Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George W. Butcher    
                Born: ca 1828              in Lewis Co, (W)VA  1,2
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Valentine Jefferson Butcher   (1788 - 1863) 
              Mother: Mary A. ___   (1798 -     ) 
                Wife: Amy Stansberry   3,2,4  
       Also known as: Annie Stansberry 4
             Married: Nov-14-1850          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
                Born: ca 1828               1
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Columbia Josephine Butcher      
                Born: Dec- 6-1851          in Ritchie Co, WV  6,7,8
                Died: Jan-21-1927          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
              Buried:                      in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV  7 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20   in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Husband: William Mathias Ashburn  b. Aug-21-1852  d. Jan- 5-1944  
             Married: Apr-30-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: William J. Butcher      
                Born: Jan-  -1854           9
              Census: 1880, 1900, 1910     in Webster Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  9
                Wife: Charlotte Columbia Hoff  b. Nov-10-1857  d. Aug-20-1941  
         Census name: Columbia C. 10
             Married: Mar-18-1875          in Ritchie Co, WV  11,5
           M Child 3: Moses F. Butcher      
                Born: ca 1855               1
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 4: Lewis W. Butcher   12   
                Born: Jan-22-1858          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  6,5
                Died: Feb-24-1932          in Exchange, Braxton Co, WV  6
              Buried: Shaver Cemetery       6
              Census: 1930                 in Otter District, Braxton Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
                Wife: Rebecca Jane Hoff  b. Jul- 9-1859  d. Dec-18-1932  
             Married: Nov-12-1879          in Ritchie Co, WV  12,5
                Wife: Amanda L. Gumm  
             Married: Feb-13-1887          in Upshur Co, WV  12
           M Child 5: George Grant Butcher      
                Born: ca 1865              in Ritchie Co, WV  13
                Died: bef 1930              14
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth Pickens  b. ca 1878  
             Married: Jul- 3-1897          in Lewis Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(2) Death record of daughter. 
(3) Marriage record of son. 
(4) Death record of son. 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(9) 1900 Census, Webster County, WV. 
(10) 1880 Census, Webster County, WV. 
(11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 317. 
(12) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) 
(13) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) 
(14) 1930 Census, Lewis County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) death record states burial as IOOF Cemetery, West Union







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