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Richard L. WEEKLEY

Richard L. WEEKLEY

Male 1830 -

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  • Name Richard L. WEEKLEY 
    Born May 1830  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 4] 
    Notes 
    • Richard's middle initial is given as "C" in marriage record, but as "L" on wife's headstone. In both cases, the spelling of the surname is Weekly. But in most other records, he is identified as Richard L. Weekley.

      In May 1860, Richard married Mary Baker Beverlin, widow of Benjamin.

      1860 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 6 1860:
      Richard Weekley, 27, farmer, value of real estate $4000, value of personal estate $948, cannot read/write; Mary, 36; Jane, 16; Mary, 14; Susanna, 6; Benjamin, 3.
      (NOTE: All listed with surname Weekley. The children, however, probably should have been listed with the Beverlin surname.)

      1870 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jul 9 1870:
      Richard Weekley, 40, farmer, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $500; Mary, 45, cannot read or write; Benjamin, 13.

      As a widower, Richard married his second wife, Margaret Ash, March 1877. She died of consumption in June 1879.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 10 1880:
      Richard L. Weekley, 51, farmer, widowed; stepdau Susanna Gain, 27, widowed; stepson William Gain, 9; stepson Perry R. Gain, 6; stepdau Mary E. Gain, 4; stepdau Minna M. Gain, 1.
      (NOTE: The four younger children are actually the stepgrandchildren of Richard Weekley.)

      Richard married his third wife, Philothata Davis Bonnell, widow of John B. Bonnell, in September 1880.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Richard L. Weekley, 70, b. May 1830, farmer, married 20 yrs; wife Philothata, 67, b. Dec 1832, married 20 yrs, mother of 6 children (5 still living); granddau Maud Gain, 9, b. Aug 1890.
      (NOTE: Maud Gain was actually Richard's step-greatgranddaughter, daughter of his grandson William Gain, who was a son of Jesse H. Gain and Susannah Beverlin.)
    Person ID I58044  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2018 

    Father Levi Michael WEEKLEY,   b. 17 Aug 1814,   d. 27 Dec 1887, Indian Creek, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane LYON,   b. 6 May 1819,   d. 10 Oct 1897  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F38722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary BAKER,   b. CA 1823,   d. 11 Dec 1876, Indian Creek, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Marriage Bond 28 Apr 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Married 3 May 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Documents
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    Family ID F43512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret ASH,   b. CA 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F43511  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Philothata "Thata" DAVIS,   b. 28 Dec 1834, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F23996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

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

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

    4. [S2286] 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    5. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MB : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12050776&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 8, line 28 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038262&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Richard Weekley, single, 27, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son of Levi & Mary Weekley; and Mary Beverlin, widowed, 35, b. & res. in Tyler Co, dau of Rezin & Phoebe Baker. Married May 3 1860.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 216, line 21 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792224&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Richard Weekly, widowed, 40, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son of Levi & Mary Weekly; and Margaret Ash, single, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Israel & Sarah Ash. Married Mar 25 1877 in Doddridge County, officiated by G. W. McIntyre.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 244 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791862&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Richard C. Weekly, widowed, 54, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Levi & Mary Weekly; and Pilothata Bonnell, widowed, 40, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ziba & Mary J. Davis. Married Sep 16 1880 in Doddridge County, officiated by G. W. McIntire.