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George Henry Lee GAINES

George Henry Lee GAINES

Male 1848 - 1927  (~ 79 years)

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  • Name George Henry Lee GAINES 
    Born CA 1848  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age 12 in the 1860 Census would put his birth in about 1848, as would age 32 in the 1880 Census and age 48 in his 1896 marriage record. But his death record states his birth date as Mar 8 1843, and the date on his headstone is also 1843.
    Gender Male 
    Military Co H, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1896  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6] 
    Died 12 Apr 1927  Auburn, Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8] 
    Buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Person ID I111034  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2019 

    Father James Edward GAINES,   b. 7 Feb 1827, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1903  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann CROOK,   b. CA 1823,   d. 31 May 1888  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Family ID F54668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Flora Ellen LIPSCOMB,   b. 5 Mar 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1954, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 10 Jul 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Lee Gaines, 50, farmer, married 4 yrs; wife Flora, 24, b. Mar 1876, married 4 yrs, no children.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of George Henry Lee Gaines's father and stepmother and their children:
      James E. Gaines, 72, married 8 yrs; wife Liza J, 26, married 8 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Jessie, 6, b. Sep 1893; dau Julie, 5, b. Dec 1894.
    Children 
    +1. Monnie Bridget GAINES,   b. 1 Oct 1905, Bear Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1996, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +2. Homer Lawson GAINES,   b. 11 Dec 1911,   d. 14 Apr 1995  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F46827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2067] 1860 Census, Wood County, (W)VA.

    2. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 92, Line 59 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540637&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1897573&Type=Death.

    6. [S2103] 1910 Census, Gilmer County, WV.

    7. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 92, Line 59 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11540637&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George H. L. Gains, single, 48, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Flora E. Lipscomb, single, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jul 10 (?) 1896 in Ritchie County.