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Daniel Webster BRITTON

Daniel Webster BRITTON

Male 1867 - 1911  (43 years)

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  • Name Daniel Webster BRITTON 
    Born 11 Jun 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation rural mail carrier  [2] 
    Occupation teacher  [3, 4] 
    Died Feb 1911  [5, 6] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I6385  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 May 2014 

    Father Joseph Stephen BRITTON,   b. Dec 1841, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1915, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane GASTON,   b. 21 Sep 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1915, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Charlotte WADE,   b. 13 Feb 1872, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)  [3, 7, 8] 
    Married 17 Mar 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Cecil Orr BRITTON,   b. 20 Jan 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1918, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F4035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bessie Alma MCCLASKEY,   b. 31 Aug 1881, Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1942, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 13 Sep 1899  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      Daniel W. Britton, 33, b. Jan 1867, carpenter, married under 1 yr; wife Bessie A, 18, b. Aug 1881, married under 1 yr, no children.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910 at Oakwood Addition:
      Daniel Britton, 43, rural route mail carrier, married 10 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Bessie, 28, married 10 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 5 children (all still living); son Wilbur, 14; son Cecil, 9; dau Lora V, 7; son Horace A, 6; son Otha R, 4; dau Mabel L, 1 yr 8 mo.
      (Note: The names/ages of Wilbur and Cecil are reversed. Cecil was born in Jan 1896, Wilbur in Jun 1900, to different mothers.) [8, 11]
    Children 
    +1. Wilbur Laughton BRITTON,   b. 23 Jun 1900, Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1939  (Age 38 years)
     2. Lora Virginia BRITTON,   b. 22 Aug 1902, Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1931, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
    +3. Horace Audubon BRITTON,   b. 6 Jan 1904, Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1966, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +4. Otha Ryland BRITTON,   b. 6 Mar 1906, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1963, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    +5. Lena Mabel BRITTON,   b. 2 Aug 1908, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1983, Muncie, Delaware Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     6. Leota Fay BRITTON,   b. 19 May 1910,   d. 3 Jan 1993  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F4036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 32.

    2. [S2054] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    4. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S14] Obituary, West Union Herald, 2/23/1911.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Bk 5, p. 42: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792732&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Daniel W. Britton, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Charlotte Wade, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Mar 17 1895 at the residence of Eli M. Gaston, officiating minister. (Note: As great-grandchildren of Samuel Husk and Elizabeth, Daniel Webster Britton and Sarah Charlotte Wade were second cousins.)

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

    11. [S1590] Death record of daughter.