Sarah E. WILSON
1856 - 1943 (~ 87 years)
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Name Sarah E. WILSON Born CA 1856 [1] - Marriage record indicates birth in about 1861 in Lewis County, but death record states about 1854 in Doddridge County. The 1860 Census of Ritchie County shows her age as 4.
Gender Female Census 1860 Ritchie Co, (W)VA 
Census 1870 Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Residence 1884 Doddridge Co, WV Census 1900, 1910, 1920 Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Died 8 Jun 1943 Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV [2] Notes - Her middle initial given as E in marriage record and in 1860, 1870 and 1900 Censuses, but death record states middle name as Jane.
Person ID I12809 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 25 Jun 2013
Father Reason H. WILSON, b. 1835, Monongalia Co, (W)VA , d. 14 Jul 1864, Andersonville Prison, GA (Age 29 years) Mother Sarah Jane GRIBBLE, b. CA 1835, Preston Co, (W)VA Family ID F28027 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Morris BRITTON, b. 12 Oct 1860, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 22 May 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 90 years) Married 14 Feb 1884 Doddridge Co, WV [3] Notes - 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
Wm. Britton, 36, b. Oct 1863, blacksmith, married 16 yrs; wife Sarah E, 38, b. (blank), married 16 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son John, 15, b. Nov 1884; dau Bessie, 10, b. Nov 1889; son Guss, 8, b. Jun 1891; brother Thomas J, 46, b. Oct 1853, day laborer.
(Note: The adjacent household was that of S. J. Ross, 50, his wife Ingaby, and their four children. S. J. Ross was an informant for William and Sarah's marriage license in 1884, a role normally played by the bride's father.)
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 16 1910 on the Harrisville & Salem Turnpike:
William M. Britton, 46, blacksmith, married 24 yrs; wife Sarah, 50, married 24 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Bessie, 19, single; son Augustus, 18, single.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
William M. Britton, 58, blacksmith; wife Sarah, 59. [4]
Children 1. John BRITTON, b. Nov 1884 2. Bessie A. BRITTON, b. 23 Nov 1889, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 9 Jan 1965, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 75 years)3. Augustus Bolivar "Guss" BRITTON, b. 30 Jun 1891, Doddridge Co, WV , d. Mar 1971 (Age 79 years)Family ID F4560 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
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Sources - [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 271.
Identified as William M. Britton, age 20 as of Oct 14 1883, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Sarah E. Wilson, 22, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 14 1884 in Doddridge County at the home of Eli M. Gaston, the presiding minister. Informants for the marriage license: S. J. Ross & Wm. M. Britton. - [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).