Jul-28-2018
Husband: William J. G. Gribble
Born: ca 1809 1
Died: bef Aug 1860 2 (see note 1)
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Lydia A. Rogers 3,4
Born: ca 1819 1
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Augustus Gribble
Born: ca 1834 1
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 2: Sarah Jane Gribble
Born: ca 1835 in Preston Co, (W)VA 5
Resided: 1890 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Reason H. Wilson b. 1835 d. Jul-14-1864
Census name: Rezin Wilson
Married: Sep- 6-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7
Husband: Herndon T. Dowell b. ca 1832
Married: Apr- 6-1871 in Harrison Co, WV 8
M Child 3: James B. Gribble 9
Born: 1836 in Preston Co, (W)VA 10,11,1
Died: 1917 12
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 13,12
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Military: Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 12,13
Wife: Martha A. Watson b. 1845 d. 1881
Married: May-17-1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,14
M Child 4: John Marion Gribble
Born: May- 5-1838 in Preston Co, (W)VA 15,16,17
Died: Jan-12-1923 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 15
Buried: (mausoleum) in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18,15
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1890 at Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer, merchant 15,19
Occupation: 1916 president of Doddridge County Bank
Occupation: 1870 farmer 20
Occupation: Doddridge County Sheriff 21
Military: Nov-24-1861 - Dec-15-1864 Sgt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 22,23,24
Wife: Mary Catherine Nutter b. ca 1840 d. bef Feb 1872
Wife: Elizabeth Ann Gray b. 1837 d. Dec-27-1926
Married: Feb-29-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
F Child 5: Persis Ellen Gribble 26
Census name: Ellen Gribble
Born: May-29-1841 in Preston Co, (W)VA 27,28
Died: Jul- -1899 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 29,27 (see note 2)
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 27
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Andrew J. Nutter b. Nov-28-1841 d. Aug-26-1920
Also known as: Andrew Nutter III 30
M Child 6: Ezekiel Gribble
Census name: Zekiel M. Gribble
Born: ca 1842 1
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 7: Cornelius S. Gribble
Born: ca 1843 1
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 8: Thomas Neely Gribble
Born: Dec-20-1845 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 31,32 (see note 3)
Died: Jan-24-1919 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 31,16
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 13
Resided: 1890 in Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Military: Aug-14-1862 - Jun-27-1865 Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 6,27
Wife: Talitha C. Davis b. Jan-14-1846 d. Feb- 5-1887
Married: Nov- 8-1866 in Harrison Co, WV 33
Wife: Jennie Gay Bond b. Oct-21-1866
Married: Nov-18-1889 in Lewis Co, WV 34,31
F Child 9: Harriet D. "Hattie" Gribble
Also known as: Hattie Gribble 3
Born: Apr-20-1849 18,35,16
Died: Jul-30-1908 18,16
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 18
Buried: (mausoleum) in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18
Census: 1880, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Alexander Cekirk Stout b. Mar- 2-1849 d. Feb-10-1936
Also known as: A. C. Stout 27,36
F Child 10: Anna M. Gribble
Born: ca 1855 2
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(3) Marriage record of son.
(4) Death record of son.
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
(6) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Reason (middle initial unclear) Wilson, single, 20, b.
Monongahela (sic) Co Va, occupation husbandry; and Sarah Jane Gribble, single, 17, b. Preston Co. Married Sep 6 1852.
In the column "Names of their Parents," under Husband was entered Joseph, and under Wife was entered Elizabeth. There
was no indication whose parents were named. MR p. 1.
(8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(9) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm)
(10) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001)
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(12) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 159.
(13) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
James B. Gribble, age 27, b. Preston Co, res Ritchie Co, son of William J. & Lydia; and Martha A. Watson, age 21, b.
Barbour Co, res Ritchie Co, dau of John & Delilah. Married May 17 1866. The entry of Martha's parents is an apparent
clerical error, as her parents are clearly stated by Minnie Kendall Lowther as being George Watson & Susan Divers, with
Martha herself being identified as "the late Mrs. Martha (J. B.) Gribble, of
Auburn."
(15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(16) Headstone (year only)
(17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(18) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(19) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(20) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(21) West Union Herald, 3/20/1913.
(22) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration, Notation in
column labeled "Disability Incurred" states: "Injury in back & right ankle."
(23) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 216.
(24) West Union Herald, 7/3/1913 (one of ten Doddridge vets attending the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary)
(25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as John M. Gribble, widowed, 33, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Lydia A; and Elizabeth
Gray, 34, of Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas S. Married Feb 29 1872.
(26) Obituary of son.
(27) Headstone.
(28) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 131.
(29) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Purcis [sic] E. Nutter, married, age 58, b. Preston Co, d.
Jul 9 1899 at Oxford. DR Bk 1, p. 131.
(30) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 236.
(31) 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. 132.
(32) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(33) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Thomas
N. Gribble, 20, of Ritchie Co, son of William & Lydia; and Tabitha C. Davis, 18, b. Ritchie Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of
Ziba & Derinda. Married Nov 8 1866. (Susie Davis Nicholson incorrectly reports marriage location as Lewis
County.)
(34) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as
Thomas Neely Gribble, widowed, 42, of Ritchie Co, son of William & Lydia; and Jennie Gay Bond, 23, of Lewis Co, dau of
Richard & Ann Eliza. Married Nov 18 1889.
(35) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
(36) Death record of daughter.
Event Notes
Note (1) Not with family in 1860 Census.
Note (2) Death record has name as Purcis, with death date of Jul 9 1899, but headstone
says Persis, with death date of Jul 15 1899. Obituary of son identifies her as
Persis Ellen Gribble Nutter.
Note (3) Birth date on headstone is 1846.
Name Index