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Vincent C. MERRYMAN

Vincent C. MERRYMAN

Male 1843 - 1926  (83 years)

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  • Name Vincent C. MERRYMAN 
    Born 29 Jul 1843  Cumberland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Cumberland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 1 Jul 1861 to 9 Apr 1865  [4, 5] 
    Cpl, Co D, 21st Va. Inf, CSA, Civil War (wounded - shot in foot & ankle) 
    Residence Jan 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1890  Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1910, in household of daughter Minnie. In 1920, in household of son Leslie on Buffalo Calf Road.
    Residence Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 4 Aug 1926  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Cause: cancer 
    • Death date on headstone is Aug 6 1926. But death record shows it as Aug 4 1926, with burial on Aug 5th.
    Buried Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I49778  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2013 

    Father Charles A. MERRYMAN,   b. CA 1793 
    Mother Nancy ___ 
    Family ID F20542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennie A. HUTSON,   b. 6 Dec 1846, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1902  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Leslie Byron MERRYMAN,   b. 29 Sep 1870, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1958  (Age 87 years)
     2. Etna Lillian MERRYMAN,   b. Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1958  (Age ~ 85 years)
     3. Bruce Elden MERRYMAN,   b. Jun 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1933  (Age ~ 59 years)
     4. Charles Boyd MERRYMAN,   b. 8 Oct 1877, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1965, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Minnie Jane MERRYMAN,   b. 4 Apr 1880, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1966, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F20541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: cancer - 4 Aug 1926 - Weston, Lewis Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    49778_MERRYMAN_VincentC_JennieAHutson_PleasantHillChrchCem_Zinnia_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		49778_MERRYMAN_VincentC_JennieAHutson_PleasantHillChrchCem_Zinnia_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 90.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    7. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).