Elizabeth P. "Jane" PRITCHARD
1838 - 1921 (~ 83 years)
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Name Elizabeth P. "Jane" PRITCHARD Born Apr 1838 Ritchie Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2, 3] - Birthplace given as Lewis County in her marriage record with Lewis Maxwell in Ritchie County, but as Ritchie County in her marriage record with John O. Byrne in Doddridge County. The latter is considered more likely. Birth date reported in "Tichenor Families in America," p. 152, as Apr 29 1840, but date on headstone is 1838.
Gender Female Census 1850 Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Residence 1862 Doddridge Co, (W)VA [3, 4] Census 1880 Palatine (East Fairmont), Marion Co, WV Census 1900, 1910 Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Residence Fairmont, Marion Co, WV [4] Residence ORIGINALLY White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV [4] Died Jun 1921 Fairmont, Marion Co, WV [2, 5] Buried IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV [6] Person ID I34197 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 25 Apr 2021
Father Peter PRITCHARD, b. 1 Oct 1798, Preston Co, (W)VA , d. 29 Sep 1883, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 84 years) Mother Elizabeth WILLIS, b. 30 Dec 1798, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 9 Dec 1869 (Age 70 years) Family ID F8428 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Lewis MAXWELL, b. 17 Apr 1790, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Feb 1862 (Age 71 years) Married 29 Jan 1857 Ritchie Co, (W)VA [7] Notes Family ID F13428 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John O'BYRNE, b. CA 1829, Ireland Married 1 Sep 1862 Doddridge Co, (W)VA [10] Family ID F16155 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 William H. WILEY, b. 1829, Maryland , d. 5 Oct 1911, Marion Co, WV (Age 82 years) [4] Married CA 1867 [11] Family ID F13429 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
- [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).
- [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
Identified as Lewis Maxwell, widowed, age 60, b. Chester Co PA, res. Lewis Co, son of Thomas & J.; and E. P. Prichard [sic], b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of P. & E. Married Jan 29 1857. It is noted that the groom's age is understated by about six years. Marriage date reported by Minnie Kendall Lowther (HRC, p. 603) as 1859. - [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
- [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 142 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791607&Type=Marriage.
Identified as John O'Byrne (or John O. Byrne), single, 33, b. Ireland, res. Wheeling, son of Patrick & Hannah O'Byrne, occupation marble cutter; and Jane Maxwell, widowed, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Peter & Elizabeth Pritchard. Married Sep 1 1862 in Doddridge County by Thomas B. Hughes. - [S2245] 1910 Census, Marion County, WV.
- [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).