 Married Apr- 1-1955 in Ritchie Co, WV,[539] Guy Maxson, b. Oct-16-1896 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,198,285,210 (son of Enoch Dow Maxson and Jennie M. Batson), d. Aug-19-1976 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,229,210 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,217 census 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation mechanic,198 military U.S. Army, World War I.198
v. OLLIE MAE WATSON, census name Oley May Watson,222 b. Mar-26-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV,285 census 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV.222 Married Mar-29-1950 in Ritchie Co, WV,285 Clyde B. McDonald, also known as Bernard Clyde McDonald,98 also known as Clyde Burnice McDonald,285 b. Sep-14-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV,285,98,49 (son of Shirley S. McDonald and Flossie Chloe Davis), d. Aug-17-1992,49,217 buried in Log Church Cemetery, Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV,48 military Pfc, US Army, World War II.49
vi. STANLEY WATSON, b. Dec-27-1919,210,193 d. Jan- 8-1997,210 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,217 census 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV,222 education Pullman H.S., Ritchie Co WV (1939).[540] Married Jul-15-1944 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Faye Irene Mason, b. Mar-17-1924,210,193 (daughter of Guy R. Mason and Hazel Gae Elder), d. Dec-23-1991,210 resided in West Virginia.217
179. Marvin Len Watson, b. May- -1882,65 d. Oct-16-1969 in Umatilla Co, OR,241 resided 1955 in Hermiston, Umatilla, OR,168 census 1900 in Ritchie Co, WV.65 He married149,64 Ollie ___, b. Feb- 6-1893,210,241 d. Mar-27-1982 in Umatilla Co, OR,241,210 resided in Hermiston, Umatilla, OR.[541]
180. Henry Carl Watson, census name H. Carl Watson,222 b. Dec-28-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV,65,210,86,41 d. Jun- -1955,217,122,41 buried in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,27 resided 1943 in Lewis Co, WV,[542] census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1912 in Doddridge Co, WV,86 census 1900 in Ritchie Co, WV.65 (1) Married Oct- 2-1912 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Ruby Zinn, b. Mar-20-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,43,65,86 (daughter of Wesley Worthington "Wirt" Zinn and Jemima White), d. Apr- -1982,210 resided in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,210 resided 1939 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1900, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. They were divorced.56 (2) Married Jan-23-1943 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,[543] Zelma M. Gochenour, b. Feb- -1909,210,542,198 [Birth date given in obituary as Feb 8 1909, but SSDI shows it as Feb 18 1909. Birthplace given in obituary as Upshur County, but marriage record shows it as Lewis County.] (daughter of Ernest E. Gochenour and Bertha M. Louderback), d. Apr- 2-2004 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,210,216 buried in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,198 resided in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,217,198,542 occupation cook at Mary Jane's Restaurant in Jane Lew.198
Children by Ruby Zinn:
i. LEWIS WILLIAM WATSON, census name Louis Watson,222 b. Oct- 6-1913 in Doddridge Co, WV,198 d. Aug- 5-2005,198 resided in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,198 census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation Consolidated Gas Co (32 yrs), mayor of Jane Lew (2 terms).198 Married Apr-29-1935 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60_46 Emma Pearl Cunningham, also known as Pearl Cunningham,46 b. ca 1919 in Ritchie Co, WV,60 d. Jun-25-2000.201
ii. NANCY JEMIMA WATSON, b. Jul-17-1931 in Ritchie Co, WV,60,198 d. Jul-22-2011 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH,246 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198,60,168 resided 2004 in Iowa,[544] occupation Ritchie County librarian.198 She was raised by her uncle and aunt, William M. & Mary (Sommerville) Zinn.198 (1) Married Oct- 7-1950 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,60 Charles Edwin Summers, b. May- 1-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV,60,27 (son of Lorn H. Summers and Juna Merle Wass), d. Apr-13-1990,27 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 military Pfc, U.S. Army, World War II.51 (2) She married122,[545],223 John S. Curry, b. Nov-24-1919,210 d. Feb- -1987,210 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV.226
Children by Zelma M. Gochenour:
iii. ELLA MAY WATSON, b. Jan-13-1944 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,43,210 d. Mar-11-2000.210 She married Living.
iv. LIVING. (1) He married Audrey Irene Casto, b. Aug- 3-1924,43,210 [Birthplace given as Braxton County in her 1943 marriage record, but as Walkersville, Lewis County, in her 1967 marriage record.] (daughter of Oley G. Casto and Edna Mae Hardman), d. Dec- -1974,210 resided in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,217 resided 1967 in McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV.43 (2) He married Living.
v. LIVING. She married Living.
181. Winfield Scott Watson, also known as Scott Watson,222,168,60 b. Jul- -1887 in Ritchie Co, WV,65,60 d. Feb-17-1963 in Doddridge Co, WV,[546] resided 1941, 1955 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,60,168 census 1900, 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV.65,222 Married Feb- 1-1941 in Ritchie Co, WV,[547] Ruby Mason, b. ca 1914 in Ritchie Co, WV,60 (daughter of Bruce Lee Mason and Adaline Margaretta Leaseburg), resided 1941 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
182. Floyd D. Summers, b. ca 1879,93 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
183. (Daughter) Summers, b. Apr- -1880,93 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
184. Okey M. Adams, b. Dec- -1879,93 census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
185. Herbert Newberry, b. Nov- -1879,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
186. Lochie Newberry, census name Lucy Newberry, also known as Lushia Newberry,[548] b. Dec- -1888,170,41 d. 1954,41 buried in Limestone Cemetery, Marshall Co, WV,48 census 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV.
187. Noah Simons, b. Aug- -1880 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,65,26,138 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation farm worker,[549],[550] occupation 1904 carpenter,[551] military Jun-10-1904 - Jun- 9-1907 Co M, 29th Infantry.551 Married Jul- 7-1907 in Doddridge Co, WV,[552] Leona Margaret "Maggie" Hart,332 also known as Maggie L. Hart,75,198 also known as Lovina M. Hart, b. Mar- 7-1883 at Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV,[553],76 (daughter of William M. "Billy" Hart and Mary Catherine "Kate" Hart), d. Nov-14-1927 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,198 buried in Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV,198 cause of death tuberculosis,76 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
Leona: Survived by all ten of her children, not identified in her obituary.
Children:
i. HARRY A. SIMONS, b. Feb-15-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,41,60 d. Mar- -1973,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1930 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,174 resided 1928 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation farmer.174 Married Sep-16-1928 in Ritchie Co, WV,60 [Smiths Run Church], Geneva G. Bird, also known as Geneva Byrd,53 b. Jan-21-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,60 (daughter of Andrew W. Bird and Clara Olive Summers), d. Jul-13-1997,210 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,210 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1930 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1928 in Hazelgreen, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1920 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV.
ii. LEONA MAY SIMONS, census name May Simons, b. Mar- 7-1909 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,98 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
iii. LETHA SIMONS, b. ca 1910,550 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV.
iv. ETTIE SIMONS, census name Ett Simons,174 b. ca 1912,550 census 1930 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,174 [Listed as Ett Simons in household of brother Harry.], census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV.
v. RAY SIMONS, b. Sep-15-1913,210 d. Apr- -1972,210 resided in Avella, Washington Co, PA,217 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV.
vi. MACY SIMONS, b. ca 1916,550 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV.
vii. VIRGINIA LEE SIMONS, b. Aug-21-1917 at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV,550 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV.
viii. (FEMALE) SIMONS, b. 1919,550 census 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV.
188. Joseph Simons, b. Nov- -1882,65 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
189. George R. Simons, also known as George Simonds,138 also known as George Simon,122 b. May-13-1886 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV,98,210 d. Nov- -1975,210 buried in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV,48 census 1940 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,319 resided 1937 at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,122 census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1919 in Ritchie Co, WV,75 occupation farmer.319 Married Sep-17-1919 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV,75 Tensie Maude Blake, also known as Maud Blake,198,138 also known as Maude Blake,75,76 b. May-15-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV,76,39,75 (daughter of Edward Alva Blake and Mary E. McKeown), d. Mar- 5-1937 at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,230,76 buried in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV,76,198,48 resided at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,198 census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.76
1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, Auburn Precinct), enumerated on Feb 6 1920:
George Simons, 43, farm laborer; wife Maude, 26; dau Goldie, 2; son Fredrick, 5
1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
George Simons, 42, farmer; wife Maud, 38; son Howard, 10; dau Nora, 8; dau Lota, 5; dau Ruth, 2 yr 5 mo; son John, 5 mo.
NOTE: Daughter Goldie was found with her paternal grandmother in Ritchie County:
1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, town of Auburn), enumerated on Apr 5 1930:
Victoria Simons, 69, widowed; granddau Goldie Simons, 12; lodger Mash A. Williams, 30, single, occupation house wrecker.
1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 2 1940 at Long Run:
George Simons, 54, farmer, widowed; son Howard B, 20, W.P.A. laborer, single; dau Lota M, 15; dau Ruth E, 13; son John, 10; dau Ruby V, 7.
Children:
i. FREDERICK SIMONS, b. ca 1914, resided 1937 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,544 census 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.
ii. GOLDIE BONITA JANE SIMONS, b. Oct- 6-1917,210 d. Oct- 5-2004,210 buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA,198,48 resided in Suffolk, VA,217 resided 1937 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,544 census 1920, 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV. She married Dolan William Riddle, b. Jun- 6-1915 in Ritchie Co, WV,98,210 (son of George Washington Riddle and Jerusha Angeline Bright), d. Sep- -1978,210 buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA,48 census 1920, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children by Tensie Maude Blake:
iii. HOWARD B. SIMONS, b. Feb-22-1920 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV,204 d. Jul-15-1982,114,204 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,217 resided in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV,212 resided 1937 at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV,178 census 1940 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,319 census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940 W.P.A. laborer,319 military Aug-12-1940 - Aug-10-1943 World War II.114
iv. MATHIAS SIMONS, resided 1937 at Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV.178
v. NORA SIMONS, b. ca 1922,486 census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV.486
vi. LOTA MAE "LOTTIE" SIMONS, b. Sep- 2-1924 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV,98,486 census 1940 in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,319 census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV.
vii. RUTH EDNA SIMONS, b. Oct- 5-1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,98,486 census 1940 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,319 census 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV.
viii. JOHN CARL SIMONS, b. Nov-21-1929 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV,98,210,486 [Birthplace given in marriage record as Smithburg, but birth record shows it as Blandville.], d. Jun-22-1988,210 buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Wood Co, WV,48 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,259,497 resided 1952 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,[554] census 1940 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV,319 census 1930 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV, military May-17-1948 - Apr-29-1952 US Navy, Korea.114 He married Living.
ix. LIVING.
190. Richard Simons, b. Jul- -1887,65 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
191. Floyd Simons, b. Sep-15-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV,210 [Birth date given as Sep 1890 in 1900 Census, but SSDI shows it as Sep 15 1891.], census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Mar-29-1913 in Ritchie Co, WV,60 Tracy Pearl Martin, b. May- -1889 in Ritchie Co, WV,65 (daughter of James Wilson Martin and Cora Lee Lawson), census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
Children:
i. JOHN QUENTIN SIMONS, b. 1913 in Ritchie Co, WV,60,198 d. Sep- 2-2010 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,216 buried in Lloyd Brydie Family Cemetery, Goffs Rd, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Cisco, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided 1937 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60 occupation Penova Interest (retired), Palmer Hill in oil fields.198 Married Apr- 8-1937 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,60 Hester Florence Smith, also known as Florence Smith,46,209,142 b. 1919 in Harrison Co, WV,60 (daughter of Henry Harrison Smith and Elsie Aire Gregg), resided 2011, 2014 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,209,142 resided 2010 at Cisco, Ritchie Co, WV,201 resided 1937 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV.60
192. Nina Simons, b. Sep- -1895,65 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
193. Willie D. Divers, b. May- 4-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,13 d. Dec-10-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,124 cause of death croup.124
194. Winnie Dott Divers, also known as Winifred Dorothy Divers,48 b. Dec- 1-1878 in Doddridge Co, WV,98,148 d. Jul-22-1960 in Union Co, AR,48 buried in Arlington Memorial Park, El Dorado, Union Co, AR,48 resided 1901 in Harrison Co, WV,43 census 1900, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. Married Jun-26-1901 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,43 Charles Francis LaRobadiere, b. Feb- 4-1879 in McKean Co, PA,27,43 (son of Frank Larobadiere and Ella ___), d. Jan- 6-1961,27 buried in Natchez City Cemetery, Adams Co, MS,48 resided 1901 in Harrison Co, WV.43
195. Samantha Divers, b. Feb- -1886,148 census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
196. Gertie A. Divers, b. Dec- -1888,148 census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
197. Frank Divers, b. Mar- -1890,148 census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
198. Bruce Divers, b. Jan- -1892,148 census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
199. Estella Divers, b. Nov- -1896,148 census 1900 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
200. John E. Turner, b. Feb- -1880,52 census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
201. Wilbert Rufus Russell, b. Dec- 4-1882 in Barbour Co, WV,48,179,542 d. Sep-23-1952 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,48 buried in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV,48 resided 1905 in Lewis Co, WV,542 census 1900 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV. Married May- 7-1905 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,542,[555] Hattie Knight, b. ca 1888 in Doddridge Co, WV,542 (daughter of William Benjamin B. Knight and M. Jane Davis), resided 1916 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,555 resided 1905 in Lewis Co, WV.542
202. Nora Bell Russell, b. Aug- -1891,179,41 d. Oct- 4-1962 in Monongalia Co, WV,171,41 buried in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1900, 20, 30, 40 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV. Married ca 1908,[556] William Wirt Morrison, b. Dec- 5-1877,210,41 (son of Albert Newton Morrison and Mary Magdeline Hinzman), d. Jun- -1968 in Monongalia Co, WV,171,210,41 buried in Friendship Cemetery (Fairview IOOF), Berlin Rd (CR 7), Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1920, 1930, 1940 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, occupation 1940 farmer,[557] occupation 1930 oil field roustabout.556
Children:
i. ROBERT RUSSELL MORRISON, b. Aug- 1-1909 in West Virginia,186,210 d. Nov- 9-1994 in Dover, Tuscarawas Co, OH,186,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,217 census 1940 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV, resided 1935 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV, census 1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV, census 1920 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, occupation 1940 glass cutter,[558] occupation 1930 cutter in glass factory.556 Married Dec- 1-1928 in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD,150,556_46 Edith Pauline Fox, census name Pauline, b. Aug-27-1911,150,556 (daughter of John Morgan Fox and Lela Lois McCarty), d. Jun-16-1966 in Monongalia Co, WV,[559] census 1940 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV, resided 1935 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV,558 census 1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV, census 1920 in Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV, occupation 1930 cutter in glass factory.556
ii. HARRY ALBERT MORRISON, b. Jul-31-1911,186 d. Mar-31-2002 in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH,186 resided in Wooster, Wayne Co, OH,186 census 1920 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV.
