Doddridge County Roots

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Mary Nancy ROBERTS

Mary Nancy ROBERTS

Female 1851 - 1906  (54 years)

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  • Name Mary Nancy ROBERTS 
    Born 20 May 1851  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Roberts, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 27 Apr 1906  [1
    Buried Roberts Chapel Cemetery, Riggins Run, Co Rd 5, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I51596  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2021 

    Father Levi ROBERTS,   b. 13 Jul 1823,   d. 10 Sep 1906  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Nancy SWEENEY,   b. 5 Sep 1819,   d. 25 Aug 1858  (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F21323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edgar ALLEN,   b. Jul 1846, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1916, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Edgar Allen, 32, farmer; wife Mary N, 27; son Grant, 7; son Ellsworth, 5; son William, 3.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Edgar Allen, 53, b. Jul 1846, farmer, married 30 yrs; wife Mary N, 48, b. May 1856, mother of 11 children (4 still living); son Grant, 28, b. Aug 1871, salesman, single; son Ellsworth, 25, b. Dec 1874, farm laborer, married 3 months; son William, 24, b. Sep 1875, oil well rig builder, single; dau-in-law Genevra, 22, b. Jul 1877.
      (Note: The day before, also in McClellan District, Grant Allen appears also to have enumerated as a lodger without occupation in the household of Martin Weekley, a merchant. Given Grant's occupation as salesman, Martin could have been his employer.)

      Obituary, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 20 1916, in its entirety:
      DEATH AT COUNTY HOME
      Supt. H. W. Thomas reports the death of Edgar Allen at the County Infirmary early Thursday morning, January 13. He was formerly a resident of McClellan District and had been an inmate at the County Home for two years. He was fifty-eight years old and leaves four sons. [3, 4, 5]
    Children 
    +1. Irvin ALLEN,   b. 14 Oct 1870, Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1938, Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +2. Ulysses Grant ALLEN,   b. 14 Nov 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1942, Hopemont, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Elsworth E. ALLEN,   b. Dec 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     4. William ALLEN,   b. Sep 1875
     5. Levi J. ALLEN,   b. 19 Feb 1885,   d. 3 May 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. (Female) ALLEN,   b. 16 Nov 1885,   d. 17 Nov 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. (Male) ALLEN,   b. 5 Sep 1887,   d. 6 Sep 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F21289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    4. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    5. [S692] Obituary of wife.