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Mark S. BRITTON

Mark S. BRITTON

Male 1854 - Bef 1910  (56 years)

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  • Name Mark S. BRITTON 
    Born 16 Feb 1854  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • The birth records of two of his children give his birthplace as Greene Co, PA, and the 1900 Census also shows it as Pennsylvania. But his own marriage record states that he was born in Monongalia County, Virginia.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Green District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Died Bef May 1910  [3] 
    Person ID I11768  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 May 2013 

    Father Horatio BRITTON,   b. 3 May 1820, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1897  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HUSK,   b. CA 1825,   d. CA 1865, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Family ID F266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan A. BEE,   b. 17 Jan 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1931  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District):
      Mark Britton, 48, b. Feb 1852 in Pennsylvania, both parents born in Pa., married 17 yrs; wife Susan A, 41, b. Jan 1859, mother of 7 children (6 still living); dau O. Augusta, 16, b. May 1884; son Charles G, 14, b. Sep 1885; dau Mary L, 11, b. Feb 1889; dau Mamie F, 7, b. Jun 1892; son Vance B, 6, b. Jan 1894; dau Ruby E, 4, b. Apr 1896.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 2, 1910:
      Susan Britton, 51, widowed, occupation "own income," mother of 7 children (6 still living); dau O. Augusta, 26, single, school teacher; dau M. Lelia, 20, single; dau M. Florence, 17; son Vance B, 16; dau Ruby E, 14. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
    +1. Opal Augusta "Gussie" BRITTON,   b. 1 May 1884, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1917, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Guy Charles BRITTON,   b. 8 Sep 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1967  (Age 81 years)
     3. Lelia Mary BRITTON,   b. 6 Feb 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1973, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     4. Mamie Florence BRITTON,   b. 7 Jun 1892, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Vance Bee BRITTON,   b. 15 Jan 1894, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1971, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +6. Ruby Ethel BRITTON,   b. 6 Apr 1896, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1980, Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co, NM Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F4220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 2, p. 198.

    2. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    3. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 2, p. 198 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790209&Type=Marriage.
      He is identified as Mark Britton, age 29 as of Feb 16 1883, b. Monongalie Co, Va., resident of Doddridge Co. She is identified as Susan A. Bee, age 24 as of Jan 17 1883, b. Doddridge Co, Va, resident of Doddridge Co. Wedding held "at the residence of Efrom Bee." Information for marriage license provided by Mark Britton.

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