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Malinda Ann WATSON

Malinda Ann WATSON

Female 1842 - Bef 1908  (66 years)

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  • Name Malinda Ann WATSON  [1] 
    Born 12 May 1842  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Walton District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef Dec 1908 
    • Presumed. Husband remarried on Dec 31 1908. His marital status was not indicated in his marriage record.
    Buried Maxwell Farm, Hughes River Rd, near Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I6519  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2013 

    Father William M. WATSON,   b. CA 1818, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1890, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Nancy NUTTER,   b. 22 Feb 1818, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Family ID F4583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William E. CRITCHFIELD,   b. 10 May 1834, Aleppo Twp, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1864, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1860  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton Twp), enumerated on Jun 25 1870:
      John W. Wyatt, 23, farmer; Malinda A, 27; T. E. Crichfield (male), 9; Rosetta Crichfield, 6; Wm. E. Crichfield, 5; David L. Crichfield, 3; Nancy A. Crichfield, 1.
      (Note: The surnames of the two younger children should have been entered as Wyatt.)

      1880 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      John W. Wyatt, 33, farmer; wife Malinda, 36; son David L, 13; dau Nancy A, 11; son Jasper F, 9; dau Mary J, 7; dau Manerva E, 5; dau Amanda P, 4; dau Frances L, 2; unnamed dau, 1 month (born in May); stepson Thomas I. Chrihfield, 19; stepson Wm. E. Crihfield, 15.
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Irvin CRITCHFIELD,   b. 23 Mar 1861, Roane Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1946, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Rosetta CRITCHFIELD,   b. CA 1863, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William E. CRITCHFIELD,   b. 13 Sep 1864, Trapp Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John William WYATT,   b. 24 Jun 1846, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1935, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 7 Apr 1866  Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. David L. WYATT,   b. 24 Mar 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Nancy A. WYATT,   b. CA 1869
    Family ID F5781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Doddridge County Marriage Records, Book 1, page 47    		16143_JohnWWyatt_MalindaAWatsonCritchfield_MarriageRecord_6Apr1866.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1604] Death record of son.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 132.

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

    4. [S222] Lizabeth Cottrill White, Charleston, WV 25314 .

    5. [S103] Walter Ray "Shiner" Husk (1900-1993).
      Shiner stated that Malinda is buried in an unmarked grave beside her first husband William, whose grave does have a headstone. A subsequent check of Doddridge Co death records revealed no entry for Malinda Wyatt.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 132.
      Groom identified as William E. Critchfield, age 26, b. Greene Co PA, son of John & Sarah Critchfield, occupation carpenter. Bride identified as Malinda A. Watson, age 18, b. Barbour Co (W)VA, dau of William & Nancy Watson. Ceremony held Sep 9 1860, performed by Eli M. Gaston.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1, p. 47 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791088&Type=Marr.
      The record shows that John W. Wyatt and Melinda A. Critchfield were married on Apr 7 1866 in Beaver Co, Pennsylvania, by A. J. Pettit, a Justice of the Peace. The original handwritten certificate was presented for recording in Doddridge Co on Feb 12 1867 by William Watson.