Husband: John Wesley Gatrell
Born: Sep-24-1835 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4
Died: May-31-1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,3
Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6,7
Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: blacksmith 1,8,2,9
Military: enlisted Jun 28 1861 Co A, 9th Va Inf Bn, and Co A, 25th Va Inf Rgt, CSA, Civil War (see note 1)
Father: Thomas Gatrell (1804 - )
Mother: Catharine Kittura Baker (1803 - )
Other spouse 1
Wife: Sarah Jane "Jennie" Davis Also known as: Jane Davis 4 Married: Sep-12-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
Born: Jan- 1-1857 11,2,3 Died: Sep-15-1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12,3 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1900, 10, 30, 40 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1914 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Joseph J. Davis (1818 - 1892) Mother: Ruthie R. Harris (1821 - 1901)
F Child 1: Daisy Alice Gatrell Born: ca 1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 14 Died: Nov- 2-1912 in Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Buried: in Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Cause of death: tuberculosis 1 Resided: in Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Husband: Charley Edward Underwood b. Aug- 9-1881 d. Jan-16-1959 Also known as: Charlie E. Underwood 16 Married: Nov- 3-1904 near Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 17
M Child 2: Ashby Earl Gatrell Also known as: Earl Gatrell 18,19,20,21 Born: Jan-15-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 (see note 2) Died: Sep-26-1932 Buried: Macedonia Cemetery in Rolla, Phelps Co, MO 7 Census: 1930 in Phelps Co, MO Census: 1920 in Sapulpa, Creek Co, OK Resided: 1916 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK 22 Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1930 air brake rider on railroad 20 Occupation: 1920 air man on railroad 19 Military: 1906 U.S. Marine Corps 23 Wife: Fleta Rose Boring b. Jan-12-1893 d. May-23-1979 Married: Mar-26-1909 in Higgins, Lipscomb Co, TX 24 (see note 3)
F Child 3: Faye Irene Gatrell Born: Nov-21-1887 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,2,3,25 Died: May-20-1962 26,3 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 27 Census: 1900, 10, 30, 40 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: nurse 26 Husband: Joseph Porter Summers b. Dec-19-1881 d. Feb-26-1964 Also known as: Porter Summers 18,28 Married: Aug-15-1916 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 29,25
F Child 4: Emma Virginia Gatrell Census name: Emma E. Gatrell Born: Apr-10-1890 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 30,2 Died: Jan-26-1962 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 31 Buried: in Woodsdale Memorial Park, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV 7 Census: 1930 in Fairmont District, Marion Co, WV Census: 1920 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Clauson R. Hawkins b. ca 1888 d. Sep-27-1956 Married: Nov-29-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 5: Wanda Ruth Gatrell Born: Aug- 8-1891 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,32 (see note 4) Died: Oct-30-1965 7 Buried: in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Maury Co, TN 7 Census: 1900, 10, 20, 30 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: David Virgil Roy b. May-22-1890 d. Nov-16-1975 Married: May-25-1912 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 33,34
M Child 6: Boyd J. Gatrell Also known as: J. Boyd Gatrell 35 Born: May-21-1893 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,36 (see note 5) Died: Apr-15-1978 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 37 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 27 Resided: since 1975 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Resided: formerly in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1900, 10, 30, 40 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: carpenter, contractor, merchant (Crystal Confectionary) 1 Occupation: 1930 electrician 34 Occupation: 1916 proprietor of Gatrell's Quick Lunch in West Union 38 Military: World War I 1 Wife: Marguerite Frances Faulkner b. Jan-20-1900 d. Nov- 8-1950 Census name: Frances M. Faulkner 39
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Birth record of daughter. (9) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as John W. Gatrell, widowed, 42, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Thomas & Catharine; and Jane Davis, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Joseph J. & Ruth. Married Sep 12 1878. (11) 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. 99. (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 >, p. 166. (13) Obituary of half-sister. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Obituary - At home. (16) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 217 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794272&Type=Marriage. (18) Headstone. (19) 1920 Census. (20) 1930 Census. (21) City Directory, Oklahoma City, 1916. (22) City Directory. (23) U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (24) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795526&Type=Marriage. (26) 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. 231. (27) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (28) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) (29) Newspaper wedding announcement, "The wedding ceremony was performed at Clarksburg by Rev. Wm. B. Kind, Pastor of the 1st M.E. church." (Note: Despited the ceremony taking place in Harrison County, the marriage record is on file in Doddridge County, residence of the bride.), West Union Herald, 24 Aug 1916. (30) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 126, Line 1233 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2610303&Type=Birth. (31) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (32) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 128, Line 1255 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2610368&Type=Birth. (33) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794888&Type=Marriage. (34) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (35) Death record of wife. (36) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (37) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. (38) West Union Record, 1/27/1916. (39) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). Event Notes Note (1) On 27 Nov 1863, John Wesley Gatrell was slightly wounded in the engagement at Payne Farm, Va. On 17 May 1865 Gatrell signed a document from the Povost Marshall in Staunton, Virginia stating that...... "I, J. W. Gatrell, Private of Co. A 25th Virginia Infantry, C. S. Army, do hereby give this my Parole of Honor, that I will not take up arms against the United States Government until I am regularly exchanged. And that if I am permitted to remain in my home, I will conduct myself as a good and peaceful citizen, and I will respect the laws in force where I reside, and I will do nothing to the detriment of, or in opposition to, the United States Government..." On that document is his physical description: 5'9", dark complexion, black hair, gray eyes. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1885, but WV Births Index shows it as Jan 15 1886, son of John W. & Jennie Gatrell. Note (3) Married by Justice of Peace (also Postmaster) Mr. Mitchell. Witnessed by Mrs. Mitchell and Roy Schollenberger. Note (4) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1892. Note (5) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1894, age 6. But obituary states May 21 1893, as does birth record.