Alda Gay COTTRILL
1886 - 1938 (51 years)-
Name Alda Gay COTTRILL Birth 23 May 1886 West Virginia 
[1] - Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1885, but death record states 23 May 1886. Birthplace given as Doddridge County in her 1903 marriage record, as Harrison County in her 1925 marriage record, and as Lewis County in her death record.
Gender Female Census 1900 Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Residence 1903 Lewis Co, WV [2] Census 1920 Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Residence 1925 McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV [3] Census 1930 Grant District, Harrison Co, WV [4] Residence Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV Death 5 May 1938 Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV [1] Cause: cerebral hemorrhage Burial McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV [1] Person ID I74328 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 4 Jan 2025
Father Calvin C. COTTRILL Mother Missouri Victoria RICE, b. 2 Dec 1868, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV d. 21 Mar 1942, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV (Age 73 years)Family ID F37646 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Children + 1. Charles R. COTTRILL, b. 10 May 1902 d. 30 May 1967, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV (Age 65 years)Family ID F37643 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John Robert SPROUSE, b. CA 1879, Lewis Co, WV d. Bef Jul 1925 (Age ~ 46 years) [5, 6, 7]Marriage 28 Oct 1903 Lewis Co, WV [2] Notes - 1920 Census, Grant District, Harrison County, WV, enumerated on Jan 2, 1920:
John R. Sprouse, 44, coal miner; wife Gay, 38; son Charles, 17; dau Lucy, 14; dau Edna, 10; son Bill, 8; son James, 6; dau Grace, 1. All born in West Virginia.
Children > 1. Lucy Laverna SPROUSE, b. 11 Mar 1906, Harrison Co, WV > 2. William Robert SPROUSE, b. 24 Jun 1911, McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV d. 20 Oct 1980 (Age 69 years)+ 3. Grace Victoria SPROUSE, b. 26 Jun 1918 4. Pearl Reddy SPROUSE, b. 30 May 1921, Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV d. 24 Jun 2003 (Age 82 years)Documents 
74327_JohnRobertSprouse_AldaGayCottrill_MarriageRecord_28Oct1903.jpg Family ID F37644 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Asa Elmer "Acie" HARRIS, b. Mar 1897, Harrison Co, WV Marriage 8 Jul 1925 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV [3] Notes - 1930 Census, Grant District, Harrison Co, WV, enumerated on Apr 4, 1930:
Acie Harris, 36, coal miner, age 32 at time of first marriage; wife Addie G. Harris, 48, age 16 at first marriage; stepson William R. Sprouse, 18, single, laborer at odd jobs; stepdau Grace V. Sprouse, 11; stepdau Pearle R. Sprouse, 8. All born in West Virginia.
In the 1940 Census Skin Creek District, Lewis County, the widowed Asa Harris was enumerated in the household of his brother Ira. He was listed as Acie L. Harris, 44, widowed, road construction worker, resided 1935 in Clarksburg, brother in household of Ira Harris, 49, widowed. No other household members.
In the 1940 Census of Clark District, Harrison County, on Mt. Clare Road, William Sprouse (31, single, teamster for coal company) and Grace Sprouse (21, single, housework in private home) were listed as cousins in the household of Raymond B. Bragg (56) and his wife Daisy C. (59). Also in the household was Grace's daughter Hazel Sprouse, age 1.
Documents 87670_AsaElmerHarris_AldaGayCottrillSprouse_MarriageRecord_9Jul1925.jpg Family ID F37648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1983333&frame=00471.
- [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
- [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.
- [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.
- [S1638] Marriage record of wife's son.
- [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.
- [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1983333&frame=00471.