iii. WILLIAM JOY MORRISON, b. Jun-24-1917,210,41 d. Apr-29-2002,210,41 buried Desert Lawn in Calimesa, Riverside Co, CA,48 resided in Salem, Salem Co, VA,217 resided 1951 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,300 resided 1941 in Lewis Co, WV,215 census 1920, 1930, 1940 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, occupation 1951 pipe fitter,300 military Jan- 8-1941 - Oct- 3-1945 U.S. Army, World War II.215,114 Married Jun- 2-1951 in Summit Co, OH,300_253 Willa Cornelia Critchfield, census name Willie C. Crihfield,296 b. Aug-19-1908 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,98,210 (daughter of Thomas Irvin Critchfield and Cornelia Leeson), d. Jan-26-1979 in San Bernardino Co, CA,298,299 buried Desert Lawn in Calimesa, Riverside Co, CA,48 resided in Yucaipa, San Bernardino Co, CA,217 resided 1960, 1962 in California,168 resided 1951 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,178,300 census 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV [In household of parents, along with her two sons. Marital status married, but husband not present.], resided 1935 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,282 census 1930 in Roseland, St Joseph Co, IN, census 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation 1940, 1951 beautician.282,300
iv. JAMES HAYWARD MORRISON, b. Feb-27-1922 in Lewis Co, WV,210,186,542,98 d. Jun-13-1996 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,186 resided in Akron, Summit Co, OH,217 resided 1947 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,542 census 1930, 1940 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, military Dec-11-1942 - Mar-14-1946 U.S. Army, World War II.215,114 Married Mar-15-1947 near Weston, Lewis Co, WV,542_236,262,223 Mary Lou Critchfield, b. Jul-27-1923 in Harrison Co, WV,98,542,186 (daughter of Thomas Forrest "Foxy" Critchfield and Mary Frances Smith), d. Mar-24-2004 in Putnam Co, OH,186 resided in Fort Jennings, Putnam Co, OH,168 resided 1962, 1985 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,235,178 resided 1947 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,542 census 1940 in Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV, census 1930 in Portland District, Preston Co, WV.
203. Sarah Charlotte Wade, also known as Charlotte Wade,75,27 b. Feb-13-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV,[560],27 d. Jan-30-1896 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,[561],27 buried in Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,27 cause of death "childbed fever" (puerperal fever, a bacterial infection caused by unsanitary childbirth conditions).124 Married Mar-17-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV,[562],38,[563] Daniel Webster Britton, b. Jun-11-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV,[564] (son of Joseph Stephen Britton and Mary Jane Gaston), d. Feb- -1911,51,[565] buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 cause of death tuberculosis,565 census 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation rural mail carrier,211 occupation teacher.147,138
Daniel: 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910 at Oakwood Addition:
Daniel Britton, 43, rural route mail carrier, married 10 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Bessie, 28, married 10 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 5 children (all still living); son Wilbur, 14; son Cecil, 9; dau Lora V, 7; son Horace A, 6; son Otha R, 4; dau Mabel L, 1 yr 8 mo.
(Note: The names/ages of Wilbur and Cecil are reversed. Cecil was born in Jan 1896, Wilbur in Jun 1900, to different mothers.)
Children:
i. CECIL ORR BRITTON,563 b. Jan-20-1896 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV,98,51 d. Oct-11-1918 in France,[566],51,[567] buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, near Verdun, France,[568],[569] ["Ritchie County WV Cemeteries through 1993" reports a marker for him also at the Harrisville IOOF Cemetery.], resided 1917 in New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA,290 resided in Harrison Co, WV,567 census 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV [In household of paternal grandparents. His father was not present.], occupation installer for telephone company in New Castle Pa,290 military Sgt, US Army, 305th Trench Mortar Btry, 80th Inf Div, WW I (KIA),566,[570],569.
204. Lahuma Kelley, b. Mar-15-1874 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,48 d. May-26-1943 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,48 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1930, 1940 in Skin Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, census 1920 in Lodi, Medina Co, OH, census 1910 in Chelsea, Rogers Co, OK, census 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1930, 1940 farmer,556,557 occupation 1910, 1920 oil lease superintendent,[571],404 occupation 1900 salesman.65 (1) Married ca 1902,571 Flora A. Mace, b. Apr-23-1873 in Hacker Valley, Webster Co, WV,48,27 (daughter of Andrew C. Mace and Margaret Stalnaker), d. Oct-10-1933 in Horner, Lewis Co, WV,48,27 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1930 in Skin Creek District, Lewis Co, WV, census 1920 in Lodi, Medina Co, OH, census 1910 in Chelsea, Rogers Co, OK. (2) He married48 Delia Avis Vance, b. ca 1907,557 census 1940 in Skin Creek District, Lewis Co, WV.
Children by Delia Avis Vance:
i. LIVING.
205. Gertrude Kelley, b. Jul-23-1875 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,98,27,557 d. Oct- 2-1963 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,171 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,48 census 1940 in Skin Creek District, Lewis Co, WV [Identified as sister Gertrude Kelley, 64, single, resided 1935 in Ritchie, in household of brother Lahuma Kelley.], census 1880, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, never married.557
206. Nellie Ann Kelley, b. Mar- 4-1878 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV,98,210,60 [Birth date on headstone is 1876. But age in marriage record and in 1880 Census puts birth in about 1878.], d. Feb- 4-1967 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,171 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,48 resided in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,210 census 1910, 1930 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV, resided 1902 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Nov-15-1902 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,60 Creed B. Collins, census name Crede Collins, b. Mar-15-1877 in Ritchie Co, WV,48,65,41,60 (son of Sylvester Collins and Cyntha Jane Bee), d. Jan-28-1947 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,48,41 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,48 census 1910, 1930 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV, resided 1902 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Ritchie Co, WV,[572] occupation 1930 superintendent at U.S. Post Office,[573] occupation 1910 mail clerk for railroad.[574]
Children:
i. WILLA LUCILE COLLINS, b. Jun-13-1904 in West Virginia,450,574 d. Jan- 8-1998 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC,422,450 cremated450 resided since 1967 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC,198,450 census 1930 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV, census 1910 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV, education West Virginia University (Alpha Xi Delta Sorority).198,450 Married 1928 in Marion Co, WV,574 Robert William Vankirk, b. Apr-25-1906 in Pennsylvania,450,[575] d. Aug- -1994 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC,450 cremated450 resided since 1967 in Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC,122,450 census 1930 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV, occupation E. I. DuPont in Charleston WV (retired 1967),122 occupation 1930 supervisor in hydrant department at DuPont.575
ii. RUTH ANNE COLLINS, b. 1906 in Marion Co, WV,41,574,[576] d. 1968,41 buried in Jones Cemetery, Dents Run, Bellview, Marion Co, WV,48 census 1940 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV, resided 1934 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,576 census 1910, 1930 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV, occupation 1930 school teacher.573 Married Dec-26-1934 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,576 John Stephen Hess, b. Sep- 9-1907 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,49,48,576 d. May- 5-1968,49 buried in Jones Cemetery, Dents Run, Bellview, Marion Co, WV,48 census 1940 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV, resided 1934 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,576 occupation 1940 school teacher (physical education),[577] military Lt, US Navy Reserves, World War II.49
iii. DOROTHY VIRGINIA COLLINS, b. Jun- 3-1909 in Marion Co, WV,390,98,41,574 d. Jul-11-1998 in Duval Co, FL,390,41 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV,48 resided in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL,142 census 1910, 1930 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV. Married 1949 in Marion Co, WV,180_253 Richard C. Steele, b. 1910,41 d. 1988,41 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV.48
207. Garfield Franklin Kelley, b. May-25-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV,65 d. Sep-30-1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,48 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1910, 1930, 1940 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV, census 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1910 laborer in gas fields.[578] Married Sep- 9-1902 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV, Ona Mae Meek, b. Oct-16-1882,48 (daughter of Monticue A. Meek and Sarah E. Bowen), d. Apr-16-1978 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,48 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV, census 1910, 1930, 1940 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV.
Children:
i. GLADYS KELLEY, b. Oct-11-1903 in Lewis Co, WV,180,171 d. Jun-22-1964 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,171 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,171 census 1910, 1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV, occupation school teacher.171 Married Apr-12-1928 in Harrison Co, WV,180 Ray Emett Miller, b. Mar-24-1889 in Endicott, Wetzel Co, WV,204,180 (son of William Miller and Martha Jane Pyles).
ii. FRANKIE KELLEY, b. Sep- 4-1908,210,41,578 d. Jul-11-2006,210,41 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,48 resided in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,217 census 1910, 1940 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV. She married Charles Harry Smith, also known as C. Harry Smith,27 census name Harry Smith, census name Charles H. Smith, b. Nov-26-1902,210,41 d. Jan- -1968 in Orange Co, FL,390,210,41 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1930, 1940 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV, occupation 1930 electrician for West Penn.556
iii. MILDRED LEEONAH KELLEY, b. Nov-23-1912 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,204 d. Dec-14-2004,204 resided in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,217 census 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, census 1930 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV. She married Hubert James Flesher, b. Nov- 5-1907 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,48 (son of George Herbert Flesher and Flora Elizabeth McLaughlin), d. Jan-27-1970 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,48 buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Rt 19 N, Weston, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1940 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV, occupation 1940 machinist-mechanic.287
iv. BETTY JANE KELLEY, b. Mar- 9-1925,27,556 d. Nov-28-2008,27 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,48 census 1930, 1940 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV. Married Jul- 9-1954,201 Charles Robert Carson, b. Feb- 7-1930,198 d. Oct- 7-2015 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV,216 buried in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV,198,48 resided in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,198 occupation Consolidated Natural Gas Co. (36 yrs),198 education Weston H.S. (1948),198 military U.S. Marine Corps (Korea).198
208. Jess Morton Kelley, census name Morton Kelley, b. Mar-15-1882 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,48,65,41 d. Apr- 3-1961 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,48,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV, census 1930, 1940 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV,174 census 1900, 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation farmer.282 Married Dec-16-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV,53 Nellie B. Collins, also known as Nell Collins,46,27 b. 1894,41 (daughter of Sylvester Collins and Cyntha Jane Bee), d. 1985,41 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,48 census 1920, 1930, 1940 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV.174
Children:
i. MYRL HUGH KELLEY, b. 1912,41 d. 1944,41 buried in Forest Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH,48 census 1930 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV,174 census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
ii. EDNA ALBERTA KELLEY, also known as Alberta Kelley,334,168 census name Alberta Kelley, census name Edna A. Kelly, census name Alberta Ireland, b. Jun-16-1917,497 resided 2014 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,168 resided 2011 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV,421 resided 1999 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,[579] census 1940 in Bowling Green, Warren Co, KY, census 1930 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. She married53 Guy Ross Ireland, b. Nov- 3-1914 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,198 (son of William P. Ireland and Laura M. Pritchard), d. Mar-17-2000 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,198 buried in Ireland Family Cem, White Oak, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,198,235,168,579 census 1940 in Bowling Green, Warren Co, KY, military Aug-26-1943 - Dec- 2-1945 Pfc, US Army, World War II (Europe),265,114,198.
