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Virginia Ellen HARTER

Virginia Ellen HARTER

Female 1863 - 1933  (69 years)

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  • Name Virginia Ellen HARTER 
    Census 1880, 1900, 10, 20  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 17 Aug 1863  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Birth date given in Jan 1933 death record as Aug 17 1852, age 79y 5m 10d, which is clearly incorrect, as is father's surname given as Harden rather than Harter. She was 17 in the 1880 Census, her birth date was given as Aug 1864 (age 35) in the 1900 Census (enumerated Jun 1900), and was specified as Aug 17 1863 in her marriage record.
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1930  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 27 Jan 1933  Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Point Pleasant Cemetery, Maken, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I22057  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2010 

    Father William Morgan HARTER,   b. Jun 1830, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1896  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Harriet Rebecca HURST,   b. CA 1840 
    Family ID F28361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Andrew MCKEOWN,   b. CA 1847 
    Married
    Marital Status Partners 
    Children 
    +1. Rosa Geneva MCKEOWN,   b. 27 Feb 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1951  (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F28377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Robert Sylvester "Vess" MCGARY,   b. 14 Apr 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1910  (Age 50 years)  [3, 4
    Married 4 Jan 1883  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
      R. Sylvester McGary, 20, laborer; wife Elizabeth A, 16.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Sylvester McGary, 36, b. Apr 1864, teamster, married 17 yrs; wife Ellen, 35, b. Aug 1864, mother of 7 children (all still living); son Olly, 17, b. Jun 1882; dau Emma M, 15, b. Sep 1884; son Jessie E, 10, b. Mar 1890; dau Effie J, 8, b. Apr 1892; dau Florence E, 5, b. Mar 1895; dau Nettie E, 3, b. Jan 1897; son Arly D, 1, b. Apr 1898.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated in May 1910:
      Ella McGary, 42, widowed, mother of 11 children (10 still living); dau Effie, 17; son Arlie D, 10; son William, 7; son John B, 7.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jan 28 1920:
      Ellen McGary, 50, widowed; son Deb, 19, delivery boy at store; son William, 15; son John 12.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, community of Bristol), enumerated on Apr 11 1930:
      Ellen McGarry, 75, widowed, age 14 at time of first marriage; granddau Gladyas, 19, single.
    Children 
    +1. Rosa Geneva MCKEOWN,   b. 27 Feb 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1951  (Age 73 years)  [Stepchild]
     2. Ola Oliver "Ollie" MCGARY,   b. 1 Jun 1882,   d. 23 May 1932, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    +3. Myrtle Emma MCGARY,   b. 29 Sep 1884, Halls Run (Salem), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1971, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +4. William Orace MCGARRY,   b. 4 Jul 1888, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1972, Noblesville, Hamilton Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Jesse Ellsworth "Worthy" MCGARY,   b. 24 Mar 1891, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1944  (Age 52 years)
     6. Effie Jane MCGARY,   b. 24 Apr 1892, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Florence Almira MCGARY,   b. 4 Mar 1894, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1965, Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     8. Nettie E. MCGARY,   b. 9 Jan 1897, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Arley Delbert MCGARY,   b. 4 Apr 1899, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1927, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    +10. John Barnard MCGARY,   b. 18 Feb 1901, Halls Run (Salem), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1982  (Age 81 years)
    +11. William Nathan MCGARY,   b. 18 Feb 1901, Halls Run (Salem), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1927, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    Documents
    22056_SylvesterMcGary_VirginiaEHarter_MarriageRecord_4Jan1883.jpg
    22056_SylvesterMcGary_VirginiaEHarter_MarriageRecord_4Jan1883.jpg
    Family ID F8187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    22057_McGARRY_VirginiaEllenHarter_DeathRecord_27Jan1933.jpg
    22057_McGARRY_VirginiaEllenHarter_DeathRecord_27Jan1933.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    4. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 175.
      Identified as Sylvester McGary, age 22 as of Apr 14 1882, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Virginia E. Harter, age 19 as of Aug 17 1882, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jan 4 1883 "at the residence of Wm. Harter, Doddridge Co, West Va." Informants for the marriage license: Wm. Harter & Sylvester McGary.