Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Lair Simons    
                Born: 1834                  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: 1909                  1
              Buried:                      in Simons Cemetery, Brushy Fork, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3,4
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Angeline "Ann" Watson   5,6  
         Census name: Ann 3
                Born: Dec- 9-1823           1,2 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb-10-1902           1,2
              Buried:                      in Simons Cemetery, Brushy Fork, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Jacob Watson   (1787 - 1860) 
              Mother: Sarah Pritchard   (1797 -     ) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Barbara Simons      
                Born: ca 1852               4
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: John Simons      
                Born: Oct-29-1855          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  8,9,10,4 (see note 3)
                Died: Jun-16-1919          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  8,9
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  8,1
      Cause of death:                      Brights disease  8
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1879                 in Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  8
                Wife: Union Victoria Sommerville  b. Aug-  -1861  d. Apr-14-1943  
         Census name: Victoria 
             Married: Dec- 4-1879          in Ritchie Co, WV  10
           F Child 3: Sarah Simons      
                Born: ca 1858               4
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(2) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, 
rev 2001), p. 108. 
(3) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). 
(4) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(5) Marriage record of son. 
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1394208&Type=Death. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 44 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1826, but date on headstone is
reported as 1834.
Note (2) Age 32 in 1860 Census would put birth in about  1828.
Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as January 1855.  But headstone and death
record show it as Oct 29 1855.







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