Doddridge County Roots

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George CUMBERLEDGE

George CUMBERLEDGE

Male 1831 - 1915  (83 years)

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  • Name George CUMBERLEDGE 
    Born 26 Nov 1831  Blacksville, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birthplace given in all census records as Pennsylvania, but his obituary states Blacksville, W.Va. Blacksville in located on the Pennsylvania state line.
    Gender Male 
    Military Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (filed for invalid's pension 13 Oct 1879)  [3, 4
    Census 1850  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence From 1854 to 1871  Bluestone, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • on the Maxwell farm
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence SINCE 1871  Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 5
    Died 25 Feb 1915  Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Person ID I95788  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2017 

    Father George Fielding CUMBERLEDGE,   b. 26 Dec 1794, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1881, Battelle District, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth LANTZ,   b. 25 Jun 1800, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1884  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F11129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucretia DYE,   b. 13 Nov 1830, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 20 Aug 1853  [8
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 17 1860:
      G. Cumbridge (male), 38 (sic), farmer, b. Pa, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $400; L. (female), 29, b. Pa; J. Dye (male), 13, b. Va.
      The next enumerated household was that of J. L. Cumbridge (male), 40, b. Pa, farmer, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $400; M. (female), 38, b. Pa; H. Rollins (male), 17, b. Va.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 14 1870:
      George Cumberledge, 38, b. Pa, farmer, value of real estate $3,000, value of personal estate $2,000; Lucretia Cumberledge, 39, b. Pa, cannot write; Sarah Henderson, 76, b. Pa, cannot read or write; Virginia Saddler, 11, b. Va, attended school within the year, cannot read or write.
      The next enumerated household was that of George's brother Simon and his family.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 14/15 1880:
      George Cumberledge, 49, b. Pa, farmer; wife Lucretia, 50, b. Pa; boarder Lewis Bee, 10, b. WVa, farm laborer.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Geo. Cumberlidge, 68, b. Nov 1831 in Pa, farmer, married 47 yrs; wife Lucretia, 69, b. Nov 1830 in Pa, married 47 yrs, no children.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      George Cumberledge, 78, b. Pa, farmer, married 57 yrs; wife Lucretia, 79, b. Pa, married 57 yrs, no children; boarder Lloyd W. Shields, 27, b. WVa, farm laborer, married 1 yr; servant Elizabeth J. Shields, 22, b. WVa, servant in private home, married 1 yr, mother of 1 child (still living); boarder French D. Shields, 10 months, b. WVa. [9]
    Children 
    +1. Virginia Nancy (Saddler) CUMBERLEDGE,   b. 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1943, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [Adopted]
    Family ID F41391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    95788_CUMBERLEDGE_George_1831-1915_CivilWarPensionIndexCard.jpg
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.