Doddridge County Roots

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Josiah HEATON

Josiah HEATON

Male 1821 - 1903  (82 years)

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  • Name Josiah HEATON 
    Born 1821  [1
    • Age 50 in 1880 Census would put birth date at about 1830.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith  [2
    Died 29 Jul 1903  [1
    Buried Old O'Neil Cemetery (aka Fittro Graveyard), Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I117295  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2018 

    Father Joseph (Josiah) HEATON,   b. 2 Feb 1783,   d. 3 Aug 1848  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Mildred Malinda Mary Milly GARRETT 
    Family ID F49389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane MILLS,   b. CA 1818,   d. 1 Sep 1897, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Marriage License 31 Mar 1851  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Married 3 Apr 1851  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Josiah Heaton, 50, blacksmith, cannot read/write; wife Mary J, 62, cannot read/write; son Hirim L, 25, single, farmer; son James E, 23, single, farmer, cannot read/write; son William T, 21,single, farmer. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of John & Eliza Orr. Within five years, two of John Orr's daughters would marry two of Josiah Heaton's sons. [5]
    Children 
     1. Ann Eliza HEATON,   b. 1851,   d. 25 Mar 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
    +2. Hiram L. HEATON,   b. 27 Mar 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1940, Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     3. James Edmund HEATON,   b. 6 Apr 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1926, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +4. William Turner HEATON,   b. 4 Jun 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1922, Sherwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F50041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=39443&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=37805&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.