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Francis Marion HURST

Francis Marion HURST

Male 1866 - 1929  (62 years)

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  • Name Francis Marion HURST 
    Born 12 Apr 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Apr 12 1866, but 1900 Census states Apr 1867, while age 5 in 1870 would put it in about 1865. In any case, his birth was at least three years after the death of Eli Hurst, his father of record, and well before his mother's remarriage.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1885  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 4] 
    Died 6 Apr 1929  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I64686  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 May 2020 

    Father Eli HURST,   b. 20 Jun 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1862, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Jemima Ann JAMES,   b. CA 1834, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F27017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Ellen DIVERS,   b. Sep 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Married 25 Oct 1885  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Francis M. Hurst, 33, b. Apr 1867, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Ella, 38, b. Sep 1861, mother of 7 children (6 still living); son Marion L, 13, b. Jul 1886; dau Mary J, 11, b. Apr 1889; dau Nora M, 9, b. Jan 1890; son Archie J, 7, b. May 1893; son Marion F, 5, b. Apr 1895; son James J, 1, b. Sep 1898.
    Children 
    +1. Archie Joseph HURST,   b. 18 May 1893,   d. 25 Feb 1968, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Francis Marion HURST,   b. 27 Apr 1896, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1977, Washington Court House, Fayette Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. James Joshua HURST,   b. Sep 1898, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1974, Newark, Licking Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
    +4. John Orian HURST,   b. 29 Aug 1904, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    64686_FrancisMHurst_EllenDivers_MarriageRecord_25Oct1885.jpg    		64686_FrancisMHurst_EllenDivers_MarriageRecord_25Oct1885.jpg
    Family ID F27013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    64686_HURST_FrancisM_1866-1929_DeathCertificate.jpg    		64686_HURST_FrancisM_1866-1929_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    5. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
      Identified as Francis M. Hurst, 19, farmer, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Eli & Jemima A. Hurst; and Ellen Divers, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Andrew & Nancy Divers. Married Oct 25 1885 in Salem WV.