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Ellen Icy WATTON

Ellen Icy WATTON

Female 1881 - 1960  (78 years)

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  • Name Ellen Icy WATTON 
    Born 17 May 1881  [1, 2, 3
    • Birthplace given in 1900 marriage record as Doddridge County, but WV Births Index shows it as Harrison County.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1900  Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Morgan Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Icy E. West, 28, b. WVa, married 10 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living), servant in the household of John (65, b. Ohio) & Mary (79, b. Ohio) Smith. Listed as boarders in the household were Frank West (3, b. Ohio) and Pearl West (1y 2m, b. Ohio). Icy's husband and other children were not present.
    Died 15 Jan 1960  Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I24062  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2012 

    Father Thomas T. WATTON,   b. 11 Feb 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1929, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Rebecca HAYHURST,   b. Aug 1857, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1929, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Family ID F32602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Owen A. WEST,   b. 16 May 1872, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1938, Ashland, Ashland Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1900  Rivesville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
     1. Inez WEST,   b. 1900,   d. 14 Feb 1931, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     2. Elmore Jackson WEST,   b. 17 Dec 1902,   d. 22 Oct 1959, Fowlersville, Livingston Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     3. William Burr WEST,   b. 6 Jun 1904, Morgan Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1933, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     4. Frank WEST,   b. CA 1907, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Pearl WEST,   b. Feb 1909, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2246] 1900 Census, Marion County, WV.

    3. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV.

    4. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2018 (database online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    5. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, MR p. 79 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12528759&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Owen A. West, widowed, 27, b. Upshur Co, res. Marion Co; and Ellen Watton, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Marion Co. Married Mar 3 1900 at Rivesville, Marion County, W.Va. Written consent given by Rebecca Watton, mother of Ellen Watton.

    6. [S1623] The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), William F. Donnelly, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1997), p. 418.