Jul-28-2018
Husband: Alfred Woofter Also known as: Alford Woofter 1
Born: ca 1830 at Freemans Creek, Lewis Co, WV 2,3 Census: 1850, 60, 70 in Lewis Co, WV Occupation: farmer 4,5 Father: George Woofter (1787 - ) Mother: Lydia Winans (1789 - )
Wife: Mary Melvina Reed 6,7,1 Also known as: Melvina Reed 6,7,1,8 Married: May-15-1856 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 9
Born: ca 1832 at Elk Creek (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 2 Census: 1860, 1870 in Lewis Co, WV Father: Stephen Reed Mother: Catharine ___ (1795 - ) Other spouse 1 Notes
F Child 1: Virginia A. Woofter Born: ca 1857 4 Census: 1860, 1870 in Lewis Co, WV
F Child 2: Clara L. Woofter Born: Dec- -1858 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 10,2 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Lloyd R. Kennedy b. Mar- -1858 Married: Mar-22-1877 in Lewis Co, WV 2
M Child 3: Charles E. Woofter Born: ca 1861 5 Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, WV
F Child 4: Lucinda B. Woofter Born: ca 1864 5 Census: 1870 in Lewis Co, WV
F Child 5: Elsie Bird "Birdie" Woofter Census name: Elcey B. Woofter 5 Born: Jan-15-1865 in West Virginia 11,12 Died: Dec-30-1950 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 13 Buried: in Freemansburg Methodist Church Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV 11 Resided: in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 11 Husband: Lot Hall b. Nov-24-1859 d. Mar- 2-1934 Married: Feb- 3-1881 in Lewis Co, WV 12,14
F Child 6: Ida May Woofter Born: Sep-13-1867 in Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV 15,5 Died: Aug-15-1949 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 15 Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 15 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1870 in Lewis Co, WV Husband: Richard Addison Hall b. Mar- 3-1866 d. Jul- 7-1933 Also known as: R. Ad Hall 16 Married: Dec-31-1890 in Lewis Co, WV 2
F Child 7: Laura Effie Woofter Born: Sep-26-1871 in Churchville, Lewis Co, WV 15 Died: Jun- 3-1941 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 15 Buried: in Freemansburg Baptist Church Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV Husband: James McKinley b. Feb- 9-1866 d. Jun-28-1940
M Child 8: Jesse Alfred Woofter Born: Oct-26-1872 in Lewis Co, WV 17,18 Died: Dec-10-1956 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 17 Buried: in Machpelah Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 17 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 17,18 Census: 1900 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV Occupation: dentist 19 Wife: Ethel Gaston b. Oct-24-1882 d. 1954 Married: Sep- 4-1921 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 20
M Child 9: Olen Frank Woofter Born: ca 1874 12 Wife: Arminta Teresa Curtis b. ca 1877 Married: Nov- 8-1903 in Lewis Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) Death record of daughter. (2) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (3) 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (4) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (5) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township). (6) Marriage record of son. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Death record of son. (9) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Alfred Woofter, single, farmer, age 26, b. Freeman's Creek in Lewis Co Va, res. not given, son of George & Lydia Woofter; and Mary M. Ervin, widow, 24, b. Elk Creek in Harrison Co Va, res. not given, dau of Stephen & Catherine Reed. Married May 15 1856 at Thomas B...y's (illegible) residence. MR p. 6. (10) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Elsie B. Hall, widow, resident of Jane Lew, b. Jan 15 1865 in West Virginia, dau of Alford Woofter & Melvina Reed, died Dec 30 1950 at Jane Lew, buried at Freemansburg U. B. (now United Methodist) Cemetery. Informant: Lot Hall. (14) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 291. (15) Findagrave.com. (16) Doddridge County Republican, 12/21/1916. (17) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (19) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. (20) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Jesse A. Woofter, widowed, age 48, b. Lewis Co, son of Alfred & Mary Woofter; and Ethel Gaston, widowed, age 38, b. Harrison Co, dau of Enoch & Flora Gaston. Married Sep 4 1921 at Lost Creek by Rev C. D. Tharp. MR p. 395.Name Index