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Valentine ASH

Valentine ASH

Male 1855 - 1931  (76 years)

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  • Name Valentine ASH 
    Born 1855  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1860, age 40.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [2] 
    farmer 
    Census 1900, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith  [4, 5, 6] 
    Died 1931  [1] 
    Buried Underwood Cemetery, Rt 23, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I76107  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2015 

    Father Thomas ASH,   b. 18 Apr 1827, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1897, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Rachel YEATER,   b. 2 Dec 1830,   d. 4 Dec 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F23260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malissa J. ICE,   b. 11 Aug 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1947  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 7 Dec 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      Valentine Ash, 25, farmer; wife Melissa J, 22, cannot read or write; dau Laura M, 4; dau Louise, 2; Stella B, b. Jan 1880.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      Valentine Ash, 40, b. Feb 1860, blacksmith; wife Melissa J, 37, b. May 1863, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Rosa L (S ?), 17, b. Oct 1882; dau Maggie D, 12, b. Oct 1887; son Lester E, 10, b. Mar 1890; son Thomas F, 7, b. Aug 1892; son Birchie C, 2, b. Aug 1897; hired hand Elmore Smith, age (blank), blacksmith.
      (Note: Much of the data in this enumeration is at variance with other records.)

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      Valentine Ash, 54, blacksmith, married 36 yrs (1st marriage); wife Malisa J, 51, married 36 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 12 children (9 still living); dau Maggie, 22, single; son Birchie C, 12; son Lester E, 20, teamster hauling iron, single.
    Children 
    +1. Laura Mae ASH,   b. Jan 1876,   d. 26 Aug 1925, Haywood, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
     2. Louise Anna ASH,   b. 17 Oct 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1957, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Stella B. ASH,   b. Jan 1880
     4. Rosa ASH,   b. Oct 1882
     5. Maggie D. ASH,   b. 7 Oct 1887, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1922, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    +6. Lester E. ASH,   b. 1 Mar 1890, Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1972, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +7. Thomas F. ASH,   b. Aug 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1974  (Age ~ 81 years)
     8. Bercha Clyde "Birchie" ASH,   b. 1 Aug 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Dossa S. ASH,   b. 28 Dec 1901,   d. 6 Jan 1907  (Age 5 years)
    Family ID F32491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2322] 1880 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    3. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    5. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    7. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 198 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791467&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Valentine Ash, age/birthplace (blank), res. Wetzel Co; and Melissa J. Ice, age/birthplace (blank), res. Doddridge Co. Married Dec 7 1873 in Doddridge County.