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Nathaniel Cathern LATTEA

Nathaniel Cathern LATTEA

Male 1847 - 1938  (91 years)

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  • Name Nathaniel Cathern LATTEA 
    Born 28 Nov 1847  Fairmont, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Fairmont, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1868  [3] 
    miner 
    Census 1870  Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870, 1910  [4, 5] 
    farmer 
    Census 1920  Vadis, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 13 Dec 1938  Hurst, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried McCutcheon Chapel Cemetery, Ireland, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I30291  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2019 

    Father George Madison LATTEA,   b. CA 1822, Huntingdon Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Mother Christiana Jane HAUGHT,   b. May 1819, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1900, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Family ID F22859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Columbia Serena SHACKELFORD,   b. 27 May 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1936, Hurst, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 3 Dec 1868  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Willey Twp), enumerated on Aug 23 1870:
      Nathaniel Lattea, 22, farmer, value of real estate $700, value of personal estate $125; Columbia, 15; George W, 8 months, birth month September; James C. Roney (or Raney), 10; Amy M. Roney, 6; Julia J. Roney, 6.

      1880 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District):
      Nathaniel Latta, 32; wife Columbia, 26; son George W, 10; son William H, 8; dau Susan F, 5; son Charles E, 3; dau Dasie, 1 month.

      1900 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District):
      Nathaniel C. Lattea, 52, b. Nov 1847, married 31 yrs; wife Columbia S, 45, b. Aug 1854; son Charles E, 23, b. Apr 1877; dau Allie M, 19, b. Jun 1880; dau Annie M, 16, b. Dec 1883; dau Charlotte, 10, b. Sep 1889; dau Gracie D, 7, b. Sep 1892.
      In the adjacent household was their daughter Susan with her husband Ira Lowther and their family:
      Ira Lowther, 36, b. Jan 1864, married 8 yrs; wife Susan F, 25, b. Aug 1874; son Lewis C, 7, b. May 1893; son Cecil I, 3, b. Sep 1896.

      1910 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District), enumerated on May 3 1910:
      N. C. Lattea, 62, married 41 yrs; wife Columbia, 55, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Annie, 27, single; dau Charlotte, 20, single; dau Grace, 18, single; grandson Lewis Lowther, 17, single; grandson Archie Lowther, 8; grandson Clifford Lowther, 4.

      1920 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Vadis), enumerated on Feb 21 1920:
      Nathaniel C. Lattea, 72; wife Columbia S. Lattea, 66, blind; dau Gracie D. Lattea, 27; grandson Archie Lattea, 17.
      In the adjacent household was their daughter Annie with her husband Hedgeman and their family:
      Hedgeman M. Lowther, 31; wife Annie M, 38; son Arthur C, 15; son Henry C, 4; son Argil B, 3; son Evert N, age zero.
      Daughter Susan was found in the 1920 Census of Harrison County, City of Clarksburg, enumerated on Jan 8 1920:
      Head of household Susan F. Cook, 44, no occupation, married; son Lewis C. Lowther, 26, foreman at plate glass company, single; son Cecil I. Lowther, 22, driller for oil & gas. (Note: Susan's marital status may be in error, as she was described as widowed at the time of her remarriage in Nov 1921. A nearby household was that of Herbert C. Kellar, whose daughter Ritta Vesta Kellar became the bride of Lewis C. Lowther in Nov 1921.)
    Children 
    +1. George W. LATTEA,   b. 5 Oct 1869,   d. 23 Apr 1955, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. William Henry LATTEA,   b. 24 May 1872, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1946, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +3. Susan Frances LATTEA,   b. 13 Aug 1874, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1956, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +4. Charles Emory LATTEA,   b. 8 Apr 1877, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1955  (Age 77 years)
     5. Ella May LATTEA,   b. Jun 1880, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Annie Myrtle LATTEA,   b. 30 Dec 1882, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1967  (Age 84 years)
     7. Charlotte "Lottie" LATTEA,   b. 2 Sep 1889, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1972  (Age 83 years)
     8. Grace D. LATTEA,   b. Sep 1892
    Documents
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    Family ID F11651  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).

    2. [S2150] 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S187] 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township).

    5. [S2151] 1910 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 231.

    9. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 56.
      Identified as Nathaniel C. Lattea, 21, occup miner, b. Marion Co, res. Harrison Co, son of George M. & Christine A. J. Lattea; and Columbia S. Shackelford, age 15 yr 6 mo 6 da, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of U. (?) W. & Susan Shackelford. Married Dec 3 1868.