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Mary Jane PRITCHARD

Mary Jane PRITCHARD

Female 1816 - 1900  (84 years)

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  • Name Mary Jane PRITCHARD 
    Born 2 Mar 1816  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880, 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 3 Nov 1900  [1] 
    Buried Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I957  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2010 

    Father Thomas PRITCHARD, Jr.,   b. 9 Jan 1768, Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1846, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary MOODY,   b. 1785, Cumberland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F5628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Hugh GASTON,   b. 17 Jul 1812, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. (UNMARKED), Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Feb 1848  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1850:
      John Gaston, 37; Jane, 34; Mary E, 6 months.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
      John H. Gaston, 68, farmer; wife Jane, 64; son Hugh, 24, farm worker; brother-in-law William Pritchard, 61, physician. The 1880 Census form contains the following question: "Is the person [on the day of the Enumerator's visit] sick or temporarily disabled, so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties? If so, what is the sickness or disability?" For John H. Gaston, that question was answered with the entry "Epileptic Fits." [4]
    Children 
     1. Mary Martha GASTON,   b. 20 Nov 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1932, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Ivah Jane GASTON,   b. 3 Aug 1851,   d. 29 May 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     3. C. Anna GASTON,   b. 21 Feb 1854, Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1854, Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Hugh GASTON,   b. 26 Apr 1856,   d. 18 Aug 1904  (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S184] 1850 Census.

    3. [S1450] Ritchie County Marriages 1843-1853.
      Entry shows a John H. Gaston, b. 1813 in Virginia, and a Jane "Richards" marrying on Feb 2 1847. Despite the name variance, this is considered to be the same couple. Mary Jane Pritchard did go by her middle name. But Wes Cochran's "Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915" shows the same couple with a marriage date of Feb 2 1848. The later date is considered more likely.

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).