Jul-28-2018
Husband: Tamberlain Merritt
Born: Mar- -1842 in Augusta Co, VA 1,2,3 Census: 1880, 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1867 in Pleasants Co, WV 3 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 3,4 Father: John Merritt (1813 - 1893) Mother: Eliza Tate (1817 - )
Wife: Margaret J. Tate Married: Oct-13-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: ca 1843 in Rockingham Co, VA 3 Died: Dec-21-1891 in Big Run, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Buried: Greenwood 6 (see note 1) Cause of death: phthisis pulmonitis (consumption) 6 Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Father: Nelson D. Tate (1814 - ) Mother: Mary ___ (1817 - 1860)
M Child 1: Robert Lee Merritt Born: Aug-28-1869 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV 7,8 Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 2: Rosetta Merritt Born: ca 1873 4 Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: Albert Merritt Born: Nov- -1877 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,4,9 Died: May-17-1919 in Terra Alta, Preston Co, WV 10 Cause of death: tuberculosis 10 Resided: 1902 in Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1880. 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Rosalee "Rosa" Sandy b. Mar- 7-1882 d. Aug-10-1905 Census name: Rosa Sandy Married: Aug-17-1902 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 9 (see note 2)
F Child 4: Zona Ellen Merritt Born: Feb- 5-1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 (see note 3) Died: 1961 13 Buried: in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hammonton, Atlantic Co, NJ 14 Census: 1940 in South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Resided: 1940 in Gloucester Co, NJ 15 Census: 1930 in Jefferson, Gloucester Co, NJ Census: 1920 in Severs Twp, Okmulgee Co, OK Resided: 1911 in Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4) Census: 1900 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: McClellan Wells b. Jun- -1887 d. 1955 Also known as: M. C. Wells 16 Married: Oct-30-1911 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 12 (see note 5)
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 17, Line 68 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538305&Type=Marriage. (4) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) (5) 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. (6) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 15, Line 190 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4844214&Type=Death. (7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant Twp) (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793801&Type=Marriage. (10) Preston County Death Records, Kingwood, WV, DR p. 46, Line 3 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4764020&Type=Death. (11) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24934&Type=Marriage. (13) Headstone (year only) (14) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Z. Wells. (15) 1940 Census, Kanawha County, WV. (16) Death record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Burial location given in death record only as Greenwood. Unclear whether it was Greenwood Cemetery or Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, also located in Greenwood. Note (2) In wife's 1905 death record, she was listed by her maiden name and with marital status single. Informant was her father. Note (3) Age 24 in her Oct 1911 marriage record would put birth in about 1887, while her birth date was given in the 1900 Census as Feb 1880. But she was not in the 1880 Census, which was enumerated on Jun 7 1880. Social Security records show her birth date as Feb 5 1881, but the birth date on her headstone is 1882. Note (4) Listed as servant Zona E. Merritt, 25, single, servant for private family, in household of Howard & Eunice (Carroll) Knight. Note (5) at Mountain State HotelName Index