Guy: Resident of White Oak community, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV. Retired in 1977 as statistician for the Quality Control Engineering Department of Union Carbide Corporation of Clarksburg, with 34 years of service. Graduated from Pullman High School in 1932, then attended Fairmont State College, earning an A.B. degree in 1935. He later attended Bowling Green State University in Kentucky, receiving a degree in accounting in 1940. He also taught school in Ritchie County at Pullman High School from 1935 to 1939 and later at Cairo High School in Ritchie County. Later in his career, he became president of the Ritchie County Board of Education. He entered the U.S. Army on Aug 5 1943. He participated in two invasions during his military service, Anzio, Italy, and southern France, both in 1944. After Germany's surrender, he was assigned to the Information and Education element in Rome, Italy. He was discharged on Dec 2 1945.198
iii. EVELYN LEOLA KELLEY, b. Feb-12-1919 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,204,210,27,174 d. Jun-15-2000,27,210 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV,48 resided in St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV,226 resided 1951 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV,[580] census 1940 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, resided 1935 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,391 census 1930 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV.174 (1) She married Harold Edwin Walton, b. Apr- 4-1918 in Lacey Spring, Rockingham Co, VA,300,186,391 d. Jan-12-2007 in Ohio,186 resided 1958 in Akron, Summit Co, OH,300 census 1940 in Lancaster, Fairfield Co, OH, resided 1935 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation Goodyear Aerospace,186,300 occupation 1940 laborer in glass factory,391,[581] education bachelor degre.186 Divorced Sep-23-1949.56 (2) Married Feb-11-1951 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,580,180_223 Howard Winston Reppert, b. ca 1920 in Upshur Co, WV,580 (son of H. S. Reppert and Elsie Harris), resided 1951 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV.580
iv. CARL KELLEY, b. Feb-10-1924 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,27 d. Feb-10-1924 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,27 buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.48
v. BILLY JOE KELLEY, b. Dec- 8-1929 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV,198,60,497 d. Apr- 8-2014 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV,246 buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick, MD,198 resided in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,198,223 resided formerly in Frederick, Frederick Co, MD,198,497 resided 1954 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1930, 1940 in Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation F O Day Co of Frederick MD, C J Miller of Frederick (gradall operator),198 education Harrisville H.S. (1948),198 military Cpl, US Army (Korean War era).198,49 (1) Married Apr-17-1954 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60 Clista Sue McCloy, census name Sue McCloy, b. Nov-13-1934 in Ritchie Co, WV,60,210 (daughter of Harvey James McCloy and Clyde Corlene Jones), d. Nov- 1-1999,210 buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick, MD,48 resided in Frederick, Frederick Co, MD,217 resided 1954 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1940 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV. (2) He married253 Vera Wilmetta Hayes, also known as Wilmetta Hayes,60,168,201,282 also known as V. Wilmetta Hayes,198 b. Sep-21-1936 near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,198,60 (daughter of Harley Hugh Hayes and Shada Ellen Goff), d. May- 2-2016 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,230 buried in Pullman Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,198,142,168,201 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation postmaster at Pullman Post Office (30 yrs with US Postal Svc),198 education Harrisville H.S. (1955).198
vi. NANCY LOU KELLEY, b. Apr-25-1933 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,98,198,210,497 d. Dec- 6-2010 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH,246,210 buried in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH,48 resided in Marietta, Washington Co, OH,210,497 occupation teacher at Marietta City Schools.198 Married Jun-12-1959,122 Robet H. Murray, b. 1924,41 d. 2000,41 buried in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH.48
209. Emma O. Kelley, b. Mar-20-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV,98,65 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV.
210. Edna Grace Kelley, also known as Grace Kelley, census name E. Grace, census name Grace, b. Mar- 3-1893 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,48,65 d. Jun-29-1940 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,48 buried in Pullman Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,48 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1935 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH, resided 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Apr-14-1920 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,60 Okla Bernard Summers, b. Sep- 9-1891 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,43,210,41 (son of Elijah Noble Summers and Agnes Maria Lowther), d. Jan- -1966,217,41 buried in Pullman Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,48 resided 1942 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,43 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1935 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV,282 census 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH, resided 1920 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation 1940 farmer,282 occupation 1930 carpenter.176
Children:
i. ROENA MAE SUMMERS, b. Jan-21-1921 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,204,176 d. Jan- 8-1994 in DeKalb Co, GA,[582],204 buried in Melwood (aka Mountain View) Cemetery, Stone Mountain, Dekalb Co, GA,48 resided in Decatur, Dekalb Co, GA,217,497 resided 1942 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,60 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1935 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH. (1) Married Apr-14-1942 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,60 Oakley E. Hess, b. Aug-18-1915 in Tyler Co, WV,60 (son of Elden E. Hess and Rose Mary McCullough), d. Mar- 1-1944 in World War II,49 buried Jan-15-1948 in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY,265,[583],48 resided 1942 in Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV,60 education Pennsboro H.S., West Virginia University (1938),[584],[585] military (enlisted 1/15/1942) 2nd Lt, US Army Air Corps, World War II (MIA between Labrador & Iceland),584,215,265. (2) She married William K. Moseley, b. Mar- 4-1911,27,[586] d. Nov-16-1962 in DeKalb Co, GA,582,27,586 buried in Melwood (aka Mountain View) Cemetery, Stone Mountain, Dekalb Co, GA.48
ii. ROBERT KELLEY SUMMERS, b. Jul-26-1926 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV,204,98,450,210,176 d. Sep- 9-1992 in Pinehurst, Moore Co, NC,450,210,204 resided in Jackson Springs, Moore Co, NC,217 census 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, resided 1935 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV,282 census 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH, military Nov-28-1944 - Dec- 2-1946 U.S. Army, World War II.114
211. Iona Watson, b. 1883 in Ritchie Co, WV,86,199,51 d. Mar-27-1967 in Ritchie Co, WV,199,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1930 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Nov-27-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV,77,86_563 Albert Lindsay Britton,563 b. Jan-25-1873,86,166,41 [Birthplace given as Tyler Co in his marriage record, but as Gilmer Co in his death record.] (son of Andrew Osborne Britton and Mahala McIntyre), d. Nov- 9-1954 in Ritchie Co, WV,166,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1930 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation carpenter.211
Children:
i. ALSTON BRITTON,563 b. Dec-11-1899 in Gilmer Co, WV,193,210 d. Aug- -1974,210 resided in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV.210 (1) Married Aug- 4-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV,[587] Ormeda Merle Sommerville, b. Jul-19-1906,210,41 (daughter of Ralph Sommerville and Ona Bell Douglass), d. Jul- -1971,210,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV.217 (2) He married563 Nellie Bartlett, b. Sep-14-1909,210 d. Jun- 3-1988,210 resided in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV.217
ii. BROOKS BRITTON,563 b. Nov-24-1903 in Gilmer Co, WV,210,41,[588] d. Aug- 2-1986,210,41 buried in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,51 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,210 resided 1932 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.588 Married Jun- 4-1932 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,588_122,563 Mary Elizabeth Deku, b. Sep-18-1911 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV,198 (daughter of Karl C. Deku and Iva Belle Davis), d. Dec-29-1996 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV,198 resided 1932 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV,588 occupation linotype operator.198
Mary: She was a linotype operator for 50 years, working at the Moundsville Echo, Times Inc., Westminster, MD, and the Ritchie Gazette in Harrisville.198
iii. LLOYD BRITTON,563 b. Jul-11-1907 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,507,210 d. Aug-25-2000,210 resided in Wickenburg, Maricopa Co, AZ,217 census 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. (1) He married563 Lois Ella Foster. (2) He married563 Mary Pauline Kerster.
iv. JAMES BRITTON,563 b. Dec-23-1915,51 d. Dec-23-1915,51 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV.51
212. Ezra C. Watson, b. Feb- -1879,65,86 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Dec-19-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV,86 Sarah R. "Lina" Richards, census name Lina Richards,65 census name Sarah R. Richards,93 b. Sep-19-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV,[589] [SSDI reports birth date as Sep 18 1877. Name listed in SSDI as Lina Watson.] (daughter of David Richards and Sarah Ann Gaston), d. Feb- -1971,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,168,210 census 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV, census 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV.
213. Lois Sinnett, b. Jan-24-1906,210,41 d. Apr- 9-1991,210,41 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,27 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,210 census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1910, 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Jul-16-1924,201 Carsie Oman Smith, b. Oct-30-1903 at Grove, Doddridge Co, WV,[590],210,41 (son of Henry Joseph Smith and Hattie Leeson), d. Jan- 3-1978 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,230,210,41 buried in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV,27,198 resided in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,178,198,275 census 1920, 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation driller, Equitable Gas Co (40 yrs).198
Children:
i. ARLENA B. SMITH, also known as Arlena Ray Smith,46 b. ca 1925,286 resided 1978, 2005 at Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV,235,421 census 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV. She married236 Lavere Barnett Cummings.
ii. ARGIL LEE SMITH, b. Jul- 9-1928 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,75,210 d. Apr-26-1996,210 resided in Carnegie, Allegheny Co, PA,217 resided 1978 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA,235 resided 1956 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.75 Married Mar-25-1956 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,75 Pauline Duckworth, b. Dec- 5-1926 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV,75,198,210 (daughter of Frank Ellsworth Duckworth and Martha Mary Spriggs), d. May-10-2005,210,198 buried in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV,198 resided in Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co, SC,217,198 resided 1956 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, census 1930, 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV, occupation cashier at Walmart.198
iii. BETTY JO SMITH, b. Aug-16-1932 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,210,75 d. Apr-10-2002,210 resided in Salem, WV,217 resided 1978 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV,235 resided 1952 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.75 Married Dec-20-1952 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,75_236 Clayton Frank Seal, b. ca 1931 at Bristol, Harrison Co, WV,75 (son of William Clayton Seal and Leo ___), resided 1952 at Bristol, Harrison Co, WV.75
iv. LIVING. She married Living.
214. Lora Sinnett, b. Apr-15-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV,210,41,193 d. Jan- -1981,210 resided in Zephyrhills, Pasco Co, FL,[591] census 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [Listed as a servant in the household of Doney B. & Susie P. Williams.], census 1910, 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Mar-10-1934 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Vane W. Bee, b. Jun- 7-1907,210,41,205 (son of Zed Bee and Fan Watson), d. Jun- -1971,217,41 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV,51 census 1910, 1920, 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV.
215. Helen Sinnett, b. Oct-27-1910 in Ritchie Co, WV,76 [Death date on headstone is 1938, but death record shows it to be Aug 30 1939. Age 12 at 1920 Census would put birth in about 1908, and age 21 in 1932 marriage record would put it in about 1911, but death record shows it to be Oct 27 1910 and date on headstone is also 1910.], d. Aug-30-1939 in Hopemont, Preston Co, WV,76 buried in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV,76 cause of death tuberculosis,76 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,76 census 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV. Married Aug-13-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV,193_53 Avery Lynn Watson, b. Nov-14-1905,210,174 (son of Otis Watson and Clara Myrtle Stanley), d. Apr-30-1990,217 census 1920, 1930 in Ritchie Co, WV.222,174
As descendants of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard, Avery Watson and Helen Sinnett were second cousins once removed.
Children:
i. DAVID WOOFTER WATSON, b. Apr- 7-1938 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,198,285 d. Sep-18-2016 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV,246 resided in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, occupation equipment operator at WV Dept of Highways (35 yrs).198 He married Living.
216. John Willard Sinnett, census name Willard Sinnett,[592] b. Jan-28-1913 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV,243,210,[593] d. Feb-12-1999,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,217,233,243 census 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV, education Pullman H.S.,593 military Sgt, U.S. Army, World War II (Guadalcanal).593 Married Apr-16-1955 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV,243 Ada Grace Bosley, b. Apr- 9-1916 at Braxton Co, WV,243,210 [Birthplace given as Gassaway in marriage record, but as Gem in obituary.] (daughter of Lonnie Ernest Bosley and Ella Boyd Dean), d. Aug- 9-2007,210 buried in Sunset Memory Gardens, Parkersburg, WV,198 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.217,243
217. Edsel Harmon Sinnett, b. Sep-11-1915,210 d. Jan- -1981,210 resided in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.217 Married Apr- 9-1938 in Ritchie Co, WV,193 Stacil Mae Webb, b. ca 1917 in Roane Co, WV,193 resided 1938 in Ritchie Co, WV.193
218. Mary Elizabeth Sinnett, b. Jan- 8-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV,89 d. Jan-12-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV,89 buried in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV.51
219. Lillie Cunningham, b. ca 1908,475 census 1900 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV.
220. Ralph Cunningham, b. ca 1910,475 census 1920, 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV. Married ca 1928,208 Willa ___, b. ca 1907,208 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV.
Children:
i. EUGENE CUNNINGHAM, b. ca 1929,208 census 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV.
221. Mary H. Cunningham, b. ca 1919,475 census 1920, 1930 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV.
[1] Emily
Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ <EmpCary@cox.net>, The Pritchard Family
History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, rev 2001), p. 106.
[2] Oren Frederic
Morton & J. R. Cole, A History of Preston County, West Virginia,
1913/1914 (digitized by Google Books), p. 680.
[3] Emily
Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ <EmpCary@cox.net>, The Pritchard Family
History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, rev 2001), p. 107.
[4] 1850 Census,
Barbour County, (W)VA.
