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Sarah Charlotte WADE

Sarah Charlotte WADE

Female 1872 - 1896  (23 years)

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  • Name Sarah Charlotte WADE 
    Born 13 Feb 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Jan 1896  Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Cause: "childbed fever" (puerperal fever, a bacterial infection caused by unsanitary childbirth c 
    Buried Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I11221  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2012 

    Father Andrew Montgomery WADE,   b. 14 Jul 1847, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1904, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Sudna Jane WATSON,   b. 1854, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1875  (Age 21 years) 
    Family ID F5670  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Daniel Webster BRITTON,   b. 11 Jun 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1911  (Age 43 years)  [4, 5, 6] 
    Married 17 Mar 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Cecil Orr BRITTON,   b. 20 Jan 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1918, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F4035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: "childbed fever" (puerperal fever, a bacterial infection caused by unsanitary childbirth c - 30 Jan 1896 - Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Gaston-Hart Cemetery, Upper Run, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    11221_CharlotteWade_GastonHartCem.jpg    		11221_CharlotteWade_GastonHartCem.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 5, p. 42.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 100 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046734&Type=Death.
      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])

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Bk 5, p. 42: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792732&Type=Marriage.
      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.)