Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Elder
Born: ca 1828 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2
Died: Nov-20-1893 3
Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 4,5
Resided: 1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6
Occupation: minister 4
Father: William K. Elder (1806 - 1891)
Mother: Ruhama Willis (1808 - 1880)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Priscilla Richards 4,7
Married: Jul- 1-1852 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,4
Born: ca 1836 8
Died: bef Dec 1861 9
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father: Jacob Richards (1808 - 1899)
Mother: Ruth Ann Jones (1814 - 1875)
F Child 1: Ruanna Elder 10
Born: Oct- -1855 10
Husband: Spencer M. Beall b. ca 1853 d. Sep- -1879
Also known as: Spencer Bell 10
Married: Apr-10-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,12
Husband: Martin H. Bell b. Nov-15-1857
Married: Aug-31-1882 in Calhoun Co, WV 13,14
M Child 2: John W. Elder
Born: ca 1857 2
Wife: Rebecca J. Cunningham b. ca 1851
Married: Dec- 7-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
F Child 3: Virginia P. Elder
Born: Apr-25-1860 3
Died: Feb- 2-1903 3
Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Husband: Theadore H. Cunningham b. Dec-28-1852 d. Apr-14-1932
Also known as: T. H. Cunningham 3
Married: Dec- 7-1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
Sources:
(1) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death.
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(3) Headstone.
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 157.
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
(7) Marriage record of daughter.
(8) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(9) Record of husband's remarriage.
(10) Polly Walker Kreaps, Walker WV 26180, , Walker Family GEDCOM
(http://txnetwork.net/walker/gedcoms/pkreaps/html/pkreaps.html)
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Spencer M. Beall, age 22, of Ritchie Co, son of John H. & Leah; and Ruanna Elder, age 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of John &
Percilla. Married Apr 10 1875.
(12) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm). Participants
identified as Spencer M. Beall and Ruanna Elder. Ceremony held Apr 10 1875 in Ritchie Co,
WV.
(13) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as
Martin H. Bell, age 24, of Calhoun Co, son of Henderson & Leah; and Rua Bell, widowed, age 23, b. Ritchie Co, res.
Calhoun Co, dau of John Elder. Married Aug 31 1882.
(14) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm). Participants
identified as Martin H. Bell and Rua Bell, the bride's last name being a corruption of the name of her first husband,
Spencer M. Beall.
(15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
John W. Elder, age 19, of Ritchie Co, son of John & Priscilla; and Rebecca J. Cunningham, age 25, of Ritchie Co, dau of
Wilson B. & Nancy H. Married Dec 7 1876.
(16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as
Theadore H. Cunningham, age 23, of Ritchie Co, son of W. B. & Nancy H.; and Virginia P. Elder, age 17, of Ritchie Co,
dau of John & Priscilla. Married Dec 7 1876.
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