[5] 1860
Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
[6] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237.
[7] Virginia
Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
[8] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co,
Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244.
[9] 1860 Census.
[10] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 421.
[11] Monongalia
County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV.
[12] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co,
Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 245.
[13] Death Record -
Birth date calculated from age at death.
[14] Roane County
Death Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as Otho G. Watson, age 81, married, died
Aug 16 1894 in Spencer District of Roane County, cause of death old age. Informant:
Jacob Watson, son. DR p. 68.
[15] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Groom identified as Oatha G.
Watson. Bride identified in marriage
record itself as Louisa Jett, but in index as Louise Jett. Ceremony held on an unspecified date in 1836.
MR Bk 3, p. 100.
[16] Emily
Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ <EmpCary@cox.net>, The Pritchard Family
History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, rev 2001), p. 108.
[17] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 362.
[18] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 257.
[19] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage record consists of a list,
submitted by the minister on Apr 1 1837, of all the couples that he had married
in the preceding year. Among them were
John Jett and Mary Watson, not further identified, married on an unspecified
date in 1836. MR Bk 3, p. 100.
[20] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, Marriage
date erroneously reported as Apr 1 1837. p. 362.
[21] Harrison
County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (1985)
[22] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co,
Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 275.
[23] 1870
Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).
[24] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 182.
[25] 1870
Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
[26] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
[27] Headstone.
[28] Roane County
Death Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as William Watson, married, age 72, born
in Mercer County, died Feb 9 1890, cause of death "La-Grippe,"
occupation farmer, buried at Hebron Cemetery.
Basis for birthplace given as Mercer County is not known, as all other
references to his birthplace are as Harrison County. DR Bk 1, p. 20.
[29] Barbara Watson
Howard <bkw23@hotmail.com>.
[30] Joseph D.
Miller, <jdmiller@homeinternet.net>, The Miller-Parsons Family
Genealogy (http://awt.ancestry.com)
[31] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, The handwritten marriage record
provides no identifying information on either person. It states only that William Watson and Nancy
Nutter were married in Harrison County on Oct 22, year not specified but
context and sequence indicating 1840.
Other researchers, including Wes Cochran, have reported Oct 22
1841. The marriage date at first glance
appears to be Mar 4 1841, with the Oct 22
entry pertaining to the previously listed couple . But closer examination reveals the Oct 22
date to pertain to the marriage between William Watson & Nancy Nutter. MR
Bk 3, p. 145.
[32] Marriage
records of daughters Malinda, Juliet & Sarah.
[33] Victor E.
Waldo, Jr. <vicwal@mmind.net>, Richard Dotson Family (posted at
http://awt.ancestry.com)
[34] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Nancy Watson, d. Jun 29
1869, daughter of A. Nutter and wife of William Watson. Age at death, 51y 4m 7d, would put birth on
Feb 22 1818. Birthplace listed as
Barbour Co, Va (now WV). Cause of death
consumption. DR Bk 3, p. 16.
[35] Doddridge
County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101.
[36] Donald E.
Norman & Pauline Karabogias, The Descendants of Christopher Nutter
(based on "The Nutter Family" by Barr Wilson),
http://hackerscreek.com/norman/NUTTER/CHRISTOPHER1.htm.
[37] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William Watson, widowed,
farmer, age 53, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jacob & Sarah
Watson; and Ellen Jane Leggett, widowed, age 41, b. Harrison Co, res. (ditto
implies Doddridge), dau of John A. & Mary Stinespring. Married Sep 25 1871 in Doddridge County. MR
Bk 1-A, p. 182.
[38] Death record
of son.
[39] 1900 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
[40] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 177.
[41] Headstone
(year only)
[42] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jane Watson, widow, died
Aug 14 1914 at Auburn, age 84y 2m 14d.
That would put her birth date at May 31 1830. Auburn is located in Ritchie Co near the
border with Doddridge Co. DR Bk 2, p. 177.
[43] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
[44] 1850
Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
[45] Record of
husband's remarriage.
[46] Marriage
record of daughter.
[47] Headstone -
Date calculated from age at death.
[48] Findagrave.com
(http://www.findagrave.com)
[49] Military Grave
Marker.
[50] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238.
[51] Ritchie County
Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia
Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
[52] 1880 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Union District)
[53] Marriage
record of son.
[54] 1860
Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
[55] Barbour County
Marriage Records, Philippi, WV.
[56] Record of
wife's remarriage.
[57] Barbour County
Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, Identified as John Welch, marital status
"(?)", 29, b. & res. in Barbour Co, son of Samuel & Margaret;
and Amanda Divers, widow, 31, b. & res. in Barbour Co, dau of Jacob &
Sarah Watson. Married Mar 10 1858 in
Barbour County. MR p. 9 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11625014&Type=Marriage.
[58] Barbour County
Death Records, Philippi, WV.
[59] 1870 Census,
Barbour County, WV.
[60] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
[61] Wood County
Death Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Jane Rush, widowed, age 68, died
Jul 20 1891 at Limestone Hill, W. Va.
Buried at Limestone Hill. DR p. 68.
[62] Wood County
Death Records, Parkersburg, WV.
[63] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Lewis H. Rush, widowed, 42, b.
Augusta Co VA, res. Barbour Co, son of John & Mary; and Jane Watson, 37, b.
Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Jacob & Sarah. Married Mar 19 1862. (Note:
Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 237,
refers to Jane, the daughter of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard, as Mrs.
Jane Rowe. Basis for discrepancy is
unclear.)
[64] Death record
of wife.
[65] 1900
Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
[66] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 180.
[67] Ritchie County
Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Wilson Watson, widowed, farmer,
age 72y 5m 8d, died Apr 28 1903 at Berea, cause of death paralysis complicated
by LaGrippe, burial at Holbrook.
(Note: Age at death calculates to
a birth date of Nov 20 1830, corresponding to the Nov 1830 birth date given in
the 1900 Census. There is a Civil War
military marker for Wilson Wilson at Pine Grove Cemetery (aka Lowther Cemetery)
at Holbrook, no dates.), DR p. 78.
[68] Ritchie County
Death Records, Harrisville, WV.
[69] Cemetery
marker.
[70] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Wilson Watson and Margaret E. Willard. Married Sep 4 1851.
[71] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 228.
[72] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as Wilson Watson,
widowed, age 39y 10m, born in Barbour Co, son of Jacob & Sarah Watson,
resident of Ritchie Co. Bride identified
as Martha Hess, widowed, age 25, born in Marion Co, dau of Benjamin L. &
Martha Wilson. Ceremony held Sep 14
1871. MR Bk 1-A, p. 180.
[73] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Wilson Wilson, 39, widowed, son
of Jacob & Sarah, born in Barbour Co, resident of Ritchie Co; and Martha
Hess, 25, widowed, daughter of Benjamin & Martha. Married Sep 14 1871.
[74] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Watson, 35, b.
Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah Maxwell, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge
Co. Married Mar 15 1874 in Doddridge
County. (Note: Marital status not indicated. John Watson is presumed to have been
widowed. He appears to have misstated
his age to make it closer to that of his young bride.), MR p. 200.
[75] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
[76] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
[77] West
Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900
(http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm)
[78] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Francis Boyce, 32, b. Barbour
Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Francis & Elizabeth; and Matilda Watson, 26,
b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Otho G. & Louisa. Married Jan 14 1866.
[79] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 188.
[80] Roane County
Death Records, Spencer, WV.
[81] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jacob Watson, 31, b.
Ritchie Co, res. Roane Co, son of Otho G. & Louisa Watson; and Lydia
Wilson, 24, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Benjamin L. & Martha
Wilson. Married Apr 13 1872 in Doddridge
County, officiated by George A. Woofter. MR Bk 1-A, p. 188, line 19 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791245&Type=Marriage.
[82] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376.
[83] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as George Watson, age 22,
b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Otho G. & Louisa, occupation
"Soldier U.S."; and Rachel E. Waldo, age 18, dau of Bartlett &
Jane. Married Mar 12 1864 by Eli M.
Gaston. MR Bk 1-A, p. 146.
[84] Don Norman,
41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther,
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm.
[85] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 103.
[86] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985)
[87] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Alexander Collins, age 26, of Ritchie Co, son
of Evaline; and Sarah A. Watson, age 25, b. in Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau
of Otha G. & Eliza [sic]. Married
Aug 24 1873.
[88] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain
Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com)
[89] Ritchie
County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Nov 1998)
[90] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jacob Jett, 24, b.
Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Mary Jett; and Latatia Jane
Rowh, 17, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Lewis H. & Mary
Rowh. Married May 10 1866 in Doddridge
County. (Note: Wife's name incorrectly reported as Satila in
"West Virginia Marriages, 1863-1900."
Examination of original record shows it to be Latatia.), MR p. 256 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792121&Type=Marriage.
[91] 1890 Veterans
Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records
Administration.
[92] 1910
Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
[93] 1880
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
[94] U.S. Civil
War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service
<http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, Ancestry.com.
[95] Obituary of
son.
[96] 1860 Census,
Gilmer County, (W)VA.
[97] Roane County
Marriage Records, Spencer, WV.
[98] West
Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
[99] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 132.
[100] Lizabeth
Cottrill White, Charleston, WV 25314 <lcwhite@suddenlink.net>.
[101] Walter Ray
"Shiner" Husk (1900-1993), Shiner stated that Malinda is buried in an
unmarked grave beside her first husband William, whose grave does have a
headstone. A subsequent check of
Doddridge Co death records revealed no entry for Malinda Wyatt.
[102] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as William E.
Critchfield, age 26, b. Greene Co PA, son of John & Sarah Critchfield,
occupation carpenter. Bride identified
as Malinda A. Watson, age 18, b. Barbour Co (W)VA, dau of William & Nancy
Watson. Ceremony held Sep 9 1860,
performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR Bk 1-A, p. 132.
[103] Doddridge
County Court House, West Union, WV, Civil War Records.
[104] Walter Ray
"Shiner" Husk (1900-1993)
[105] Doddridge
County Court House, West Union, WV.
[106] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, The record shows that John W. Wyatt
and Melinda A. Critchfield were married on Apr 7 1866 in Beaver Co,
Pennsylvania, by A. J. Pettit, a Justice of the Peace. The original handwritten certificate was
presented for recording in Doddridge Co on Feb 12 1867 by William Watson. MR Bk
1, p. 47 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791088&Type=Marr.
[107] Calhoun County
Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV.
[108] Findagrave.com
(http://www.findagrave.com), Private William Wyatt, Co. "L" 1st W.Va.
Cavalry, was 18 years old when he enlisted at Wheeling on Feb 28, 1865. He was
discharged July 8, 1865. He had enlisted as a Substitute Volunteer for Alfred
Jennings, Esquire, of Doddridge County and was paid the sum of $300.00 by the
Jennings Family. During his service, William worked at Remount Stations due to
his knowledge of horses. His father, Jasper Wyatt was also a Union Civil War
Soldier, serving with Co "E" 6th W.Va. Infantry.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=fls&FLid=2936102.
[109] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 248.
[110] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, There are two entries in the records,
adjacent to each other and obviously for the same person, but with somewhat
conflicting information. The first entry
is for S. E. Smith, female, married, b. in Doddridge Co, d. Jan 24 1892 at
Upper Cabin Run, age 44, cause given as "milliary tuberculosis," with
burial Jan 26 1892 at Upper Cabin Run.
The next entry is for Sarah Smith, female, married, d. Jan 25 1892 at
Cabin Run, age 4_ (illegible, could be 44 or 47), cause
"consumption," with burial Jan 26 1892 at Cabin Run. Parents are not identified in either record.
DR Bk 1, p. 49.
[111] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as Sylvester Smith,
age 21, b. in Taylor Co, (W)VA, son of Samuel & Ann Smith, occupation
"Soldier U.S." Bride
identified as Sarah Elizabeth Watson, age 20, b. in Barbour Co, (W)VA, dau of
William & Nancy Watson. Ceremony
held Jul 7 1864, performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR Bk 1-A, p. 248.
[112] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 2, p. 150.
[113] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sylvester Smith, d. Feb 1
1919 at Joy, Doddridge Co, age 76y 6m.
Cause of death: "old
age." Marital status: married. DR Bk 2, p. 150.
[114] U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line],
Ancestry.com.
[115] 1900 Census,
Roane County, WV.
[116] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 154.
[117] 1920 Census,
Roane County, WV.
[118] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John Stephens, 20, b.
Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Thomas & Mahala Stephens; and Juliet
Watson, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of William & Nancy
Watson. Married Mar 4 1868, ceremony
performed by Eli M. Gaston. MR 1A-154 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791578&Type=Marriage.
[119] 1850
Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
[120] Obituary, West
Union Record, 11/4/1910.
[121] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Age at death given as 62y 5m 5d, which
would put birth at May 22 1848, but Jun 13 1848 is given by family
members. Place of death listed as Fred's
Run. Cause of death was cardiac
dilitation. Marital status married. Parents or maiden name not indicated. DR Bk
2, p. 64.
[122] Obituary of
wife.
[123] Obituary of
son, Despite some speculation that the middle name of David M. Haught might be
Moses, the obituary of son John Homer Haught identifies his parents as
"David Marion and Mary Watson Haught."
