Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Irvin Gaylord    
                Born: 1829                 in Massachusetts  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Jan-14-1900          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  3,1
              Buried:                      in Machpelah Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1880                 merchant (general)  2
          Occupation: 1870                 house carpenter  4
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Harriet A. Butcher     
                Born: 1829                 in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1,2 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb-13-1900          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3,1
              Buried:                      in Machpelah Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Frank C. Gaylord      
                Born: Apr-18-1863          in Lewis Co, (W)VA  5,6 (see note 3)
                Died: Oct-20-1934          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,5
              Buried: Mausoleum 61         in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1895                 in Wood Co, WV  6
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 wholesale merchant  8
          Occupation: 1910                 manager of wholesale grocery  9
          Occupation: 1900                 merchant  10
          Occupation: 1895                 grocer  6
          Occupation: 1880                 clerk in dry goods store  2
                Wife: Ollie Margaret Sigler  b. Sep- 2-1868  d. Mar-12-1936  
       Also known as: Olive Maggie Sigler 
             Married: Sep-30-1895          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
           M Child 2: William Arnold Gaylord      
                Born: Jan-10-1869          in West Virginia  5,3
                Died: Dec-14-1928          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5,3
              Buried: (mausoleum)          in Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  
                Wife: V. Grace Maxwell  b. Aug-18-1878  d. Feb- 8-1977  
       Also known as: Grace Maxwell 11,12
             Married: Sep-27-1897          in Oakland, Garrett Co, MD  13

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 89, Line 118 :  
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11541343&Type=Marriage. 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(9) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(11) Obituary of brother. 
(12) Social Security Death Index. 
(13) Newspaper wedding announcement, In its entirety: 
"Mr. Will A. Gaylord, brother of Frank Gaylord, of the firm Hornor, Gaylord & Co, was married on last Monday evening to 
Miss Grace Maxwell, daughter of Lewis Maxwell, of Doddridge county.  Miss Maxwell's parents opposed the marriage and the 
couple betook themselves to Oakland on the 1:58 p.m. express and returned Tuesday with all their troubles adjusted.  The 
bride had been visiting her uncle W. B. Maxwell in this city.  She is quite a well educated and accomplished lady.", 
Clarksburg (W.Va.) Telegram, Friday, 1 Oct 1897. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 39 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1831.  But age in 1880 was
51.
Note (2) Age 38 in the 1870 Census would put birth in about 1832.  But age in 1880 was
50.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as April 1864.







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