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Mary Ann GRAY

Mary Ann GRAY

Female 1818 - 1908  (90 years)

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  • Name Mary Ann GRAY 
    Born 2 Apr 1818  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 92 in death record would put birth in about 1816, while the 1900 Census states April 1822. But her headstone shows it as Apr 2 1818.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1840  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880, 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 11 Jun 1908  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Cause: acute dysentery 
    Buried Carroll Cemetery, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I83666  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 May 2018 

    Father James GRAY,   b. 1781, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1872  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BARTLETT,   b. 1795, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F38416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Godfrey CARROLL,   b. 15 Feb 1815, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1836 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Godfrey Carrol, 35, farmer; Mary A, 30; Nancy J, 11; Sarah E, 8; John, 22, farmer.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 7 1860:
      Godfrey Carrol, 45, farmer, value of real estate $3,500, value of personal estate $700; M. A. (female), 43; G. West (male), 10.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 3 1870:
      Mary A. Carroll, 50, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $1,200, cannot write; Geo. F. West, 18, farm laborer, attended school within the year.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Otha P. Gandy, 62, dry goods dealer; wife Mary A, 57.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Head of household Mary A. Gandy, 78, b. Apr 1822, single, mother of 2 children (1 still living); dau Sarah E. Brown, 57, b. May 1843, divorced, mother of 8 children (7 still living); grandson Fillmore S. Brown, 19, b. Feb 1881, day laborer, single; son-in-law Samuel V. Brown, 65, b. Jan 1835, divorced.

      In the 1910 Census, Samuel V. Brown was living without his wife in the household of his son James in Grafton. His marital status was left blank. Sarah was enumerated in Clarksburg as head of household, marital status widowed, with three "roomers" but no other family members. Death records of both Samuel & Sarah Brown show marital status as widowed. [4]
    Children 
     1. Nancy Jane CARROLL,   b. CA 1839, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1856  (Age ~ 17 years)
     2. Sarah Elizabeth CARROLL,   b. 18 May 1841, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1931, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F35805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Otho Preston GANDY,   b. 1818, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1892, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 8 Jul 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F38415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: acute dysentery - 11 Jun 1908 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=112300&Type=Death.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.