Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: John SNIDER / Myrtle LEGGETT (F8441)

m. 24 Aug 1920


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  • John SNIDERFather | Male
    John SNIDER

    Born  CA 1881  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Married  24 Aug 1920  [1]  Calhoun Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Myrtle LEGGETTMother | Female
    Myrtle LEGGETT

    Born  29 May 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Dec 1979   
    Buried     
    Father  Elmore LEGGETT | F6021 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susan L. SEEDERS | F6021 Group Sheet 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1851] Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV.
      Identified as John Snider, 39, b. Calhoun Co, res. Big Springs WV, son of (blank); and Myrtle Leggett, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of Wm. & Mary Legett [sic]. Married Aug 24 1920 by G. W. Cunningham, a Minister of the Gospel, at residence of A. N. Wilson. Basis for her parents being identified as William & Mary, rather than Elmore Leggett & Susan L. Seders as established elsewhere, in not known. There is also a marriage record for Myrtle Leggett in Doddridge County, identiying the groom as Sherman Bee, 18, of Doddridge Co, and Myrtle Leggett, 16, of Doddridge Co. The entry appears chronologically between other records of Mar 5 1911 and Mar 13 1911, but has no marriage date itself. Instead, there is a notation stating "returned unexecuted."