Doddridge County Roots

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Family: Gilbert Hopkins LOUGH / Elvira E. "Belle" WARE (F26966)  [1

m. 9 Dec 1896


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  • Gilbert Hopkins LOUGHFather | Male
    Gilbert Hopkins LOUGH

    Born  19 Apr 1875   
    Died  7 Feb 1966  Falls Mill, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Big Run Cemetery, Diana, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  9 Dec 1896  [2]  Braxton Co, WV  [2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Orpha Gay CUTLIP | F26969 
    Married  1 Mar 1916  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Elizabeth CARPENTER | F26976 
    Married  24 Sep 1931  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Amanda M. EUBANK | F26972 
    Married  26 Mar 1944  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James Vincent LOUGH | F26971 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Martha Ellen HOLDEN | F26971 Group Sheet 

    Elvira E. "Belle" WAREMother | Female
    Elvira E. "Belle" WARE

    Born  18 May 1876  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  31 Jan 1912  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  Francis Marion WARE | F26977 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Virginia WESTFALL | F26977 Group Sheet 

    Nettie Virginia LOUGHChild 1 | Female
    + Nettie Virginia LOUGH

    Born  10 Jun 1904  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Dec 1999   
    Buried    Long Point Cemetery, Walkersville, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Esley Monroe HAMRICK | F26951 
    Married  4 Jul 1922  Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  George Oliver HENLINE | F26964 
    Married  13 Apr 1946  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location


  • Notes 
    • Elvira Ware's middle initial appears in some records as "I" or "J" or "C," but more often as "E."

      1900 Census, Webster Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      Gilbert H. Lough, 25, b. Apr 1875, farmer, married 4 yrs; wife Elvira E, 24, b. May 1876, mother of one child (still living); dau Florence A, 1, b. Jul 1898.

      1910 Census, Webster Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      Gilbert H. Lough, 35, farmer, married 13 yrs; wife Elvira E, 33, mother of 6 children (all still living); dau Florence, 11; dau Flora E, 9; son Rapheal, 8; dau Nettie, 5; dau Bessie, 4; son Orvile C, 1y 8m.

      1920 Census, Webster Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Jan 19 1920:
      Gilbert H. Lough, 44, laborer in lumber mill; wife Orpha G, 24; son Lawrence A, 21; dau Flora E, 19; son Raphael M, 17; dau Nettie, 15; dau Bessie, 13; dau Layley M, 8.

      1930 Census, Webster Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930:
      Gilbert H. Lough, 54, farmer; wife Orpha, 34; son Hilden, 11; son Levi, 9; son Alvin, 5; dau Trecie, 3y 4m.
      Adjoining household:
      Amanda Cutlip, 54, widowed; son Lawrence, 17; son Elmer, 11.
      (Note: Fourteen years later, Gilbert Lough married Amanda Eubank Cutlip, the mother of his wife Orpha.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    2. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, MR p. 225.
      Identified as Gilbert H. Lough, 22, b. & res. in Braxton Co; and Elvira E. Ware, 20, b. & res. in Braxton Co. Married Dec 9 1896 "at my residence, Braxton Co, W. Va.," by J. A. Cobb, a minister of the M. P. church. Informants for the marriage license: J. V. Lough and F. M. Ware.