Family: Fernando D. BRITTON / Abigale Lydia SAMPLES (F4462)
m. 31 Dec 1882-
Father | Male
Fernando D. BRITTON
Born 22 Jan 1856 Greene Co, PA 
Died 25 Jul 1930 East View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Married 31 Dec 1882 [1, 2] Ritchie Co, WV [1, 2] Father Horatio BRITTON | F266 Group Sheet Mother Elizabeth HUSK | F266 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Abigale Lydia SAMPLES
Born 12 Jan 1866 Greene Co, PA Died 13 Apr 1941 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Father Allen SAMPLE | F15141 Group Sheet Mother Sarah THOMAS | F15141 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Clarence BRITTON
Born 5 Oct 1883 Died 9 Nov 1967 Bruce, Nicholas Co, WV Buried Dixon Chapel Cemetery, Bruce, Raleigh Co, WV Spouse Ada THOMAS | F27997 Married CA 1909
Child 2 | Female
Sarah Rosella BRITTON
Born 21 Apr 1886 Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Died 27 Aug 1967 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Spouse John P. REYNOLDS | F18480 Married 17 May 1909 Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Spouse Everett Abbott PRITCHARD | F18517 Married 10 Jan 1916 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Child 3 | Female
+ Emma BRITTON
Born 16 Nov 1890 Died 27 May 1969 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Spouse Arious VanBuren "Boo" HUFFORD | F27988 Married
Child 4 | Male
Allen Romeo BRITTON
Born 12 Apr 1892 Doddridge Co, WV Died 7 Oct 1922 Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Spouse Georgia DAVIS | F27989 Married 10 Jul 1920 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Child 5 | Male
Frank William BRITTON
Born 7 Mar 1894 Toll Gate, Doddridge Co, WV Died 17 Sep 1974 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Child 6 | Female
+ Elizabeth L. BRITTON
Born 26 Oct 1896 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 4 Oct 1968 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Spouse Goodloe L. RUSSELL | F34464 Married
Child 7 | Male
+ George B. McClelland BRITTON
Born 25 Feb 1899 Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Died 28 Oct 1987 Buried Spouse Mary Katherine DALTON | F27987 Married 31 Oct 1918 Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV
Child 8 | Male
Charles Noel BRITTON
Born 10 Dec 1901 Doddridge Co, WV Died 6 Feb 1939 Weston, Lewis Co, WV Buried Weston State Hospital Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV
Child 9 | Male
+ Louis Everett BRITTON
Born 31 Aug 1904 Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Died Jul 1983 Buried Spouse Catherine Virginia CALDWELL | F4463 Married 27 May 1929 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Child 10 | Female
+ Anna Bell BRITTON
Born 28 Jan 1907 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Died 11 Sep 1992 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Lumberport Lions Cemetery, Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Spouse Custer Ray BOGGESS | F5945 Married 21 Oct 1928 Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
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Notes - 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
Fernando Britton, 44, b. Jan 1856, farmer, married 18 yrs; wife Abigale, 34, b. Jan 1864, mother of 8 children (7 still living); son Clarance, 16, b. Oct 1883; dau Sarah R, 14, b. Apr 1886; dau Emaline, 10, b. Nov 1889; son Romeo A, 8, b. Mar 1892; son William F, 6, b. Mar 1894; dau Elizabeth, 4, b. Oct 1895; son George B M, 1, b. Feb 1899. Place of birth given as Pennsylvania for Fernando, and West Virginia for all others.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 6 1910:
Fernando Britton, 53, farmer, married 28 yrs; wife Lydia A, 45, mother of 10 children (9 still living); son Allen R, 17, laborer at sawmill; son William F, 14; dau Emma, 19; dau Elizabeth, 12; son George B, 10; son Charles N, 9; son Louis E, 6; dau Anna D, 3; boarder Herbert P. Schoonover, 28, b. Ohio, carpenter on bridge. Place of birth given as Pennsylvania for Fernando and Lydia, and West Virginia for all other family members.
1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
Firnand D. Britton, 60, general laborer; wife Abby, 56; son Romeo A, 27, glass factory worker, single; son Frank, 24, coal miner, single; son McClelland, 19, general laborer, single; son Charles N, 17, glass worker at bottle factory, single; son Everett, 15; dau Anna, 13. Place of birth Pennsylvania for both parents, West Virginia for all others.
1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
Head of household Noel C. Britton, 28, stickup at glass factory, single; mother Abby Britton, 65, married, age 17 at time of first marriage; father (?) Ferdinand Britton, 74, widowed (sic); brother Clarence, 46, coal miner, single; brother Frank, 35, coal miner, single. Place of birth Pennsylvania for both parents, West Virginia for all others. [3, 4, 5]
- 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
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Sources - [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
- [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).
- [S1588] Death record of wife.
- [S1567] Marriage record of son.
- [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).
- [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).