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Mary Alice GALLAHUE

Mary Alice GALLAHUE

Female 1856 - 1943  (86 years)

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  • Name Mary Alice GALLAHUE 
    Born 3 Dec 1856  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 May 1943  [1] 
    Buried OLD BAPTIST SECTION  Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I67642  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2010 

    Father William Harvey GALLAHUE,   b. 25 Jan 1829, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1888  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Mariah RIGHTER,   b. 10 May 1839, Adamsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1931, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F28515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward McCullough CORPENING,   b. 26 Feb 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1886, Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1877  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated May 2 1910 on Main Street:
      M. Alice Corpening, 53, widow, mother of 2 children (both still living); mother Maria Fleming, 71, widow, mother of 2 children (1 still living); lodger C. H. Pack, 38, clergyman, married 6 yrs; lodger Nora M. Pack, 38, married 6 yrs, no children; lodger Ferdinand Hornor, age (blank), civil engineer, single.
      In the adjacent household was the following family:
      John B. Payne, 38, physician in general practice, married 13 yrs; wife Sallie C, 30, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Edward, 11; dau Virginia A, 5; servant Joseph Johnson, black male, 53, b. Maryland, single.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated Feb 7 1920 at 628 West Main Street:
      Alice Corpening, 63, widow; mother Maria Fleming, 80, widow; boarder Elma Harris, 34, single, dry goods saleswoman; boarder Bessie Thomas, 30, single, school teacher.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated Apr 3 1930 at 628 West Main Street:
      M. Alice Corpening, 73, widow; mother Miriah Fleming, 90, widow; roomer Carl Anderson, 22, single, bookkeeper at brokerage office. [5]
    Children 
    +1. Sallie Florida CORPENING,   b. 24 Sep 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1911  (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F28431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

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

    3. [S2415] Cemeteries of Simpson District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 116.
      Identified as Edward M. Corpening, 24, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Samuel & Cynthia Corpening, occupation cattle dealer; and Mary A. Gallahue, 20, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of William H. (?) & Mariah Gallahue. Married Jun 21 1877 in Harrison Co by J. J. Poynter. (Note: The preceding entry in the ledger-style marriage record was for Mary's sister, Sarah R. Gallahue, 19, who married John A. Fleming (27, son of Solomon S. & Elizabeth) on the same day and with the same official.)

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.