Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Samuel S. Sheets    
                Born: Feb-  -1852          at Davisson Run (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Apr-12-1915          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,5
              Buried:                      in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7,8
      Cause of death:                      pneumonia fever  5
              Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10   in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,5
              Father: Thomas Sheets   (1823 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Ann Wamsley   (1823 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Prudence Laverna Powell     
             Married: Sep-16-1883          in Doddridge Co, WV  
                Born: ca 1857              at Buckeye Community, near Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  9,10,3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Reuben S. Powell   (1825 - 1890) 
              Mother: Malinda Bailey   (1819 - 1889) 
           F Child 1: Leota Gay Sheets      
                Born: Jan- 2-1885          in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  11,12 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec-  -1980           12
             Resided:                      in Pinch, Kanawha Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Charles Henry Washburn  b. Mar-30-1875  d. Sep-18-1956  
             Married: Jun-26-1912           13

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(2) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Birth record of daughter. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999), Based 
on WPA reading of 18 Sep 1932.  Marker no longer readable. 
(9) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(10) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1884.
Note (2) Listed as Leota Sheets, 25, single, a servant in the household of Clarence V.
Westfall (20, single, retail merchant in general store) and his sister Lottie D.
Westfall (15, saleswoman in general store).







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