Doddridge County Roots

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Mack BIRCHER

Mack BIRCHER

Male 1860 - 1926  (66 years)

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  • Name Mack BIRCHER 
    Born 4 Jul 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date given in the 1900 Census as March 1861, but his marriage record shows it as 4 July 1860. Findagrave reports it as 1857. Birthplace given in his daughter's birth record as Roane County. But his own marriage record states Ritchie County.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Mack Bircher, 22, single, farm worker, cannot write, in household of Uriru M. Terrel, his wife Elizabeth and his stepdaughter Ruhama Morehead.
    Census 1900, 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [3
    laborer (R.R. & farm) 
    Died 25 Nov 1926  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I87756  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 

    Family Martha JENKINS,   b. 2 Jan 1864, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Married 20 Feb 1881  Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
      Mack Bircher, 39, b. Mar 1861, farmer, married 19 yrs; wife Martha, 38, b. Oct 1861, mother of 7 children (all still living); son Milburn, 16, b. Oct 1883; son Jesse, 15, b. Feb 1885; dau Arminda Bircher, 12, b. Oct 1877; dau Elizabeth, 9, b. Jan 1891; dau Alice, 4, b. Jun 1895; dau Georgia, 11 months, b. Jul 1899.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV, enumerated on Jan 23 1920:
      Mac Bircher, 59, laborer (R.R. & farm); wife Marthy, 58; dau Elisabeth, 28; dau Gracie, 13; granddau Marthy Chipps, 13.
    Children 
     1. Nevada Ernestine "Vada" BUTCHER,   b. 1880, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966  (Age 86 years)
     2. Milburn BIRCHER,   b. Oct 1883,   d. 1958  (Age ~ 74 years)
     3. Jesse BIRCHER,   b. Feb 1885,   d. 21 Jul 1964, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     4. Arminda "Minnie" BUTCHER,   b. Oct 1887,   d. 9 Mar 1967, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     5. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" BIRCHER,   b. 13 Jan 1895,   d. 4 Oct 1967, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     6. Alice Grace BIRCHER,   b. 6 Jun 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1973, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. Georgia Louella BIRCHER,   b. 13 Jul 1898, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1963, West Homestead, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     8. Gracie Edna BIRCHER,   b. 15 Apr 1907, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1978  (Age 71 years)
    Documents
    87756_BIRCHER_Mack_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CentralDistrict_6Jun1900.jpg
    87756_BIRCHER_Mack_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CentralDistrict_6Jun1900.jpg
    Family ID F37695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    87756_BIRCHER_Mack_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CentralDistrict_6Jun1900.jpg
    87756_BIRCHER_Mack_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_CentralDistrict_6Jun1900.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    2. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    3. [S2081] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

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

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789807&Type=Marriage.