Jul-28-2018Husband: Walter Jeffries Born: Aug- 5-1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Mar- 4-1978 1 Buried: in Gnats Run Cemetery, near Pennsboro (Co Rd 74/9), Ritchie Co, WV 4,5 Resided: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1900, 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 7,8 Father: George W. Jeffries (1849 - 1936) Mother: Nancy Cross (1845 - 1936) Other spouse 1
Wife: Bessie A. Britton Married: Jul- 7-1931 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Born: Nov-23-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,12 Died: Jan- 9-1965 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Census: 1900, 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Father: William Morris Britton (1860 - 1951) Mother: Sarah E. Wilson (1856 - 1943) Other spouse 1
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Birth record of daughter. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Death record of wife. (7) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (8) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Walter Jeffries, widowed, 52, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro WV; and Mrs. Bessie Wilson, widowed, 42, b. Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro. Married Jul 7 1931 in Pennsboro. MR p. 213. (10) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date in SSDI is Aug 5 1881. But his headstone shows it as Aug 5 1880, while the 1900 Census has June 1880. Birthplace given as Buzzard, Ritchie County, in daughter Lenna's birth record, but as Beason, Ritchie County, in daughter Cecil's birth record.Name Index