Doddridge County Roots

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Alice M. THARP

Alice M. THARP

Female 1857 - 1950  (92 years)

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  • Name Alice M. THARP 
    Born 9 Oct 1857  Good Hope, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1880  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [4
    weaver 
    Occupation 1920  [5
    nurse for private family 
    Census 1920, 1930  Stealey (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 24 Aug 1950  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7
    Person ID I48934  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2017 

    Father Isaac THARP,   b. CA 1826, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sarah L. SAYRE,   b. CA 1826, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James W. STEWART,   b. CA 1848, Highland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 16 Mar 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 17 1880 in the Village of Pennsboro:
      James Stewart, 32, engine driver; wife Alice, 22; son George, 13, works in stave factory; dau Mary, 11; son Walter, 9; son Logan, 7; son Isaac, 3 months, b. February.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      Alice M. Stewart, 42, b. Oct 1857, widowed, occupation weaver, was one of several boarders in the household of Charles Harrison (38, b. Jan 1862 in England, laborer). Two other boarders were Myrtle L. Stewart, 18, b. Jun 1881, weaver; and William E. Stewart, 17, b. May 1883, moulder.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg, Ward of Stealey Heights), enumerated on Jan 9 1920 at 200 Milford Street:
      March L. Pritchard, 36, plumber; wife Myrtle L, 37; son Lesley C, 15; son George S, 7; son Roy M, 1y 9m; mother-in-law Alice M. Stewart, 63, b. WVa (father b. Germany, mother b. WVa), widowed, occupation nurse for private family.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 17 1930 at 200 Milford Street:
      March L. Pritchard, 48, con engineer at Water Board; wife Myrtle, 48; son George, 17; son Roy, 11; mother-in-law Alice Stewart, 73.
    Children 
     1. Isaac STEWART,   b. Feb 1880,   d. CA Feb 1902  (Age ~ 22 years)
    +2. Myrtle Lucena STEWART,   b. 11 Jun 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1975, Columbia, Maury Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     3. William E. STEWART,   b. May 1883
    Family ID F20147  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), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=752607&Type=Death.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Alice M. Stewart.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)), MR p. 232.
      Identified as James W. Stuart, widowed, 31, b. Highland Co VA, res. Doddridge Co, occup farmer, son of James H. & Clarissa Stuart; and Alice M. Tharp, single, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Isaac & Sarah L. Tharp. Married Mar 16 1879.