Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Rockingham Co, VA
• Census: 1870, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

From an article titled "News of the Week 37 Years Ago" in the "West Union Record" of June 8 1916, in its entirety:
"Mrs. I. M. Harshbarger accidentally scalded two of her fingers last week."

Birth:
Age 37 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1833, and age 21 in her 1855 marriage record puts it in about 1834. But the date on her headstone is 1830. She was age 19 in the 1850 Census.

Catharine married Isaac Morgan HARSHBARGER 6 May 1855, Augusta Co, VA. Isaac (son of Jacob HARSHBARGER and Mary RANKIN) was born Oct 1826, Augusta Co, VA; died 1901; was buried , Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: carpenter
• Occupation: undertaker
• Census: 1870, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Rankin married Mary A. KING Apr 1879, Doddridge Co, WV. Mary (daughter of Miles KING and Martha ___) was born CA 1858, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 14 Aug 1918, Randolph Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900 10 20 30 40, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
• Education: West Union schools, music & art in Baltimore
• Occupation: music & art teacher (14 yrs)
• Residence: West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1870, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

Local news item, "West Union Record," 1913 (month/date not recorded):
"Mrs. W. S. Stuart has completed the brick basement and cement floor of the fine residence she will erect next summer. So far 30,000 bricks of large size (10 lbs each) have been used."

Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, August 5 1915, in its entirety:
"Mrs. Nannie Stuart is pushing the work on her new residence on Chancery Hill. Four brick layers are at work finishing up the basement above ground, and several carpenters are at work putting in the sleepers for the first floor. The building will consist of a basement finished under the entire building, two stories, and a finished attic. The whole will have from 25 to 30 rooms when finished, with several porches, and will be one of the largest and finest dwelling houses in this section of the state."

Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, April 13 1916, in its entirety:
"W. Scott Stuart is unloading a car load of tiling for the roof on the house he is building on Chancery Hill. The roof will be of the best class of tiling, and will be put on by experts and will last for ages."

Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, May 25 1916, in its entirety:
"The tile roof is being put on Mrs. Nannie Stuart's new residence on Chancery Avenue."

Nannie married Winfield Scott STUART 10 Oct 1893, Chicago, Cook Co, IL. Winfield (son of Chapman Johnson STUART and Mary Ann STUART) was born 27 May 1861, West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; died 23 Nov 1950, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1900, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV

Mary married Willie NOBLE 6 Oct 1903, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV. Willie (son of Franklin Martin NOBLE and Catharine Louise BEE) was born 1869, Doddridge Co, WV; died 1939; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Other Events:

• Occupation: plumber
• Residence: Elkins, Randolph Co, WV
• Census: 1900, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Residence: 1915, 1916, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV
• Residence: 1950, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

Occupation:
Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Aug 31 1916, in its entirety:
"Ed Harshbarger, formerly of West Union, but who now resides in Elkins, is doing the plumbing on the new residence of W. S. Stuart."

Harry married Elizabeth Ann BLACKWOOD 1 Mar 1905, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV. Elizabeth was born 21 Jul 1887, Taylor Co, WV; died 27 Jun 1971; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, Randolph Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: U.S. Navy
• Occupation: engineer on B & O Railroad (Ohio River Division)
• Census: 1900, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1910, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV
• Occupation: 1910; fireman at B & O Railroad

Notes:

Military:
Local news item, West Union Record, Friday, Nov 23, 1900, in its entirety:
"Charles Harshbarger and Ed. Dilworth, of this place, have gone to join the U.S. naval service."

Died:
Although the local undertaker filed a death record for him in Doddridge County, Charles Harshbarger's obituary states that he "died at the Ebenezer Sanitarium at Bush Colorado, Thursday, Nov. 18, 1915, aged 31 years." Correcting for typographical errors, the location of his death was more accurately Eben Ezer Sanitorium in Brush, Colorado. His middle initial appears to be A in the 1900 Census, and is also A in his obituary. But it's L in another version of his obituary, in the 1910 Census, and in his death record.
www.ebenezer-cares.org/index.php?s=14552&item=13012

Other Events:

• Education: Mercersburg Academy (Pennsylvania)
• Education: Mountain State Business College, Parkersburg
• Occupation: 1918; clerk for H. C. Stuck & A. J. Osborne (furniture dealers)
• Census: 1900, 1910, 1920, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
• Residence: 1959, Baltimore, MD

Notes:

Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, June 3 1915, in its entirety:
"Jay Stuart left Friday morning for Indianapolis, where he will witness the great Five-hundred mile automobile race of the American Automobile Association."

Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, September 30 1915, in its entirety:
"Jay J. Stuart, son of Attorney and Mrs. W. S. Stuart, has entered the school at Mercersburg, Pa. He is preparing to enter college."
NOTE: The modern-day "Mercersburg Academy is a highly selective private, independent, coed college preparatory boarding school of 435 students in grades 9-12/postgraduate located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, about 90 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The school ... was founded in 1893...."
[Source: Wikipedia]

Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, October 7 1915, in its entirety:
"Jay Stuart, son of Atty. W. S. Stuart, is now attending the Mercersburg Academy for boys at Mercersburg Pa., about 20 miles from Hagerstown. It is one of the best institutions of this kind in the country. From recent letters received from him, he is getting along nicely and is well pleased with the school. We wish Jay success."

Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Sep 21 1916, in its entirety:
"Jay Stuart left Monday morning for Mercersburg, Pa., to enter school."

Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 19 1916, in its entirety:
"Jay Stuart, who is attending the Mountain State Business College at Parkersburg, visited his parents here the last of the week."

Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Nov 23 1916, in its entirety:
"Jay Stuart and Mary Pauline Coulehan, who are attending the Mountain State Business College at Parkersburg, were visiting home folks recently."