Husband: Harrison Ellsworth Wass 1
Born: Feb- 6-1834 in Pennsylvania 2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Apr- 5-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,4
Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 5,6
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 7
Resided: formerly near Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Resided: 1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2
Occupation: farmer 5
Military: Co E, 6th WV Inf - Civil War 8
Father: John Wass (1804 - 1863)
Mother: Barbara Aletha Bowyer (1808 - 1884)
Wife: Cora Casandra "Cassie" Pritchard 9 Also known as: Cassandra Pritchard 10,1 Married: Mar- 6-1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11
Born: Nov-29-1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,12,2 Died: Mar-18-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,12 Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Resided: 1856 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, WV Father: Peter Pritchard (1798 - 1883) Mother: Elizabeth Willis (1798 - 1869)
M Child 1: William Wass Born: Jan-19-1857 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Jul-17-1942 in Mariposa Co, CA 1 Resided: (settled bef 1883) in California 1 Military: Co D, 14th Reg, WV Inf - Civil War 1 Wife: Martha E. Pierpoint
F Child 2: Safronia Jane Wass Born: Sep-14-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,12 Died: Jul- 7-1860 1,12 Buried: in Pleasant Hill (aka Haddox) Cem, Co Rd 28 btwn Berea & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 6
M Child 3: Lewis Maxwell Wass Nickname: Uncle Lew 1 Born: Sep-26-1860 in Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 13,1 Died: Nov-16-1947 in Mariposa, Mariposa Co, CA 13,1 Buried: in Mariposa District Cemetery, Mariposa Co, CA 1,13 Resided: (settled abt 1883) in Mariposa Co, CA 1 Occupation: truck farmer 1 Wife: Eliza Amarka Ashworth b. Mar-15-1865 d. Jan- 1-1933
M Child 4: Harrison Ellsworth Wass Born: Feb-13-1863 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 14,1 Died: Nov-14-1945 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Occupation: businessman 14 Wife: Mary Susan Miller b. 1864 d. 1955
M Child 5: John A. Wass Born: Jun- 4-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 Died: Mar- -1936 1 Wife: Ida O. Hayden b. ca 1870 Married: Nov- 4-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
F Child 6: Barbara Alice Wass Also known as: B. Alice Wass Born: Nov- 1-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 16,17,12 Died: Nov-30-1962 in Ritchie Co, WV 18,12 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6,16 Husband: Lathrop Columbus Goff b. Jun- 9-1867 d. Aug-22-1928 Also known as: L. Columbus Goff 7 Married: Oct-24-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
M Child 7: Peter Wass Born: May-19-1870 16 Died: Dec-12-1951 16 Wife: Anna Mitchell b. Mar-27-1873 d. Jan-18-1951
M Child 8: Charles Grant Wass Born: Sep-12-1872 16 Died: Jan- 3-1950 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 16,6 Resided: near Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Occupation: farmer, grocer 16 Wife: Cora Washburn b. Nov- 1-1875 d. Jan- 9-1904 Married: Jun-28-1896 16 Wife: Edith Cunningham b. Dec-20-1880 d. Nov-21-1965 Married: Nov-20-1904 16
M Child 9: Roy Wass Born: Jun- 9-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 16,17 Died: Apr- 4-1954 16 Resided: 1911 at Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Wife: Edna Maud Wilson b. Apr- -1880 Married: May-21-1911 at Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 16
M Child 10: James Rienzi Wass Born: Oct-27-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 16,19 Died: 1912 16 Census: 1910 in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1910 traveling grocery salesman 20 Wife: Leota Maude Goff b. Jun- 1-1883 d. Sep-24-1945 Also known as: Maude L. Goff Married: ca 1902 20
F Child 11: Daisy Dell Wass Census name: Della Wass Born: Mar-26-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 16 Died: Jun-16-1904 in Ritchie Co, WV 16 Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 16 Census: 1900 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 150. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death, Birthplace stated as Summit Co, PA, which is at variance with the Allegheny Co PA stated in his marriage record. (4) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 331. (8) Headstone. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349. (10) Death record of son. (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Harrison Wass, 22, b. Allegheny Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Barbary; and Cora Pritchard, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Peter & Elizabeth. Married Mar 6 1856. (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Findagrave.com. (14) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as John A. Wass, 21, of Ritchie Co; and Ida O. Hayden, 18, of Ritchie Co. Married Nov 4 1886. (16) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 151. (17) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (18) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (19) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (20) 1910 Census, Cabell County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Marriage record gives birthplace as Allegheny Co, PA, but death record has it as Somerset Co, PA.