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Husband: Christopher Morehead Born: Dec- -1845 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Oct-17-1918 in Calhoun Co, WV 3 Buried: Goodnight Hill 3 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Ivan Morehead Mother: Sarah Reed Other spouse 1
Wife: Lydia M. Wyers Married: Mar-20-1910 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Born: Feb-15-1871 in Gilmer Co, WV 2,5 Died: Jul- 1-1961 in Doddridge Co, WV 6,5 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 7 Census: 1930 in Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1902 in Ritchie Co, WV Father: John Wyers Mother: Mary Elizabeth Bush Other spouse 1 Other spouse 3
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Christopher Morehead, widowed, age 64, of Ritchie Co; and Lydia Britton, widow, age 35, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Mar 20 1910. (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990), Headstone reads: Lydia Wyers Britton Prunty, 1871-1961. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given as Dec 1845 in 1900 Census. Death record shows his age as on Oct 17 1918 as 72y 11m 23d, which corresponds to a birth date of Oct 24 1845, but then states his birth date as Dec 9 1846. Age 21 given as time of Oct 1868 marriage would put birth in about 1846/47. Note (2) Listed as cousin Lydia Morehead, 44, widowed, in household of Granville & Gladys Wyer. Also present was her son Delford Britton.




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