[124] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV.
[125] Immediate
family.
[126] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Name listed as David B. Haught, the
middle initial being an obvious error.
His birthplace was given as Doddridge Co, and death place as Greene Co,
PA, but it is certain that those should be reversed. Occupation given as "retired farmer,"
and marital status as widowed. Parents
identified as Peter Haught (b. in Pennsylvania) and Basheba Musgrave (b. in
West Virginia). Handwritten entry gives
date of birth as 5/14/1843, but age at death (79y, 6m, 25d) puts birth at
5/14/1848, which coincides with other sources.
Cause of death listed as pulmonary tuberculosis. DR Bk 4, p 81:
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050231&Type=Death.
[127] Headstone, -
Headstone has his name as David M. Haught, with dates 1848 - 1927, and below
that is "Mary his wife," with dates 1848 - 1910.
[128] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 81 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050231&Type=Death.
[129] 1880
Census, Doddridge County, WV.
[130] Civil War
Service Records, <www.fold3.com>.
[131] West Union
Herald, 7/3/1913 (one of ten Doddridge vets attending the Gettysburg 50th
Anniversary)
[132] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Entry had only the child's last name,
identified as a male, born alive on Dec 27 1853 at Hughes River, Doddridge Co,
son of William & Nancy Watson. BR Bk 1, p. 1.
[133] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 3, p. 17.
[134] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William L. Watson, age 15,
son of William & Nancy Watson, b. Doddridge Co, d. Oct 20 1870 in Doddridge
Co. Cause of death "unknown.",
DR Bk 3, p. 17.
[135] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Francis M. Watson, b. Jul
22 1858 at Meadow Run, Doddridge Co, son of William & Nancy Watson. BR Bk
1, p. 10.
[136] Roane County
Court House, Spencer, WV, Groom identified as F. M. Watson, age 20, b.
Doddridge Co, son of William & Nancy.
Bride identified as Mary Stalnaker, age 18, b. Barbour Co, dau of John
& Julia. Ceremony held Apr 9 1879 in
Roane Co. Marriage Records, Bk 1, p. 38.
[137] Roane County
Court House, Spencer, WV, Marriage Records, Bk 1, p. 38.
[138] Birth record
of daughter.
[139] 1880 Census,
Roane County, WV.
[140] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Manda V. Watson, b. Apr __
1861 at Jims Run, Doddridge Co, dau of William & Nancy Watson. BR Bk 1, p.
18.
[141] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Spencer B. Dotson, 22, of
Ritchie Co, son of Hiram S. & Susan; and Emma Jane Divers, 22, b. Barbour
Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Andrew J. & Nancy. Married Oct 18 1868.
[142] Obituary of
sister.
[143] U.S.
Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line],
Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives &
Records Administration.
[144] 1880 Census,
Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District)
[145] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Leonadus Divers, 19, b. Barbour
Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Andy & Nancy; and Mary Jane Nutter, 22, b.
Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of David & Mary Ann. Married Jun 13 1868.
[146] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Leonidas Divers, 35, b. Barbour
Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Emmie L. Frey, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Aug 4 1887.
[147] Birth record
of son.
[148] 1900
Census, Harrison County, WV.
[149] Death record
of husband.
[150] One World
Tree (www.ancestry.com)
[151] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Francis M. Hurst, 19,
farmer, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Eli & Jemima A. Hurst; and
Ellen Divers, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Andrew & Nancy
Divers. Married Oct 25 1885 in Salem WV.
[152] Cemeteries
of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical
Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)
[153] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Identified as Mary C. Bee, widow
of Arthur Bee, b. Jul 27 1843, dau of George & Susan (Divers) Watson; died
Jan 1 1930 at Berea, burial at Pine Grove.
[154] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Arthur G. Bee, age 25, b. Doddridge Co, res.
Ritchie Co, son of Ezekiel & Marie; and Mary M. Watson, age 23, b. Barbour
Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of George & Susan.
Married Mar 21 1867.
[155] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co,
Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 279.
[156] 1920 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Berea District)
[157] Emily
Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ <EmpCary@cox.net>, The Pritchard Family
History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, rev 2001), p. 159.
[158] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as James B. Gribble, age 27, b. Preston Co, res
Ritchie Co, son of William J. & Lydia; and Martha A. Watson, age 21, b.
Barbour Co, res Ritchie Co, dau of John & Delilah. Married May 17 1866. The entry of Martha's parents is an apparent
clerical error, as her parents are clearly stated by Minnie Kendall Lowther as
being George Watson & Susan Divers, with Martha herself being identified as
"the late Mrs. Martha (J. B.) Gribble, of Auburn."
[159] Emily
Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ <EmpCary@cox.net>, The Pritchard Family
History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, rev 2001)
[160] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), But son Schuyler's death record states her
birthplace as Doddridge Co.
[161] 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.
[162] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as M. D. Hall, 21, of Ritchie Co, son of Lemuel
& Susanna; and Sarah A. Watson, 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of George &
Susan. Married Nov 19 1868.
[163] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Wilson D. Watson, 21, b. &
res. in Ritchie Co, son of George & Susanna; and Rhuhama Sommerville, age
19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Mary. Married Nov 30 1871 in Ritchie County. MR p.
25.
[164] Minnie Kendall
Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co,
Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309.
[165] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Identified as Nancy Watson,
widow of Wilson Watson, b. Feb 6 1852, dau of Robert Sommerville & Mary
Hall [sic], d. Oct 25 1941 at Auburn.
Informant: Dora Westfall, Auburn.
[166] Ritchie
County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101
(Dec 1998)
[167] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Identified as Margaret Jane
Summers, widow of Francis M. Summers, b. Oct 16 1852, dau of George Watson
& Susan Divers, d. Mar 7 1938, buried at Summers Cemetery. Informant:
B. E. Summers of Walton.
[168] Obituary of
brother.
[169] 1910 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
[170] 1900 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
[171] West
Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
[172] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as John Newbery [sic], age 19, b. Roane Co, res.
Ritchie Co, son of Thomas & Elizabeth; and Eliza E. Watson, age 20, of
Ritchie Co, dau of George & Susannah.
Married Aug 28 1879.
[173] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Sylvester Smith, age 41, b.
Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Ellen Newberry, age 33, b. Ritchie Co, res.
Doddridge Co. Married May 24 1894.
[174] 1930
Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
[175] Arkansas
Death Index, 1914-1950 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Arkansas
Genealogical Society.
[176] 1930 Census.
[177] Louisiana
Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
[178] Obituary of
mother.
[179] 1900 Census,
Lewis County, WV.
[180] West
Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
[181] Death record
of daughter.
[182] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Andrew M. Wade, 23, b. Monongalia Co, res.
Ritchie Co, son of Selby & Sarah A; and Sudna J. Watson, 18, of Ritchie Co,
dau of Wilson & Margaret J. Married
Oct 13 1870.
[183] William Fred
Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist.
[184] 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. 73.
[185] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Ai G. Kelley, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie
Co, son of Ezekiel & Estella Ann; and Sarah C. Watson, 17, of Ritchie Co,
dau of Wilson & Margaret. Married
Jan 18 1873.
[186] Ohio
Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio
Department of Health.
[187] Virginia
Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
[188] Barbour County
Death Records, Philippi, WV, Identified as Allen Watson, age 2, born in Barbour
Co, died March 1852, cause of death scarlet fever. Mother:
"Emily Watson (bastered)."
Grandmother: Sarah Watson. DR Bk
1, p. 6.
[189] 1900
Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).
[190] Ritchie
County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, b. Ritchie Co, d. Aug 13
1932, age 75y3m7d, son of John & Catherine (Thresh) Watson.
[191] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, age 22, b. Barbour Co, res.
Ritchie Co, son of John & Catharine; and Margaret N. Sommerville, age 34,
b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Mary. Married Oct 23 1870.
[192] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, widowed, 66, b. Harrison Co,
res. Ritchie Co; and Ora Sommerville, widowed, 56, Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie
Co. Married Oct 17 1923. (NOTE:
Unclear if Sommerville is her maiden name or from a previous marriage.)
[193] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998)
[194] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, divorced, age 73, b. Harrison
Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Ella Adams, widowed, age 65, of Ritchie Co. Married Aug 17 1930.
[195] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Identified as Ella M. Watson,
widow of A. N. Watson, b. Apr 18 1863 at Ritchie Co, d. Jan 21 1946 at Duck,
Braxton Co. Parents unknown.
Buried at Rosedale Cemetery, Rosedale, WV. Informant:
Mrs. Alma Webster, Duck, WV.
[196] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as David Watson, 20, b. Ritchie
Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Mary (sic) C. Watson; and Allice L.
Gray, 19, of Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph J. & Sarah A. Gray. Married Oct 25 1877.
[197] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Thomas Watson, 21, b.
Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Sarah C.; and Rebecca A. Reed,
widowed, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph & Sarah A.
Gray. Married Sep 13 1877 in Doddridge
County. (Note: Thomas Watson's age 21 given at time of this
marriage would put his birth in about 1856, but age one at time of 1860 Census
shows his birth to have been in about 1859.), MR p. 220 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792409&Type=Marriage.
[198] Obituary.
[199] Ritchie
County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Jan 1999)
[200] Ritchie
County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Jan 1999), Identified as Clara F. Campbell, age 98, b. in Auburn WV, dau
of Edgar & Drusilla (Sommerville) Fisher.
Died Mar 31 1965.
[201] Obituary of
husband.
[202] Headstone,
"Ritchie County WV Cemeteries through 1993," p. 588, incorrectly
reports headstone reading as Margaret Laverna Wilson, d. May 3 1876, daughter
of John & Sarah Wilson. But
examination of the headstone clearly shows it to read Margaret Laverna Watson,
b. Feb 28 1875, d. May 3 1876, dau of John & Sarah E. Watson.
[203] Gary
Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website),
http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm.
[204] Social
Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line],
Ancestry.com.
[205] 1910 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Auburn)
[206] 1900 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Grant District)
[207] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as W. P. Cunningham, 21, b.
Ritchie Co, res. at Racy W.Va; and Dora Bell Watson, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. at
League W.Va. Married Feb 1 1902 at
League, W.Va. MR p. 155.
[208] 1930
Census, Harrison County, WV.
[209] Obituary of
daughter.
[210] Social
Security Death Index.
[211] 1910
Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
[212] U.S. Public
Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com.
[213] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Alabama before 1951.
[214] Mineral
County Marriage Records, Keyser, WV.
[215] U.S. World
War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
[216] Obituary -
Nursing home.
[217] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before
1951.
[218] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 177.
[219] West Union
WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg,
WV 26101 (July 1990)
[220] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as W. M. Jett, 28, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie
Co; and Lelia D. Bee, 24, of Ritchie Co.
Married Mar 2 1903.
[221] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
[222] 1920
Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
[223] Obituary of
wife's brother.
[224] 1910
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
[225] 1920
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).
[226] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951.
[227] Grave marker.
[228] 1940 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
[229] Obituary -
Veterans Administration Hospital.
[230] Obituary - At
home.
[231] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 81.
[232] Newspaper
birth announcement of granddaughter.
[233] Death record
of mother.
[234] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Michael Jett, age 22, of Ritchie Co; and Ivy
Bee, age 22, of Ritchie Co. Married Nov
17 1898. This is the only instance we have
found the form "Michael" used for his name rather than
"Mike."
[235] Obituary of
father.
[236] Obituary of
wife's father.
[237] Pennsboro
News, 5/28/2008.
[238] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Jonas M. Roush, 30, b. Mason
Co, res. Harrison Co; and Gertrude Jett, 30, of Doddridge Co. Married Feb 26 1910.
[239] Grave marker -
Year only.
[240] Obituary - St.
Joseph's Hospital.
[241] Death Record -
Online.
[242] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Ardie Lloyd Dotson, divorced,
32, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Lloyd & Gay; and Mary Alleta
Goff Sellers, widowed, 34, of Ritchie Co, dau of Marvin & Euna V.
Goff. Married May 25 1939.
[243] Wood County
Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.
[244] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
[245] Obituary, But
death record on file in Doddridge County.
[246] Obituary -
Hospital.
[247] Wood County
Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Grant Jett, 59, b. Oct 19 1888
in Ritchie Co, res. West Union, son of Sylvester & Julia Jett; and Hannah
Lee Owens, 59, b. Mar 17 1888 in Doddridge Co, res. Parkersburg, dau of William
& Mary Jane Husk. Married Nov 10
1947 in Parkersburg. MR p. 434 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11248353&Type=Marriage.
[248] 1940 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union)
[249] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Clarence T. Bland, 34, of
Doddridge Co; and Fannie Jett, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Aug 15 1911.
[250] Obituary, West
Union Herald, 9/28/1911.
[251] Obituary -
Hospital, West Union Herald, 9/28/1911.
[252] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 80.
[253] Obituary of
wife's sister.
[254] Obituary of
great-granddaughter.
[255] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).
[256] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as Joe Jett, age 24,
b. in Ritchie Co. Bride identified as
Lucy Smith, age 27, b. in Doddridge Co.
Married Jul 8 1917 at the minister's residence in Morgansville, WV. MR
Bk 10, p. 153.
