Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Nelson D. Tate    
                Born: ca 1814              in Virginia  1
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary ___   3  
                Born: ca 1817               1
                Died: bef 1860               (see note 1)
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Margaret J. Tate      
                Born: ca 1843              in Rockingham Co, VA  4
                Died: Dec-21-1891          in Big Run, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Buried: Greenwood             5 (see note 2)
      Cause of death:                      phthisis pulmonitis (consumption)  5
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1867                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: Tamberlain Merritt  b. Mar-  -1842  
             Married: Oct-13-1867          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
           F Child 2: Sarah Catherine Tate      
       Also known as: Catherine Tate 7
                Born: ca 1847              in Augusta Co, VA  8
             Resided: 1870                 in Ritchie Co, WV  8
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: George Terry  b. ca 1831  d. Jun-16-1896  
             Married: Aug-25-1870          in Ritchie Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) Marriage record of daughter. 
(4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 17, Line 68 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538305&Type=Marriage. 
(5) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 15, Line 190 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4844214&Type=Death. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as T. Merritt, 24, b. Augusta Co Va, res. Pleasants Co, son 
of John & Eliza, farmer; and M. J. Tate, 24, b. Rockingham Co Va, res. Ritchie Co.  Married Oct 13 1867 in Ritchie 
County. MR p. 17, Line 68 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538305&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Death record of son. 
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Not with family in 1860 Census.
Note (2) Burial location given in death record only as Greenwood.  Unclear whether it
was Greenwood Cemetery or Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, also located in
Greenwood.







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