Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Abraham Pritt    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Betsy Williams   1  
                Born:                      in Gilmer Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: John William Pritt      
                Born: Dec-  -1877          in Gilmer Co, WV  2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-19-1941          at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  4,5,6,3
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3,7
      Cause of death:                      heart attack while feeding sheep at U G Summers farm  4
             Resided:                      in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930, New York Ave   in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: until abt 1923       in Gilmer Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      P. W. A.  7
                Wife: Bessie Smith  b. Jun-16-1898  d. Jun- 1-1989  
             Married: Jun-19-1919          in Doddridge Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(4) Obituary. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(6) Obituary of wife. 
(7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as J. W. Pritt, age 34, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Bessie Smith, age 21, of Doddridge Co.  Married 
Jun 19 1919. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 34 given at time of June 1919 marriage would put birth at about 1885, but
headstone states Dec 19 1877, death record states Dec 17 1877, and his age was
given as 64 (rather than the correct 63) in his Aug 1941 obituary.







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