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Frances "Fannie" HARSH

Frances "Fannie" HARSH

Female 1814 - 1887  (73 years)

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  • Name Frances "Fannie" HARSH 
    Born 4 May 1814  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Tucker Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  St. George District, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 Dec 1887  St. George District, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: apoplexy 
    Person ID I133744  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2022 

    Family Robert Korkle KNOTTS, Jr.,   b. Mar 1814, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1901, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Notes 
    • Robert Knotts in the 1840 United States Federal Census
      Name: Robert Knotts
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Preston, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
      Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
      No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
      Total Free White Persons: 4
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

      1850 Census, Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 30, 1850:
      Robert Notts, 33, farmer; Fanny, 33; Luther. 12; Ellenor, 10; John, 9; James, 5. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Tucker County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Post Office at Horse Shoe Run, enumerated on Jun 16 1860:
      Robert K. Knotts, 46, farmer, value of real estate $400, value of personal estate $400; Francis (female), 46; John, 18, laborer; Ellenor, 21; James, 13; Stephen 9; William A, 4; infant not named (male), 1. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Tucker Co, WV (St. George Township), enumerated on Jun 23, 1870:
      Robert Knotts, 53, farmer, value of real estate $1,300, value of personal estate $810; Fanney, 53, cannot read/write; Stephen, 19, cannot read/write; William, 14, cannot read/write; Sarah, 1 month, born in May.

      1880 Census, Tucker Co, WV (St. George District), enumerated on Jun 17 1880:
      Robert Knotts, 62, farmer, cannot write; wife Fannie, 63, cannoter write; son William A, 23, works on farm; adopted son Spencer G. Kalar, 11, cannot read/write.

      In 1900, the widowed Robert K. Knotts was found in the household of his son Martin Luther Knotts and his family.
      1900 Census, Tucker County, WV (St. George District), enumerated on Jun 11 1900:
      Martin L. Knotts, 62, b. Sep 1837, farmer, married 38 yrs; wife Margaret E, 57, b. Dec 1842, married 38 yrs, mother of 11 children (7 still living); dau Sarah H, 14, b. Sep 1885; son Enos E, 30, b. Jan 1870, farm laborer, married 1 yrs; dau-in-law Gertie, 17, b. Jul 1882, married 1 yrs, no children; father Robert K, 86, b. Mar 1814, widowed, cannot read/write.
    Children 
     1. William Arnold KNOTTS,   b. 23 Oct 1856, Tucker Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1933  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F58848  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2437] Tucker County Death Records, Parsons, WV, DR p. 55, Line 15 : http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4458331&Type=Death.

    3. [S2437] Tucker County Death Records, Parsons, WV, DR p. 55, Line 15 : http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4458331&Type=Death.
      Identified as Fanny Knotts, white female, age 74y 7m, married, born in Preston County, daughter of "Not Known;" died 23 Dec 1887 in St. George District, cause of death apoplexy. Informant: Robert Knotts, Head of Family.