[257] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lucy V. Smith, b. Jul 23
1887, dau of Harman L. Smith (age 32, b. Doddridge Co, farmer) & Susan J.
Owens (age 30, b. Tyler Co), this being the 5th child of this mother. BR Bk 2,
p. 290.
[258] Obituary,
Middle initial incorrectly stated as B, rather than V.
[259] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951.
[260] Pleasants
County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV.
[261] Pleasants
County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, Identified as John Jett, 35, b.
Doddridge Co, res. West Union WV; and Lenore Mae Davis, 32, b. Doddridge Co,
res. Pleasants Co. Married Jul 27 1953
in St. Marys. MR p. 320.
[262] Obituary of
wife's mother.
[263] West Union
Herald-Record.
[264] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 91.
[265] National
Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans
Gravesites (www.ancestry.com)
[266] West Union
Herald, 9/6/1945.
[267] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Husband identified as Joe Willard
Jett, age 23, b. West Union, son of Joe Jett and Lucy. Wife identified as Beatrice McKinney, age 17,
b. Doddridge Co, dau of "Mrs. Eldwin Carroll." Consent given by "Halie Carroll, Mother
of Beatrice McKinney.", MR Bk 15, p. 465.
[268] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV.
[269] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 15, p. 465.
[270] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 176.
[271] 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. 326.
[272] Obituary of
granddaughter.
[273] Georgia
Hileman Halloran, Berkley, MI 48072 <gshalloran@wowway.com>.
[274] National
Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans
Gravesites (www.ancestry.com), Section 20 Site 576.
[275] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before
1951.
[276] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 15, p. 478.
[277] 1940 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
[278] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 83.
[279] Roane County
Birth Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as Phebe Jett, b. Apr 5 1890 at Kester,
dau of John M. Jett (age 36, b. Doddridge Co) and Delila Norman (age 36, b.
Doddridge Co), this being the 10th child born to this mother. (Note:
Birth record index identifies child as Phebe A. Jett, but the actual
record has no middle initial at all.), BR p. 150.
[280] 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. 110.
[281] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 394.
[282] 1940 Census,
Ritchie County, WV.
[283] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, He was identified as Thomas I.
Crihfield (sic), age 28, b. Doddridge Co, resident of Roane Co; and she as
Cornelia Leeson, age 16, b. & residing in Doddridge Co. Ceremony was held at residence of M. Clezigan
(sp ?). Persons providing info for the
record: Thomas I. Crihfield and Sophia
Leeson. MR Bk 3, p. 394.
[284] Harrison
County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.
[285] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Dec 2003)
[286] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
[287] 1940 Census,
Harrison County, WV.
[288] 1930 Census,
Preston County, WV.
[289] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jennings Bryan Smith,
23, b. Calhoun Co, son of Jeptha H. Smith & Matilda; and Dorothy Virginia
Crichfield, 19, b. Doddridge Co, dau of Albert Crichfield & Cornelia. Married Sep 27 1919. "Crichfield" is a spelling
frequently found for the more common "Critchfield," but the basis for
the bride's father being identified as Albert is not known. Provider of the information in the marriage
record was only the groom. MR p. 308.
[290] National
Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards,
1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database)
[291] National
Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards,
1942 (Ancestry.com online database)
[292] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 308.
[293] Death record
of father.
[294] Pocahontas
County Marriage Records, Marlinton, WV.
[295] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Hilton Crihfield [sic],
20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Oxford; and Mona Thompson, 16, b. (unclear), res.
Doddridge Co. Married Jun 16 1924 in
West Union. MR p. 323 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795934&Type=Marriage.
[296] 1920
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
[297] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 145.
[298] California
Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health
Svcs, Center for Health Statistics.
[299] Social
Security Death Index, Name listed in SSDI as Willa Morrison.
[300] Summit
County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [online database], Ancestry.com
& Summit County Probate Court.
[301] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 149 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2617457&Type=Birth.
[302] National
Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans
Gravesites (www.ancestry.com), Section Q Site 4593.
[303] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 27.
[304] 1870 Census,
Roane County, WV.
[305] Roane County
Marriage Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as M. M. Lance, age 20, b. Jackson
Co, res. Roane Co; and Rosetta Critchfield, age (blank), b. Jackson Co, res.
Roane Co. Married Jan 10 1877 in Roane
County. MR p. 32 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11552973&Type=Marriage.
[306] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as David L. Wyatt, b. Mar 24
1867, son of John W. & Malinda Wyatt. BR Bk 1, p. 36.
[307] 1880 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
[308] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Marquis Smith, white male,
born June 27 1866 in Doddridge County, son of Sylvester & Sarah E. Smith.
BR Bk 1, p. 31.
[309] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William D. Smith, b. Oct 13
1867, son of Sylvester & Sarah. BR Bk 1, p. 35.
[310] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as William Davis Smith, age
23, single, d. Jun 30 1891 at Cabin Run, cause given as acute meningitis. DR Bk
1, p. 44.
[311] Headstone, -
Inscription is for "William, son of Sylvester & Sarah Smith," but
is not fully legible. A middle initial
may or may not be present. The dates
appear to read b. Oct 13 1867, d. Jun 30 1891, age 23y 8m 17d. Those dates and
age do agree, but some of the numerals are questionable nonetheless.
[312] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 44.
[313] Headstone -
Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death.
[314] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as T. V. Smith, 26, of Doddridge
Co; and Hattie Ross, 23, of Doddridge Co.
Married May 20 1898.
[315] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 11, p. 157.
[316] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 265.
[317] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Outside County, Bk 1, p. 86.
[318] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Although the death record shows Oct 7
1970 as the date of death, the obituary specifies that he "died at 1:20
a.m. Tuesday, Oct 6 1970 at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Donna Lee
Williams of Pennsboro, following a one-year illness." A 1970 calendar shows that Oct 6 was on a
Tuesday that year. DR Outside County, Bk 1, p. 86.
[319] 1940 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Central District)
[320] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 134 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796658&Type=Marriage.
[321] 1920
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).
[322] Dirigo,
Salem College Yearbook, 1932.
[323] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 64.
[324] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Florence (NMI) Ross, b. May
15 1873, d. Jan 5 1953 in West Union, dau of Sylvester Smith & Sarah
Watson, married, burial at Masonic Cem in West Union, informant identified as
"Mrs. Frank F. Leggett, Daughter.", DR Bk 5, p. 146-E.
[325] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 146-E.
[326] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as Franklin H. Ross,
age 26, born & residing in Doddridge Co.
Bride identified as Florence Smith, age 21, born & residing in
Doddridge Co. Married Jun 28 1894
"at the residence of the bride's father.", MR Bk 4, p. 418.
[327] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 4, p. 418.
[328] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Oklahoma before 1951.
[329] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Chloris W. Ross, b. Feb 15
1897, dau of Frank Ross & (blank) Smith, this being the mother's second
child. BR Bk 3, p. 173.
[330] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, There are two death records for this
person. DR 1-129 identifies her as
Chloris (or Chlaris) Ross, d. Nov 13 1898 at Joy, age 1y 8m, cause of death
"Scarlet Rash," burial at Cabin Run.
DR 3-57 identifies her as Claris W. Ross, b. Feb 16 [sic] 1896, dau of
F. H. & F. Ross, d. Nov 13 1898 in
Doddridge Co, age 1y 8m 26d, cause of death Scarlet Fever. Informant for the second entry identified as
"Florence, Mother.", DR Bk 1, p. 129; and DR Bk 3, p. 57.
[331] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 173.
[332] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV.
[333] Harrison
County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR Bk 21, p. 149-A.
[334] Obituary of
grandson.
[335] Death Record -
Online, Marital status: married.
[336] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before
1951.
[337] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Farmen Ross, b. Jan 30
1904, dau of F. H. Ross & Florence Smith, this being the mother's fifth
child. Original typed entry had only
child's last name, with birthdate of "January , 1904." Handwritten changes added the first name
"Farmen" and inserted "30" into the date. But obituary of sister identifies her as
"Mrs. Carmen Carder," and SSDI identifies her as "Carmen J.
Carder," born Jan 30 1904. BR Bk 3, p. 180.
[338] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Michigan before 1951.
[339] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, SSDI incorrectly reports birth date as
Oct 5 1905. Birth record and obituary
show birth date as Oct 2 1905. She died
on her 98th birthday. BR Bk 3, p. 181.
[340] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 75.
[341] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 81.
[342] Harrison
County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 175.
[343] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Herbert McGee, 25, b.
& res. in Doddridge Co; and Lillie Smith, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge
Co. Married Jun 1 1898 "at the
residence of Sylvester Smith.", MR p. 442 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793235&Type=Marriage.
[344] Harrison
County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 176-B.
[345] West Union
Record, 12/28/1916.
[346] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Although the marriage license was
issued and recorded in Harrison County (residence of the bride), the ceremony
was performed by Presbyterian minister Robert O. Lucke in Tucker County
"at the home of Mr. G. K. Henry, Parsons, W. Va.", MR p. 302.
[347] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Clarence Smith, daughter of
Sylvester & Sarah E. Smith. A
notation states "First Name supplied from family bible.", BR Bk 1, p.
134.
[348] Washington
Death Index, 1940-2014 [database online], Ancestry.com and Washington State
Dept of Health. State Death Records Index.
[349] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Clarence Smith, 21, of Doddridge Co.; and
Viola M. Hildmon [sic], 19, b. Wetzel Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Nov 16 1906. "Hileman Genealogy" reports
marriage date as Nov 15 1906.
[350] Hileman
Genealogy (1305) 1780-1981, Pearl Hileman Cooper and Maysel Hileman Pierce
(self-published, 1981), p. 38.
[351] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 138.
[352] Marriage
record.
[353] 1900 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Clay District)
[354] Gilmer
County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Jan 1989)
[355] W. B. Haught, Genealogy
of the Haught Family of America (1948), 169.
[356] Cemeteries
of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical
Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)
[357] 1910 Census,
Harrison County, WV.
[358] Harrison
County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR, p. 276-A.
[359] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 9, p. 473.
[360] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Groom identified as Everett Husk. Ceremony performed at residence of Sophia
Leeson (bride's grandmother) by John M. Gaston, Minister of the Gospel. MR Bk
9, p. 473.
[361] Obituary - At
home, Residence not indicated in obituary.
[362] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 12, p. 104.
[363] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 199.
[364] Ritchie County
Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Earnest Husk, white male, born in
Ritchie County on May 24 1894, son of William L. & Jennie Husk. Informant:
W. L. Husk, father. BR p. 7.
[365] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 173.
[366] Brothers Okey
and Lot Leeson share the same headstone.
[367] Obituary, West
Union Herald, 10/10/1912.
[368] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 174.
[369] 1940 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
[370] 1910 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Clay District)
[371] Harrison
County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Lionel McClellan Shipley,
b. Sep 6 1898 in Harrison Co, son of George B. Shipley (occupation miner,
resident of Clarksburg) and Malinda Hart. BR p. 53.
[372] Dolores Leeson
"Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH <ddawson@bright.net>,
"Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993" gives birthdate as May 26
1908, an apparent error. Based on dates,
mother apparently died in childbirth.
[373] Dolores Leeson
"Dee" Dawson, Circleville, OH <ddawson@bright.net>.
[374] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Name appears in birth record as Sarah R.
Haught. BR Bk 1, p. 44.
[375] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 170-A.
[376] Headstone,
Name on headstone: Rosa B. Thomas.
[377] West
Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900
(http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm), Groom identified as
H. W. Thomas, and bride as Rosa Haught.
[378] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as H. W. Thomas, 43, b. Monongalia
Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Rosa Haught, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Jan 31 1892.
[379] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Thomas J. Elliott, 65, b.
Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Rosa B. Thomas, 62, of Doddridge
Co. Married Feb 25 1934.
[380] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Identified as Thomas Jackson
Elliott, b. Nov 1 1868, d. Aug 23 1952.
Marital status: Married. Father:
(blank). Mother's maiden
name: Sarah Elliott. Informant:
Mrs. Ed Mason.
[381] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Minne (sic) Opal (sic)
Haught, white female, b. Aug 16 1888 at Oxford, the sixth child born to this
mother. Father: Ben Pierce, age 20, b. Summers WV, occup
farmer. Mother: Rosa Haught, age 17, b. Oxford WV. Informant:
Ida Britton, aunt. (Note: It appears that this information was provided
by her mother's sister many years after the child's birth, as Ida Haught did
not marry George W. Britton until Apr 1930.
The birth date is at variance from the Oct 16 1888 birth date given in
her obituary and on her headstone, and she was actually the first of six
children born to her mother.)
[382] The History
of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 154.
[383] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Lloyd W. Gray, 20, of Doddridge
Co; and Minnie O. Haught, 18, of Doddridge Co.
Married Feb 17 1907. (Note: Obituary of Minnie Ocal Haught Gray incorrectly
states her marriage to Lloyd W. Gray as occurring in 1906.)
[384] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 336.
[385] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 338.
[386] Obituary of
half-brother.
[387] 1930 Census,
Barbour County, WV.
[388] W. B. Haught, Genealogy
of the Haught Family of America (1948), p. 169.
[389] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 214.
[390] Florida
Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of
Health, Office of Vital Records.
[391] 1940 Census.
