Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John William Pritt    
                Born: Dec-  -1877          in Gilmer Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-19-1941          at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  3,4,5,2
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  2,6
      Cause of death:                      heart attack while feeding sheep at U G Summers farm  3
             Resided:                      in Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930, New York Ave   in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: until abt 1923       in Gilmer Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      P. W. A.  6
              Father: Abraham Pritt 
              Mother: Betsy Williams 
                Wife: Bessie Smith  7   
             Married: Jun-19-1919          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
                Born: Jun-16-1898          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Died: Jun- 1-1989          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3,2
              Census: 1930                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Santford Smith   (1874 - 1907) 
              Mother: Dollie B. Elliott   (1878 - 1907) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Mabel Irene Pritt      
       Also known as: Irene Pritt 10
                Born: Dec-18-1924          in Doddridge Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1946, 1989           in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  11,10
             Resided: 1941                 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1930                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Charles Patrick King  b. Jan-19-1924  
             Married: Oct- 5-1946          at Rand, Kanawha Co, WV  11
           M Child 2: Ross Ray Pritt      
         Census name: Ross Pritt 
                Born: Jun-27-1927          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  13,14
                Died: Apr-12-2004           13
             Resided:                      in Longmont, Boulder Co, CO  15,10
             Resided: 1941                 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1930                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
            Military: (enlisted 11/9/1945) U.S. Army, World War II  16
           F Child 3: Velma Lee Pritt      
                Born: Mar-29-1931          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  14,13,17
                Died: Oct- 5-1998           13
             Resided:                      in Washington, Wood Co, WV  15,10
             Resided: 1948                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  17
             Resided: 1941                 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  12
             Husband: Arthur Eugene "Skip" Hupp  b. Apr- 1-1926  d. Mar-28-2003  
       Also known as: Eugene Hupp 17
             Married: Sep- 1-1948          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  17
             Husband: ___ Benson  

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(5) Obituary of wife. 
(6) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(7) Virginia Dunn Smith, Lake Suzy, FL 34266 . 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as J. W. Pritt, age 34, b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Bessie Smith, age 21, of Doddridge Co.  Married 
Jun 19 1919. 
(9) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, Predeceased by three sisters and one brother. 
(10) Obituary of mother. 
(11) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(12) Obituary of father. 
(13) Social Security Death Index. 
(14) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(16) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 34 given at time of June 1919 marriage would put birth at about 1885, but
headstone states Dec 19 1877, death record states Dec 17 1877, and his age was
given as 64 (rather than the correct 63) in his Aug 1941 obituary.







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