Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Henry Britton 1 2
Census name: J. H. Britton 3
Born: Jun-18-1877 in Wick, Tyler Co, WV 1,4
Died: Oct-27-1926 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Census: 1900 in Meade District, Tyler Co, WV
Father: Jarrett Britton (1846 - 1911)
Mother: Eliza Ann Pyles (1852 - 1932)
Wife: Emma Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gray 2
Also known as: Elizabeth Gray 6
Married: Apr- 5-1905 in Tyler Co, WV 7
Born: May-15-1886 in Tyler Co, WV 8 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-10-1963 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9
Buried: in Wick Cemetery, Tyler Co, WV 9,10
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 9
Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1927, 1934 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11
Resided: 1905 in Tyler Co, WV 12
Father: Walter Gray
Mother: Evelyn Belleville
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes
F Child 1: Esther Leotta Britton
Born: Jan-28-1906 in Tyler Co, WV 13,14
Died: Jul-25-1994 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 13
Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Husband: Orin E. Owens b. Feb-21-1903 d. Oct-17-1989
Married: Mar- 7-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
M Child 2: Gail Britton
Census name: Gale Britton
Born: Jul- 8-1908 in Meadville, Tyler Co, WV 16,17,3
Died: Dec-22-1981 17
Buried: in Locust Hill Cemetery, Chester, Hancock Co, WV 16
Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Occupation: pottery worker 16
Wife: Helen Lillian Smith b. Dec-27-1917 d. Oct-30-1985
Married: Jun-13-1934 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV
Wife: Helen Erla Davis
M Child 3: Asa Donzil Britton
Born: Mar-30-1912 in Plum Run, Tyler Co, WV 18,17,3,16
Died: Jan-26-1977 18,17
Buried: in Columbiana County Memorial Park, Calcutta, OH 16
Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3
F Child 4: Ina Gertrude Britton
Born: Apr- -1916 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 19,20,3 (see note 2)
Died: Mar-14-1998 20
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 16
Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Husband: Albert S. Keys b. ca 1875
M Child 5: Alfred Leroy Britton
Born: Feb- 3-1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 21
Died: Jun-20-1975 21
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 20
Resided: 1941 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 22
Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV
Wife: Clarice Isabelle Davis b. Oct- 2-1916 d. May- 9-1964
Married: Mar-22-1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22
F Child 6: Louise Florence Britton
Also known as: Florence Louise Britton 19,23
Born: Mar- 8-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 24,18,19
Died: Dec-31-2002 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH 24,18
Buried: in Evergreen Cemetery (North) (aka Arlington), Rt 2 N of Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 25,26
Resided: 1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 23
Census: 1940 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV
Husband: Paul Haskel Baker b. Sep- 1-1911 d. Jun- 4-1990
Married: Jan-12-1942 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 23
Sources:
(1) Immediate family.
(2) Descendants of Wilson Britton, Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)
(3) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District)
(4) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.
(5) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as James H. Britton, married, laborer, born in Wick WV, son of
Jarrot Britton & Eliza Pyle; died Oct 27 1926 in Pennsboro, age 48, cause of death hemorrhage of brain. DR p.
16.
(6) Birth record of son.
(7) Tyler County WV Marriages 1891-1932, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Apr 1995), Identified as James
Britton, 20, of Tyler Co; and Lizzie Gray, 20, of Tyler Co. Married Apr 5 1905.
(8) Tyler County WV Marriages 1891-1932, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Apr 1995)
(9) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV.
(10) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Emma Elizabeth Britton Mason.
(11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11544584&Type=Marriage.
(12) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(13) Death Record - Online, Ohio Vol 29907, Cert 058542.
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)
(15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Orin
E. Owens, 22, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Esther L. Britton, 19, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Mar 7
1923.
(16) Findagrave.com.
(17) Headstone (year only)
(18) Social Security Death Index.
(19) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(20) Headstone.
(21) Ted Dillon, Parkersburg, WV .
(22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11797532&Type=Marriage.
(23) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(24) Obituary.
(25) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
(26) Death record of mother.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given as Tyler County in 1905 and 1927 marriage records, but as
Doddridge County in 1934 marriage record.
Note (2) Birth date on headstone is Apr 19 1916, but birth record shows it as Apr 21
1916.
Name Index