Jul-28-2018
Husband: Samuel Vannort
Born: ca 1802 1
Died: bef Jun 1860 2 (see note 1)
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Mary J. "Polly" Bumgardner 3,4 5,4,3
Married: Sep-24-1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
Born: ca 1812 2
Census: 1870, 1880
Resided: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
Father:
Mother:
Notes
F Child 1: Jane Vannort
Also known as: Ann Vannort 5
Born: ca 1834 1
Died: bef Aug 1870 (see note 2)
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Jonathan Parks b. ca 1832
Married: Sep- 7-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 2: Lydia Vannort
Born: Jan-17-1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,7
Died: Feb-24-1888 at Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV 9,8
Buried: in Williams Maxwell Cemetery, Grouse Run, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 8 (see note 3)
Cause of death: cerebral apoplexy 9
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Williams Maxwell b. Sep-16-1821 d. Aug-30-1897
Also known as: William Maxwell 8
Married: Jan-22-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10
F Child 3: Mary Ann Vannort
Born: Feb-15-1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 11,7,8
Died: Nov-15-1919 in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Buried: in Oil Ridge (aka Fairview) Church Cemetery, Co Rd 26, Ritchie Co, WV 12
Resided: 1914 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 13
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Marmaduke M. Cowan b. Oct-15-1832 d. Jun-21-1917
Also known as: Marma Duke Cowan 11
Married: Nov-23-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 4: Samuel Vannort
Born: ca 1838 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 14
Died: Jun- 3-1853 at Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14
Cause of death: "Not Known" 14
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 5: Hannah Vannort
Born: Dec-31-1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 3,7,2,15
Died: Feb- 9-1929 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
Resided: 1914 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 13
Census: 1870, 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Husband: Francis Marion Sutton b. Mar-12-1841 d. Apr- 9-1898
Also known as: Marion Sutton
Married: Dec-31-1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 17,3
Resided (family): at Lick Run, New Milton (Blandville), Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 6: Malinda Vannort
Born: ca 1844 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 14
Died: May-28-1853 at Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14
Cause of death: "Not Known" 14
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 7: John Vannort
Also known as: John Vanort 18
Born: Apr- -1845 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 19,7
Died: Nov- 9-1914 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 9,20
Buried: in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 18
Cause of death: struck by train 20,18
Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4)
Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 5)
Resided: 1890 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV 21
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 6)
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: laborer 9
Occupation: 1870, 1900, 1910 farmer 15
Occupation: 1880 sawmill worker 22
Military: Jul-28-1863 - Mar- 9-1864 Pvt, Co H, 4th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 23,24,21 (see note 7)
Wife: Rosanna Mackie b. ca 1849
Also known as: Rosanna McKie
Married: Jan- 8-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
F Child 8: Sarah Vannort
Born: ca 1846 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,14 (see note 8)
Died: Mar-20-1853 at Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14
Cause of death: "Not Known" 14
M Child 9: Adam Vannort
Born: ca 1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14
Died: Mar-24-1853 in Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16
Cause of death: "Not Known" 14
Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 137.
(4) Death record of daughter.
(5) Marriage record of daughter.
(6) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(8) Headstone.
(9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as William Maxwell, age 32, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Abner; and Lydia Vannort, age 19, b.
Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel. Married Jan 22 1854. A second entry for this marriage, date given as
Jan 19 1854, probably refers to the marriage bond.
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(13) Obituary of brother.
(14) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR, p. 1 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046342&Type=Death.
(15) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).
(16) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Francis M. Sutton, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of George & Eleanor; and Hannah Vannort, 22,
b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel & Mary. Married Dec 31 1863.
(18) Obituary.
(19) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(20) Doddridge County Republican, 11/12/1914.
(21) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(22) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District)
(23) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(24) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
Event Notes
Note (1) Not with family in 1860 Census. Marital status of his wife Mary not given in
that census, but she was listed as widowed in 1870.
Note (2) Probably died bef Aug 1870, since husband was shown in 1870 Census with three
children but no wife. He remarried in May 1871.
Note (3) Death record states burial location as "Home Place" in Doddridge
County.
Note (4) Living alone, marital status single.
Note (5) Listed as a boarder, occupation farmer, in the household of John W. Spurr and
family. Marital status married, but wife was not present with him.
Note (6) Along with his son William, listed as a boarder, occupation sawmill worker,
in the household of his sister & brother-in-law Mary & Marmaduke Cowan. His
marital status was married, but his wife was not present.
Note (7) He was one of ten Doddridge County Civil War veterans who traveled to
Gettysburg in June 1913 to attend the 50th Anniversary observance of the Battle
of Gettysburg.
Note (8) Age 4 in death record would put birth in about 1848 or 1849. But age 4 in
1850 Census puts it in about 1846.
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