Virginia F. RANDOLPH
1840 - 1917 (76 years)
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Name Virginia F. RANDOLPH Born 1 Jun 1840 Harrison Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2, 3] - Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1841.
Gender Female Census 1850 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Residence 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA [3] Census 1870 West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census 1880 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Residence 1893 Wood Co, WV [4] Census 1900, 1910 West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Died 2 Mar 1917 Doddridge Co, WV [5] Buried (OLD SECTION) Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [6] Person ID I57668 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 25 Jun 2019
Father Samuel Preston F. RANDOLPH, b. 25 Jan 1807, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 28 Jul 1863 (Age 56 years) Mother Hannah DAVIS, b. CA 1803, d. 28 Jan 1880 (Age ~ 77 years) Family ID F20306 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Alfred N. JENNINGS, b. 28 Jan 1838, Somerset Co, PA , d. 30 May 1884 (Age 46 years) Married 5 Jun 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA [7] Notes - 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp, West Union Post Office), enumerated on Jun 9 1870:
Alfred Jennings, 32, farmer; Virginia, 30; Hannah F. Randolph, 68; Laverna Knight, 22, housekeeper; Elias Jeffrey, 22, farm hand. All born in Virginia except Alfred, born Pennsylvania.
(NOTE: The adjacent household was that of Amos Bee, son of Doddrige County legend Ephraim Bee and second cousin (on his mother's side) of Alfred's wife Virginia F. Randolph.)
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
Alfred Jennings, 46, merchant; wife Virginia, 38; dau Cora, 18 (sic); son Chas, 16 (sic).
(NOTE: Ages of children Cora and Charles are clearly incorrect. They should have been entered as 8 and 6, as other records show that they were born in 1871 and 1874 respectively. No street name, house number, or other indication of exact location was given in this census. Neighbors on one side were the family of merchant Joseph Cheuvront, and on the other side the family of merchant J. B. Markey, and then the family of merchant B. H. Maulsby. Given the four consecutive merchants, it is likely that these were storefronts with living quarters in downtown West Union. Furthermore, land records show that property purchased by Alfred Jennings in 1865, referred to as the Gallahue Store House, was sold by him or his estate in 1884 and was then acquired in 1888 by G. W. Twyford, proprietor of the prominent Twyford Store on Main Street, West Union, at the corner of Cottage Avenue.)
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
Virginia Jennings, 58, b. Jun 1841, farmer, divorced, mother of 2 children (1 still living).
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 12 1910:
Virginia Jennings, 69, widowed, occupation "own income", mother of 2 children (1 still living); son Charles P, 35, single, no occupation.
Children 1. Cora R. JENNINGS, b. 29 Aug 1871, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 14 Feb 1883 (Age 11 years)2. Charles Preston JENNINGS, b. 16 May 1874, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 1954, Osceola Co, FL (Age 79 years)Family ID F23861 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John CORNELL, b. CA 1842, Tyler Co, (W)VA Married 1 Oct 1893 Wood Co, WV [4] Divorced Y [8] Documents 
124717_JohnCornell_VirginiaRandolphJennings_MarriageRecord_1Oct1893.jpg Family ID F54015 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S5] Headstone.
- [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10243196&Type=Marriage.
- [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. 56.
- [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790842&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Alford Jennings, 22. b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union Va, son of Moses & Rhoda A. Jennings, occupation merchant; and Virginia F. Randolph, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel P. F. & Hannah Randolph. Married Jun 5 1860 in Doddridge County, ceremony by John Conwell. (Note: The preceding entry in the handwritten ledge-style marriage register was for the groom's brother, married the same day in West Union by J. S. Hall: Hiram Jennings, 20, b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union, merchant; and Emily Davis, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John S. & Esther Davis. The two brothers' wives were first cousins to each other, as they were both granddaughters of Nathan Davis Jr, a founding father of West Union.) - [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
- [S5] Headstone.