[392] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 40-C, and BR Bk 3, p. 215.
[393] Ohio
Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio
Department of Health, Nursing home.
[394] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 216.
[395] Headstone,
Although his name appears as "Irl David Thomas" on his headstone, his
first name is given as "Earl" in both his birth and death records.
[396] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 13, p. 230.
[397] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Name appears in birth record as Charlotte
E. M. "Hant," daughter of David M. & Mary "Hant.", BR
Bk 1, p. 61.
[398] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 4, p. 277.
[399] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 66.
[400] 1910 Census,
Wood County, WV.
[401] Chris Bruening
Gonzalez, Alexandria, VA 22312 <hblr2@cox.net>.
[402] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Dessie Mary Duckworth, white
female, b. Oct 11 1895 at Oxford, dau of Sylvester Duckworth & Lottie
Haught Duckworth, this being the mother's second child. BR p. 90.
[403] Funeral card.
[404] 1920 Census.
[405] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued thru Railroad Board before
1951.
[406] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Age 53 given at time of marriage in 1930
would put birth at about 1877, but this is at variance with all other
information. Immediate family members
have given her birthdate as Mar 4 1874, but this is also apparently
incorrect. Her birthdate is stated as
Mar 4 1875 in death record and obituary, and that conforms to the 1875 date on
her headstone. Age 92 stated in obituary
is in error, as it conflicts with the other dates given there. No birth record for her was found in
Doddridge County. DR Bk 5, p. 20-A.
[407] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 20-A.
[408] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 12, p. 313.
[409] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as George W. Britton, 73, of
Doddridge Co; and Ida Haught, 53, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 27 1930.
[410] Headstone, -
Joint with first wife.
[411] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 79.
[412] Nadine Haught
(1927-2007), Newark, OH.
[413] 1910 Census,
Lincoln County, WV.
[414] 1900 Census,
Lincoln County, WV.
[415] W. B. Haught, Genealogy
of the Haught Family of America (1948), 168.
[416] Cabell County
Marriage Records, Huntington, WV.
[417] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before
1951. Name listed in SSDI as Romaine M. Vogelmeier.
[418] 1920
Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
[419] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 11, p. 27.
[420] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in North Carolina before
1951.
[421] Obituary of
husband's sister.
[422] Obituary -
Hospice.
[423] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified in birth record only as an unnamed
daughter of David M. & Mary Haught, born Dec 1 1878. Although a birth date of Dec 1 1881 is given
on both her death record and funeral card and was apparently widely used by
her, her appearance as a one-year-old daughter in the 1880 Census makes that an
impossibility. Also, the 1900 Census
states her birth date as Dec 1878. BR Bk 1, p. 95.
[424] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Hugh C. Foley, 21, of Doddridge
Co; and Elizabeth J. Haught, 23, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 11 1904.
[425] 1930 Census,
Wood County, WV.
[426] W. B. Haught, Genealogy
of the Haught Family of America (1948), 170.
[427] Obituary, Age
25 given at time of Aug 1908 marriage
would put birth in 1883, but obituary and headstone state 1882.
[428] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 8, p. 152.
[429] West Union
WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg,
WV 26101 (July 1990), Death certificate states burial location as Ashburn
Cemetery.
[430] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified only as a male child, not
named, born to Lewis and Isa Ashburn. BR Bk 4, p. 2.
[431] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, The records contain two entries, one by
the undertaker for death on Sep 22 1909 at age 4m 4d, the other by the assessor
on Sep 26 1909 at age 4m 3d. The latter
conforms to the correct birthdate and is presumed correct. DR Bk 2, p. 2.
[432] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 2.
[433] 1940 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
[434] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 13, p. 213.
[435] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Name recorded as Erma Ione Hurst, with
source of information for the entry given as the Family Bible. Her marriage record gives middle name as
Love. The middle name Iona is generally
considered to be correct. BR Bk 4, p. 79.
[436] West Union
Herald-Record, 9/30/1997.
[437] Doddridge
County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 4.
[438] West Union
Herald, 10/3/1957.
[439] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, The record of this birth was made not at
the time of her birth, but as a delayed entry in 1944. She was identified as Nancy "Babe"
Lou Haught, b. Jan 19 1884, dau of David M. Haught (age 36) & Mary Watson
(age 36), their 7th child. The delayed
birth certificate was filed by her sister Rosa Haught Thomas on Jun 30
1944. Surviving family members recalled
that she rarely if ever used the middle name Lou, typically giving her full
married name as Nancy B. Brown or Nancy Babe Brown. To her many nieces and nephews, she was
simply Aunt Babe. Del Bk 1, p 74C
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2624687&Type=Birth.
[440] Headstone,
Name shown as Nancy B. Brown. Birth date
incorrectly shown as Jan 19 1889, rather than Jan 19 1884. Location: Sect U, Lot 3, Grv 2.
[441] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio in 1966.
[442] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Addison Brown, 29, b.
Waudina Co Minnesota, res. Chehalis Co Washington; and Babe Haught, 23, b.
& res. in Doddridge Co. Married Dec
20 1910 in West Union by John T. Hickman, Minister of the M. E. Church. MR p.
388.
[443] Newspaper
wedding announcement, West Union Record, Friday, Jan 6 1911, quoted in its
entirety: "Married in
Fairview. A wedding was solemnized at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Foley in the Fairview addition on Dec 27,
1910. The parties to the contract were
Mr. A. A. Brown, of the State of Washington, and Miss Babe Haught, the sister
of Mrs. Foley, and a daughter of Mr. D. M. Haught, of near Oxford. The groom is a native of the afar off
Northwest, and has only been here a few weeks, but after choosing a West
Virginia girl for a wife, he has decided to settle among the West Virginia
hills and make this state his home.
Here's congratulations to Mr. Brown and his bride." (Note:
Marriage record shows that the actual date of the wedding was Dec 20
1910.)
[444] Minnesota
Birth Index, 1935-2002 (online database), Ancestry.com and Minnesota Dept of
Health.
[445] 1910 Census,
Chehalis County (now known as Grays Harbor County), Washington.
[446] Headstone,
Sect U,Lot 3,Grv 1.
[447] 1900 Census.
[448] Immediate
family, No birth record has been found for Clella Haught, who was born out of
wedlock to Nancy "Babe" Haught.
According to family tradition, Clella's father was Sylvester Orval
Prunty (1878-1956), son of Marshall Neal Prunty and Flora Odell Lawson. However, Clella's marriage record identifies
her as Clella M. Haught, daughter of F. O. Prunty and A. A. (Haught)
Brown. It was long thought that "F.
O." was an error that should have been "S. O." But information provided in 2010 by a Prunty
family member reveals the existence of old family letters indicating that Clella's
father was not Sylvester O. Prunty, but rather his brother Felix O. Prunty
(1883-1967). Apparently out of shame,
Felix had left the Doddridge/Ritchie area in 1904 shortly before Clella's
birth, returned in 1907 long enough to get married, then moved permanently to
Oklahoma. There is no evidence that
Felix had any further relationship with Nancy or with Clella.
[449] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Lawrence K. Ingram,
widowed, 26, b. Mar 23 1901 at Salem, son of Michael Ingram & Anna
Kirchner, residing at 397 College St in Clarksburg; and Clella M. Haught,
single, 23, b. Nov 15 1904 at West Union, dau of F. O. Prunty & A. A.
(Haught) Brown, residing at Washington Apts in Clarksburg. Married Dec 24 1927 in Clarkburg by Charles
G. Staler (?), Minister of the M. E. Church.
(Note: No record of a previous
marriage for Lawrence K. Ingram has been found.
For clarification, it is known from immediate family and other research
that the parents of Clella Haught were Felix O. Prunty and Nancy
"Babe" Haught, who were not married.
Nancy Haught married Addison Avery Brown in 1910.), MR p. 337.
[450] North
Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, NC
Center for Health Statistics, NC Vital Records, NC State Archives.
[451] Death Record -
Online, Name listed as Laurence Kirshner Ingram. North Carolina Death Index.
[452] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New York before 1951.
[453] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identifed as Waneta Brown, daughter of
Addison & Babe Brown. BR Bk 4, p. 14.
[454] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Participants identified as Forest
[sic] J. Waller, age 26, b. in Doddridge Co; and Waneta Brown, age 22, b. in Doddridge Co. Ceremony performed by Rev. Clarence D. Edman,
a United Brethren Minister. MR Bk 13, p. 153.
[455] Harrison
County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV.
[456] Harrison
County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, Name recorded as Forest [sic] Harold
Waller, b. July 12 1907 in Industrial [located in Doddridge Co on outskirts of
Salem, which is in Harrison Co], WV, son of Frank & Fannie Waller. Source of info listed as Xenia E. Bond,
possibly a physician. Although he
understandably later assumed the more common spelling of "Forrest"
for his first name, there is no explanation for also changing his middle name
Harold to John, as found in his marriage record and elsewhere. Through other records, it was determined
that his father's name was actually Thomas Frank Waller. BR Bk 8, p. 218.
[457] Social Security
Death Index, - Name listed as
Forrest [sic] Waller, a resident of Youngstown, OH, Social Security card issued
in Ohio before 1951.
[458] Webster County
Marriage Records, Webster Springs, WV.
[459] Obituary, West
Union Record, 1/4/1917.
[460] Doddridge County
Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Edith Brown, daughter of A. A.
& Babe Brown. BR Bk 4, p. 16.
[461] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 19.
[462] Headstone,
Section U.
[463] Newspaper
wedding announcement, Wedding ceremony performed by Rev. Paul W. Gauss at the
United Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Vernon's brother Armand was best man, and Elizabeth's sister, Mrs. Merle
Martin, was matron of honor.
[464] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Spelling of name recorded as
"Armond," which is incorrect.
Listed as a son of A. A. Brown and Babe Haught Brown. BR Bk 4, p. 21.
[465] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Armand Brown, 23, b.
West Union, res. Youngstown Ohio, son of A. A. & Babe Brown; and Geneva
Gaston, 19, b. & res. in West Union, dau of I. D. & Opal Gaston. Married Aug 4 1946 at the United Brethren
Church in West Union by Paul R. Capehart, minister of the Gospel. MR 15-432 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797816&Type=Marriage.
[466] Obituary -
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.
[467] Headstone,
Name on headstone: J. Homer Haught, Sr.
[468] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as J. Homer Haught, 22, of
Doddridge Co; and D. Blanche Fisher, 21, of Doddridge Co. Married Sep 20 1908.
[469] 1900 Census,
Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
[470] Headstone,
Inscription reads: D. Blanche Haught.
[471] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as (first name blank) Haught,
white male, b. Sep 23 1909 in West Union, son of Homer & Blanche Haught. BR
p. 75.
[472] Doddridge
County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4.
[473] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before
1951.
[474] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 488.
[475] 1920 Census,
Harrison County, WV.
[476] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Howard D. Haught, 23, b.
& res. in Doddridge Co; and Minnie B. Brown, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge
Co. Married Feb 2 1913 in West Union,
officiated by John R. Clark, a Minister of the Christian Church. MR p. 130 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794528&Type=Marriage.
[477] W. B. Haught, Genealogy
of the Haught Family of America (1948), p. 166.
[478] Record of
husband's remarriage, Husband Howard David Haught's marital status was listed
as divorced at the time of his application for a marriage licence with Alice
Lee Swiger in Feb 1931. Harrison Co MR p. 488.
[479] Harrison
County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage license issued on Feb 4 1931,
but no Minister's Return or Endorsement was completed. The Feb 22 1931 marriage date was obtained
from family members. MR p. 488.
[480] Floral
Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell WV, Cemetery Records, Harrison County
Genealogical Society (Aug 1998), Sermon on the Mount.
[481] Dirigo,
Salem College Yearbook, 1935.
[482] Harrison
County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Wanda Lucile Haught, b. Sep
20 1917 in Clarksburg District, dau of Howard D. Haught & Minnie Brown
Haught. BR p. 79.
[483] City
Directory, 1960.
[484] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 157.
[485] West Union
Herald, 3/16/1916.
[486] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
[487] 1930 Census,
Roane County, WV.
[488] Calhoun County
Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, Identified as Virgil Watson, 34, b. Sep 23
1912 in Spencer WV, res. Spencer, son of F. W. (deceased) & Arvilla Watson;
and Opal Arnold, 35, Jan 25 1911 in Calhoun Co, res. Orma WV, dau of Simon A.
& Nancy Jane Arnold. Married Nov 25
1946 in Spencer. (Note: Although the ceremony was held in Spencer in
Roane County, the marriage is recorded in Calhoun County, residence of the
bride.), MR p. 400.
[489] Roane
County WV Marriages 1934-1950, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Feb 2004)
[490] Clay County
Marriage Records, Clay, WV.
[491] Roane County
Court House, Spencer, WV, Identified only as a female Watson, b. Jun 22 1889 in
the Spencer District of Roane Co, dau of F. M. Watson (age 30, b. Doddridge Co)
and M. J. Stalnaker (age 28, b. Barbour Co), this being the mother's seventh
child. Birth Records, p. 80.
