Jul-28-2018
Husband: Joshua Pearcy
Born: Feb-27-1807 in Bedford Co, VA 1,2,3 Died: Sep- 1-1881 1 Buried: in Pearcy Cemetery, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1840 in Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV) Occupation: farmer 5 Father: Mother: Other spouse 2
Wife: Prudence Williams 6 Marriage Bond: Jul-26-1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Married: Jul-28-1831 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8
Born: Feb-26-1812 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Jul-20-1873 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,1 Buried: in Pearcy Cemetery, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Cause of death: female disease 9 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Thomas Williams (1782 - 1861) Mother: Esther Innis (1784 - 1875)
F Child 1: Isabell Pearcy Born: ca 1834 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 10 Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Adam S. Heck b. ca 1836 Married: Sep- 9-1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10
M Child 2: Charles Pearcy Born: Jul-23-1835 1 Died: Nov- 2-1897 1 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 2) Occupation: 1860 merchant 2
M Child 3: Thomas Pearcy Born: Apr- 8-1839 1 Died: Jul- 5-1907 1 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Julia A. Meek b. Apr-22-1860 d. Jul- 7-1942 Also known as: Julie Meek 12
F Child 4: Malissa A. Pearcy Born: Jan-20-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,13,14 Died: Aug-15-1913 1 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 1,15 Census: 1970, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: William Adams II b. Dec- 8-1839 d. Dec-17-1916 Married: Dec-23-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16
M Child 5: Albert F. Pearcy Born: 1843 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2,17 Died: Jul-13-1910 in Calhoun Co, WV 17 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Luverna Jane Hardman b. Mar-20-1850 d. Dec-31-1922 Married: Jan-25-1873 in Calhoun Co, WV 17
F Child 6: Emily Pearcy Born: Oct-24-1846 1 Died: Sep-20-1860 1 Buried: in Pearcy Cemetery, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 7: James K. Pearcy Born: May-18-1848 1 Died: May-18-1873 1 Buried: in Pearcy Cemetery, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 8: John Pearcy Born: ca 1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2,18 Census: 1920 in Washington, DC Census: 1910 in Waverly, Sussex Co, VA Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1920 land surveyor 19 Occupation: 1910 merchant 20 Wife: Annie Parrill b. Jul- -1860 Census name: Anna Parrill Married: Sep-17-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,21
M Child 9: Lot W. Pearcy Also known as: L. W. Pearch 1 Born: Jan-10-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,22 Died: Dec-26-1894 1 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11,4 Resided: 1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Anna G. Lewis b. May-13-1859 d. Jan-17-1939 Also known as: Annie G. Lewis 22,21 Married: Apr-13-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 22
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (3) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 21 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050938&Type=Death. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (11) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. (13) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (15) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as William Adams, 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Lucinda; and Melissa A. Pearcy, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Joshua & Prudence. Married Dec 23 1861. (17) Don Norman & Stella Cottrill, 41991 Emerson Ct, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Gallius Hartmann, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/hartmann.htm. (18) Birth record of daughter. (19) 1920 Census. (20) 1910 Census. (21) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Age 50 in death record would put birth in about 1823. But age in multiple census records puts birth in about 1812, and birth date on headstone is Feb 26 1812. Note (2) In 1860, occupation merchant, in household of George W. Snider, a hotel keeperName Index