Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James B. Gribble 1   
                Born: 1836                 in Preston Co, (W)VA  2,3,4
                Died: 1917                  5
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  6,5
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  5,6
              Father: William J. G. Gribble   (1809 - 1860) 
              Mother: Lydia A. Rogers   (1819 -     ) 
                Wife: Martha A. Watson 1  7  
             Married: May-17-1866          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,8
                Born: 1845                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  9,5,3
                Died: 1881                  9,5
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  6,5
             Resided:                      in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Father: George W. Watson   (1822 - 1893) 
              Mother: Susan Divers   (1820 - 1878) 
           M Child 1: Emery Elsworth Gribble 10     
       Also known as: Elmer E. Gribble 3
                Born: Sep-10-1868          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  10,9,3
                Died: May- 9-1929          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  10,9
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  10
                Wife: Iva Maud Bee  b. Mar- 7-1876  d. Mar-18-1963  
       Also known as: Maud Bee 
             Married: Jan-29-1898          in Ritchie Co, WV  3

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) 
(2) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, 
rev 2001) 
(3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(4) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(5) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, 
rev 2001), p. 159. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
James B. Gribble, age 27, b. Preston Co, res Ritchie Co, son of William J. & Lydia; and Martha A. Watson, age 21, b. 
Barbour Co, res Ritchie Co, dau of John & Delilah.  Married May 17 1866.  The entry of Martha's parents is an apparent 
clerical error, as her parents are clearly stated by Minnie Kendall Lowther as being George Watson & Susan Divers, with 
Martha herself being identified as "the late Mrs. Martha (J. B.) Gribble, of 
Auburn." 
(9) Headstone (year only) 
(10) Findagrave.com. 







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