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John Nelson ROBINSON

John Nelson ROBINSON

Male 1868 - 1938  (70 years)

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  • Name John Nelson ROBINSON 
    Born 15 Apr 1868  Boothsville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1868, but his death record states 15 Apr 1868. Birthplace given in his 1898 marriage record as Doddridge County, as did the marriage record of his younger sister Anna. But his 1894 marriage record shows it as Taylor County, and his death record states Boothsville (Taylor County)..
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Booths Creek District, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1894, 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Census 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    farm laborer (working out) 
    Residence 1915  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1918  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miner  [1] 
    Occupation 1920  [8] 
    glass factory worker 
    Residence Flemington, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 7 Jun 1938  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: acute pulmonary edema due to abcessed appendix following appendectomy 
    Buried Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Burial location given in death record as Smithburg.
    Person ID I121860  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2022 

    Father Robert ROBINSON,   b. Feb 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1910  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Lucinda SMITH,   b. 2 Sep 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1918, Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F34467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nettie MAY,   b. CA 1872, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 24 Feb 1894  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Anna ROBINSON,   b. Feb 1895, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F59554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Jane PERNELL,   b. 27 May 1878, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1948, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 6 Sep 1898  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Mabel Edna ROBINSON,   b. Mar 1899,   d. 11 Mar 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years)
     2. Earl ROBINSON,   b. 3 Dec 1906, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1968, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. (Infant son) ROBINSON,   b. 1 Jan 1915, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1915, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F52447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [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=29702&Type=Death.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792622&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2314] 1870 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793231&Type=Marriage.

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

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    7. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    8. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.