[492] Roane County
Court House, Spencer, WV, Identified only as a female Watson, b. Feb 11 1891 in
the Spencer District of Roane Co, dau of F. M. Watson (age 30, b. Doddridge Co)
and M. J. Stalnaker (age 30, b. Barbour Co), this being the mother's eighth
child. Birth Records, p. 202.
[493] 1870 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp)
[494] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as G. S. Divers, of Harrison Co;
and Gladie O. Davis, 34, of Doddridge Co.
Married Nov 30 1905.
[495] 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. 89.
[496] Ohio County
Marriage Records, Wheeling, WV.
[497] U.S. Public
Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com.
[498] 1930
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).
[499] Death record
of wife's mother.
[500] Obituary of
wife's daughter.
[501] Donald Edward
Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna
TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
[502] Kentucky
Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Kentucky Health
Data Branch.
[503] Newspaper
engagement announcement of granddaughter.
[504] Obituary, SSDI
listing shows birth date as Aug 5 1926.
[505] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1953.
[506] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Hiram Williams, 29, of Ritchie Co; and Zora
Bee, 25, of Ritchie Co. Married Jun 26
1920.
[507] Ritchie County
Birth Records, Harrisville, WV.
[508] 1920 Census,
Gilmer County, WV.
[509] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as N. C. Hoff, 24, of Ritchie Co; and Ola Bee,
16, of Ritchie Co. Married Jun 13 1907.
[510] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as F. H. Bee, 26, b. &
res. in Ritchie Co; and Henrietta Costilow, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge
Co. Married Mar 11 1899 "at the
residence of S. Costilow of West Union" by N. E. Duckworth, a local
preacher. Informants for marriage
license: F. H. Bee & S. C. Costilow.
MR p. 50 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793591&Type=Marriage.
[511] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Fernando H. Bee, widowed, 28, of Ritchie Co;
and Clara Gribble, 24, of Ritchie Co.
Married Jan 15 1903.
[512] West Union
Herald, 6/29/1950.
[513] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Floyd Smith, 19, of Doddridge Co; and Martha
A. Bee, 24, of Ritchie Co. Married Mar 1
1900.
[514] Harrison
County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Feb 2001)
[515] Harrison
County WV Marriages 1895-1912, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Feb 2001), Identified as James Doyle Bee, 28, b. Ritchie Co, res.
Harrison Co, son of Arthur G. & Mary Catherine; and Alice Maude Bush, 26,
b. Gilmer Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of George S. & Kitura Ann. Married Nov 23 1910.
[516] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Birth date stated as Jul 13
1884, but age 57y 2m 18d would put birth date at Jul 13 1886. The 1900 Census shows his birth date as Jul
1886, so the 1884 entry is an apparent clerical error.
[517] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Odbert Harold Bell, divorced, 33, b. Harrison
Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Lowell Gladys Bee, 22, of Ritchie Co. Married Dec 20 1934.
[518] Gilmer
County WV Deaths 1904-1951, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Dec 2001)
[519] Gilmer County
Marriage Records, Glenville, WV.
[520] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Ersel George Bee, 23, b.
Ritchie Co, res. in Berea, son of Ezra & Viola Jane Bee; and Juanita
Madeline Dodd, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. in Pullman, dau of Alva & Laura
Dodd. Married Jan 23 1943 in
Pennsboro. (Note: Bride's age does not correspond with 1930
Census, which puts birth at about 1928.), MR p. 349 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11544967&Type=Marriage.
[521] Newspaper
anniversary announcement, Pennsboro News, 2/28/2007.
[522] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Charles Alfred L. Hileman, 26, of Doddridge Co,
son of A. A. & Rulinna C. Hileman; and Lucy Belle Bee, 17, of Ritchie Co,
dau of Ezra & Viola Bee. Married Jun
13 1939.
[523] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Claude Bee, b. Jun 14 1927 in Ritchie Co, res.
Ritchie Co, son of Walter E. & Viola (Mitchell) Bee; and Louise Ellen
Jones, b. Oct 6 1931 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Draper & Cecil
(Jeffries) Jones. Married Sep 28
1949. (NOTE: SSDI shows birth date for Claude Bee to be
Jun 14 1931.)
[524] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Schuyler M. Watson, divorced,
48, b. Ritchie Co, res. Smithville; and Blanche Reed, single, 21, b. Ritchie
Co, res. Smithville. Married Oct 12 1919
"at Charley Simmons, Ritchie Co.", MR p. 360 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11542881&Type=Marriage.
[525] Lewis
County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Sep 1994)
[526] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (July 1985), Identified as Joseph Watson, 24, of Ritchie Co; and Gatha G.
Williams, 21, or Ritchie Co. Married Nov
19 1898.
[527] Lewis
County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV
26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Joseph William Watson, widowed, 38, b. Ritchie
Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Morgan & Harriet; and Liddie Hurst, 20, of Lewis
Co, dau of D. S. & Rachel. Married
Aug 15 1911.
[528] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as George Watson, age 27,
of Ritchie Co; and Lucy Inghram, age 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Aug 19 1902. Informants:
George Watson & Eli Tucker. MR Bk 6, p. 465.
[529] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as G. R. Watson, 42, b.
Ritchie Co; and Bessie Williams, age 21 as of Aug 1917, b. Doddridge Co. Married Apr 6 1918. MR Bk 10, p. 212.
[530] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1955.
[531] Robert F.
Stealey, Images of America: Doddridge
and Ritchie Counties (Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC 29401 (2001))
[532] Immediate
family, Melanie Spiker Fouse, Inwood, WV <O2BNGdHope@aol.com>,
granddaughter of Jacob & Gay Zinn Spiker.
[533] Doddridge County
Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Charles W. Perine, 27, b.
Doddridge Co, res. Zelienople, PA; and Miss Juanita Watson, 18, b. & res.
in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 13 1938 at
Harmony, PA, which is near Zelienople.
(Note: Although the ceremony was
held in Pennsylvania, the license was issued and marriage recorded in Doddridge
County, residence of the bride.), MR Bk 14, p. 101.
[534] Doddridge
County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 134.
[535] U.S. World
War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and
National Archives.
[536] WV State Dept
of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Identified as Clara Myrtle
Watson, widowed, resident of Auburn, b. Jul 12 1875 in Ritchie Co, parents
unknown, d. Aug 21 1951 at Auburn.
Informant: Miss Oneda Watson.
[537] Findagrave.com
(http://www.findagrave.com), Name on headstone:
D. Irene Brissey.
[538] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 18, p. 325.
[539] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Guy Maxson, widowed, b. Oct 16 1896 in Ritchie
Co, res. Ritchie Co,son of E. D. & Jennie M. (Batson) Maxson; and Oneda
Watson, b. Aug 7 1912 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Otis & Clara
(Stanley) Watson. Married Apr 1 1955.
[540] Pennsboro
News, 9/26/2007.
[541] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Oregon before 1951.
[542] Lewis County
Marriage Records, Weston, WV.
[543] Lewis County
Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Henry Carl Watson, 59, b. Ritchie
Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Wilson D. & Nancy R. Watson; and Zelma Gochenour,
33, b. Lewis Co, res. Jane Lew, dau of E. E. & Bertha Gochenour. Married January 23, 1943, in Weston,
W.Va. (Note: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage
date as June 1943, and it indicates her birthplace as Upshur County.), MR p.
332 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10293094&Type=Marriage.
[544] Obituary of
stepmother.
[545] Obituary of
wife's stepmother.
[546] Doddridge
County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Winfield Scott Watson, son of Wilson D.
Watson & Nancy R. Somerville.
[547] Ritchie County
Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Scott Watson, divorced, 52, b.
Ritchie Co, res. Auburn WVa, son of Willis & Nancy R. Watson; and Ruby
Mason, single, 26, b. Ritchie Co, res. Berea WVa, dau of Bruce & Adaline
Mason. Married Feb 1 1941 at Pullman
WVa. MR p. 187.
[548] West Union
Record, 8/30/1901.
[549] 1910
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
[550] 1920
Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).
[551] U.S. Army,
Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database online], Ancestry.com and Adjutant
General's Office & National Archives.
[552] Doddridge
County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150,
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Noah Simons, 26, of Ritchie Co;
and Maggie L. Hart, 24, of Doddridge Co.
Married Jul 7 1907.
[553] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified in birth record as Lovina M.
Hart, born Mar 7 1883 to William & Catherine Hart. The record of her July 1907 marriage to Noah
Simons, in which she was identified as Maggie L. Hart, gives her age as 24, which
would be consistent with her documented birthdate. But her obituary, identifying her as Maggie
Hart Simons and providing her birthdate as Mar 18 1884, also gives her age at
death as 44y 8m 28d, which would calculate to a birthdate of Feb 17 1883. The Mar 7 1883 date is considered correct. BR
Bk 1, p. 127.
[554] Tyler County
Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
[555] Doddridge
County Republican, 11/30/1916.
[556] 1930 Census,
Lewis County, WV.
[557] 1940 Census,
Lewis County, WV.
[558] 1940 Census,
Monongalia County, WV.
[559] Monongalia
County Death Records, Morgantown, WV.
[560] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 42.
[561] Doddridge
County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Sarah C. Britton, white
female, 24, married; died Jan 30 1896 at Summers, cause of death childbed
fever, burial at Gaston Graveyard (now known as the Gaston-Hart Cemetery). (Note:
Childbed fever is more properly known as puerperal fever, a bacterial
infection contracted by women during childbirth or miscarriage. It can develop into puerperal sepsis, which
is a serious form of septicaemia. If
untreated, it is often fatal. From the
1600s through the mid to late 1800s, the majority of childbed fever cases were
caused by the doctors themselves. With
no knowledge of germs, doctors did not believe hand washing was needed. Statements like that of Dr. Charles Meigs, a
leading obstetrician and teacher from Philadelphia, were the attitude of the
time: "Doctors are gentlemen, and gentlemen’s hands are clean." [Source:
Wikipedia]), DR p. 100 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046734&Type=Death.
[562] Doddridge
County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Daniel W. Britton, 28,
b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Charlotte Wade, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res.
Doddridge Co. Married Mar 17 1895 at the
residence of Eli M. Gaston, officiating minister. (Note:
As great-grandchildren of Samuel Husk and Elizabeth, Daniel Webster
Britton and Sarah Charlotte Wade were second cousins.), Bk 5, p. 42:
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792732&Type=Marriage.
[563] Descendants
of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000)
(self-published, 1992)
[564] Doddridge
County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 32.
[565] Obituary, West
Union Herald, 2/23/1911.
[566] West
Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database,
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html,
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vetdetail.aspx?Id=1259.
[567] Clarksburg
Exponent-Telegram, 5/30/2004.
[568] American
Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov, Plot A Row 25 Grave 30.
[569] WWI, WWII,
and Korean War Casualty Listings [database online], Ancestry.com and
American Battle Monuments Commission.
[570] American
Battle Monuments Commission, http://www.abmc.gov.
[571] 1910 Census.
[572] 1880 Census,
Ritchie County, WV.
[573] 1930 Census,
Marion County, WV.
[574] 1910 Census,
Marion County, WV.
[575] 1930 Census,
Kanawha County, WV.
[576] Marion County
Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV.
[577] 1940 Census,
Marion County, WV.
[578] 1910 Census,
Lewis County, WV.
[579] Newspaper
wedding announcement of granddaughter.
[580] Upshur County
Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV.
[581] City
Directory.
[582] Georgia
Death Index, 1919-98 [database online], Ancestry.com and Georgia Health
Dept, Office of Vital Records.
[583] U.S. National
Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database online], Ancestry.com and
Office of Quartermaster General (National Archives)
[584] West
Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database,
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html.
[585] Yearbook
photo.
[586] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Kentucky before 1951.
[587] Ritchie
County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV
26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Alston Britton, 23, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie
Co; and Ormeda Merle Sommerville, 17, of Ritchie Co. Married Aug 4 1923. Her middle name has been reported by other
researchers as Marie.
[588] Marshall
County Marriage Records, Moundsville, WV.
[589] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, The entry identifies child as S. A.
Richards, female, b. Sep 19 1877, daughter of David & S. A. Richards. This is a typed ledger entry, undoubtedly
transcribed from the original handwritten records. The middle initial "A" would seem
to be a transcription error from the original "R" as found in the
1880 Census, where this child is clearly identifed as Sarah R. Richards. But the 1900 Census identifies her as Lina
Richards (b. Sep 1877), the obituary of brother Daniel in 1968 lists a
surviving sister Lina Watson of Parkersburg, the marriage record of Lina
Richards in Dec 1902 give her age as 25 (i.e., born ca 1877), and the SSDI
shows Lina Watson, b. 18 [sic] Sep 1877, a resident of Parkersburg. Thus, it would appear that at some point in
her youth, Sarah R. Richards started going exclusively by the name Lina
Richards. BR Bk 1, p. 89.
[590] Doddridge
County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Carsie Oman Smith, white
male, b. Oct 30 1903 at Grove, son of H. J. Smith & Hattie Leeson Smith,
this being the mother's third child. (Note:
Obituary states birth date as Oct 29 1903, but birth record and SSDI
show it as Oct 30 1903.), BR p. 204.
[591] Social
Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1973.
[592] 1920 Census,
Ritchie County, WV (Auburn District)
[593] Young
American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National
Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1091.