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Lewis GARRISON

Lewis GARRISON

Male 1857 - 1937  (80 years)

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  • Name Lewis GARRISON 
    Born 4 Apr 1857  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 6] 
    Residence 1915  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 28 Aug 1937  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I40260  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2016 

    Father George Washington GARRISON,   b. 9 Jun 1829, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1891, Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Emily PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Eileen HART,   b. 26 Aug 1859,   d. 2 Apr 1886  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 5 May 1878  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Rosa B. GARRISON,   b. Apr 1879
     2. Clarence GARRISON,   b. 23 Jan 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1959  (Age 77 years)
     3. George Willis GARRISON,   b. 2 Jan 1884, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1948  (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F16072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charity Ann BOYCE,   b. 10 Aug 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1912, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District), enumerated on 9 & 11 June 1900:
      Lewis Garrison, 43, b. Apr 1857, farmer, married 13 yrs; wife Charity A, 43, b. Aug 1856, married 13 yrs, mother of 7 children (all still living); son Clarence A, 19, b. Jan 1881, single, farm laborer; son Willis, 16, b. Jan 1864; son Harley, 12, b. Dec 1897; dau Laura J, 9, b. Feb 1891; son Amos O, 6, b. Oct 1893; son Porter, 4. b. Mar 1896; dau Lulu F, 1, b. Apr 1899; boarder Gertrude Reed, 15, b. Jul 1884. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Gertrude Reed was Charity (Boyce) Garrison's niece, a daughter of her sister Barbara and Nathan Reed.
    Family ID F48573  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Jency WHITE,   b. 17 Mar 1872, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1950, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1915  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F45282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    5. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    6. [S2192] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    8. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 424 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795179&Type=Marriage.