Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: William Tyler PRITCHARD / Hester DAVIS (F15358)

m. 30 Jun 1859


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  • William Tyler PRITCHARDFather | Male
    William Tyler PRITCHARD

    Born  21 Apr 1830  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 May 1911  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  30 Jun 1859  [1]  Doddridge Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Peter PRITCHARD | F8428 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth WILLIS | F8428 Group Sheet 

    Hester DAVISMother | Female
    Hester DAVIS

    Born  17 May 1834  Champaign Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1925   
    Buried     
    Father  Phineas DAVIS | F15689 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rulana RANDOLPH | F15689 Group Sheet 

    Alice Carey PRITCHARDChild 1 | Female
    Alice Carey PRITCHARD

    Born  May 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Sep 1939  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  James L. YATES | F16732 
    Married     

    Lloyd Wallace PRITCHARDChild 2 | Male
    Lloyd Wallace PRITCHARD

    Born  20 Oct 1862  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Feb 1943  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Isaphene ROGERS | F23265 
    Married  29 Oct 1887  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    William A. PRITCHARDChild 3 | Male
    + William A. PRITCHARD

    Born  28 Dec 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Oct 1911  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Minerva Jane "Janie" DAVIS | F22978 
    Married  9 Jun 1887  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Olin D. PRITCHARDChild 4 | Male
    + Olin D. PRITCHARD

    Born  14 Feb 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Apr 1959  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Roena GARRISON | F18850 
    Married  1 May 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Charles J. PRITCHARDChild 5 | Male
    + Charles J. PRITCHARD

    Born  15 Apr 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Dec 1947  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Marshville Cemetery, Marshville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ida E. COCHRAN | F24152 
    Married  11 Jun 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 14 1860:
      Wm. T. Pritchard, 28, farmer; Hester, 23; Alice, 2 months.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp):
      William T. Prichard, 40, farmer; Esther, 36, b. Ohio; Alice C, 10; Lloyd W, 7; Willie A, 5; Olin D, 2; Charles J, one month.

      1880 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Jun 21 1880:
      W. T. Pritchard, 50, farmer; wife Esther, 47; dau Alice C, 20; son Wallace, 18; son William A, 15; son Olin D, 12; son Charles J, 10.

      Article in "Sistersville Oil Review," Friday, July 15, 1904:
      RADIUM IN DODDRIDGE
      The West Union record says that William Pritchard of Webster County, Ola Pritchard of Ritchie County, and a Mr. Dotson late of Colorado, a mining expert, are at work at an old shaft on Lewis Maxwell's land, near the residence of Clarence Maxwell, prospecting for the very valuable metal radium, which is worth some millions of dollars a pount. William Pritchard dug a shaft at the same place over thirty years ago, when he was engaged in prospecting for gold. They are now engaged in cleaning out the old shaft, and have come to a layer of peculiar kind of stone which is strangely mixed with some other kind of mineral. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    2. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990).