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James Latham PINELL

James Latham PINELL

Male 1857 - 1916  (59 years)

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  • Name James Latham PINELL 
    Born 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age in 1886 marriage record stated as 23 as of Apr 7 1886, putting birth date at Apr 7 1863. But the 1860/1870/1880 censuses indicate a birth year of about 1856/58, while the 1900 Census states Apr 1858, and age 59y 8m 6d in his death record corresponds to a birth date of Mar 9 1857. The date on his headstone is 1857. Although his surnmame appears in many records as Pinell, it's spelled Pernell on his headstone.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Nov 1916  Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Buried Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I84921  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 May 2020 

    Father Joseph PINELL,   b. CA 1809 
    Mother Anna KNIGHT,   b. Mar 1820, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1893, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Family ID F3789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada F. B. MOORE,   b. 7 Apr 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1946, Jerome Park, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 18 Apr 1886  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 13 1920:
      Adah Pernell, 51, married, truck farmer; son-in-law Earl McIntyre, 22, no occupation; dau Lelia McIntyre, 17.
      NOTE: Ada Pinell's actual marital status was widowed.
    Children 
    +1. Lertie E. PERNELL,   b. 22 Sep 1887, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1970, Alliance, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +2. Harrison Latham PERNELL,   b. 4 Sep 1888, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1976  (Age 87 years)
     3. Fannie PINELL,   b. CA 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Early Austin PERNELL,   b. 5 Feb 1897,   d. 20 Sep 1986  (Age 89 years)
     5. Lelia Pearl PERNELL,   b. 27 Nov 1902, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1986, Richmond, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F11245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S14] Obituary.
      Excerpt from obituary in the "West Union Herald," Nov 23 1916:
      "Deceased was taken sick while going from Harlin to his home on Morgans Run and fell from his horse. He was found by a neighbor and taken home, where he died Wednesday morning, apparently of indigestion."

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 83 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790024&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James Latham Pinell, age 23 as of Apr 7 1886, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Ada F. Moore, age 16 as of Apr 27 1886, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Apr 18 1886 "at road crossing near Smithton Church" by B. F. Rogers, a minister of the M. E. Church W.Va. Conference. Informants for marriage license: James L. Pinell & V. Moore.