Doddridge County Roots


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Mary V. FERRELL

Mary V. FERRELL

Female 1852 - 1921  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Mary V. FERRELL
    Birth Dec 1852  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1900, listed as servant Mary V. Ferrell, 47, b. Dec 1852, single, cannot read/write, occupation housekeeper, in the household of Absalom Ash (71), his wife Irena (Knight, 72), and Absalom's son Marshall (41).
      In 1910, listed as cousin Mary Ferrell, 57, single, cannot read/write, no occupation, in the household of Emory & Edith (Bates) Yeater and their family. Mary V. Ferrell and Edith Bates were first cousins by virtue of their mothers being sisters, daughters of Jacob Ash and Mary Underwood.
    Death 6 Dec 1921  Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • at the County Poor Farm, where she had been an inmate for the past ten years
    Burial County Poor Farm Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I100962  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2018

    Father James J. FERRELL,   b. CA 1825   d. CA 1889 (Age ~ 64 years)
    Mother Rachel ASH,   b. 5 Nov 1832   d. 23 Sep 1887, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F42055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    2. [S14] Obituary.
      West Union Herald, Thursday, Dec 15 1921:
      DEATH AT COUNTY HOME
      Miss Mary Farrell (sic), aged 70 years, passed away at the County Infirmary Dec. 6th and interment was made at the home cemetery on the 7th. Miss Farrell had been an inmate at the County farm for the past 10 years and was born and reared in the Center Point section. A. J. Osborne, undertaker.
      NOTE: Death date in death record incorrectly entered as 6/12/21 rather than 12/6/21.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 47 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045074&Type=Death.

    4. [S14] Obituary.