Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas T. Watton    
                Born: Feb-11-1854          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr- 5-1929          in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  1
              Census: 1900                 in Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV  
             Resided: 1876                 in Harrison Co, WV  2
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Zacharia Watton   (1831 -     ) 
              Mother: Eliza Ann Nutter   (1833 - 1924) 
                Wife: Rebecca Hayhurst     
             Married: Jul-13-1876          in Marion Co, WV  3
                Born: Aug-  -1857          in Marion Co, (W)VA  4,2
                Died: Mar-12-1929          in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  1
              Census: 1900                 in Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Ellen Icy Watton      
         Census name: Icy Watton 4
                Born: May-17-1881           5,4,2 (see note 2)
                Died: Jan-15-1960          in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  6
              Census: 1910                 in Morgan Co, OH   (see note 3)
              Census: 1900                 in Paw Paw District, Marion Co, WV  
             Resided: 1900                 in Marion Co, WV  2
             Husband: Owen A. West  b. May-16-1872  d. Jul- 2-1938  
             Married: Mar- 3-1900          in Rivesville, Marion Co, WV  7,8

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. 
(3) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as Thomas Watton, 21, b. & res. in Harrison Co; and Rebecca 
Hayhurst, 19, b. & res. in Marion Co.  Married Jul 13 1876 in Marion County. MR p. 63 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12523498&Type=Marriage. 
(4) 1900 Census, Marion County, WV. 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(7) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, Identified as Owen A. West, widowed, 27, b. Upshur Co, res. Marion Co; and 
Ellen Watton, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Marion Co.  Married Mar 3 1900 at Rivesville, Marion County, W.Va.  Written 
consent given by Rebecca Watton, mother of Ellen Watton. MR p. 79 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12528759&Type=Marriage. 
(8) William F. Donnelly, The Wests of Duck Creek, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Gateway Press, Baltimore 
MD, 1997, p. 418. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given as Feb 1856 in 1900 Census, but he was age 6 in 1860 Census
and 21 at time of Jul 1876 marriage.
Note (2) Birthplace given in 1900 marriage record as Doddridge County, but WV Births
Index shows it as Harrison County.
Note (3) Listed as Icy E. West, 28, b. WVa, married 10 yrs, mother of 5 children (all
still living), servant in the household of John (65, b. Ohio) & Mary (79, b.
Ohio) Smith.  Listed as boarders in the household were Frank West (3, b. Ohio)
and Pearl West (1y 2m, b. Ohio).  Icy's husband and other children were not
present.







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