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Elizabeth Jane GRIM

Elizabeth Jane GRIM

Female 1860 - 1910  (50 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Jane GRIM 
    Census 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 22 May 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Age two months at time of July 23 1860 enumeration. Age was 10 in 1870 Census.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1882  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Aug 1910  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Mole Hill Cemetery, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I101600  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 May 2019 

    Father Samuel V. GRIM,   b. CA 1836, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1915, Long Run, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Martha Jane DOAK,   b. CA 1840, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1909  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Family ID F5019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George W. RICHARDS,   b. CA 1831, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1888, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Marriage License 16 Dec 1882  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Married 21 Dec 1882  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Ella RICHARD,   b. 13 Sep 1884, Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1922, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    +2. Homer RICHARD,   b. 21 May 1887, Lynn Camp (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1943, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F53674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Isaiah GRIFFIN,   b. 17 Jan 1836, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1923, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)  [8] 
    Married 27 Oct 1895  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Notes 
    • Following the 1891 death of his first wife, Elizabeth Doak, Isaiah Griffin married her niece, Elizabeth Jane Grim Richards, widow of George W. Richards..

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
      Isaiah Griffin, 64, b. Jan 1836, farmer, married 4 yrs; wife Elizabeth, 40, b. May 1860, married 4 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Earl, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Eliza, 37, b. Jul 1862, single; dau Bertha, 16, b. May 1884; stepdau Ella Richard, 15, b. Sep 1884; stepson Homer Richard, 13, b. May 1887, farm laborer. All born in West Virginia except for Isaiah, born in Pennsylvania.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerateed on Apr 25 1910:
      Isaiah Griffin, 74, farmer, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Elizabeth J, 49, married 14 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Eliza, 47, single; dau Bertha, 25, single; son Earl, 12; dau Opal, 7; son Homer Richards, 22, single, no occupation.
    Children 
     1. Earl GRIFFIN,   b. 2 Jul 1897, Mountain, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1982, Pampa, Gray Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     2. Opal GRIFFIN,   b. 1903,   d. 1957  (Age 54 years)
    Documents
    118345_IsaiahGriffin_ElizabethJGrimRichards_MarriageRecord_27Oct1895.jpg    		118345_IsaiahGriffin_ElizabethJGrimRichards_MarriageRecord_27Oct1895.jpg
    Family ID F50603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    3. [S2276] 1860 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA.

    4. [S2286] 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    5. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 52, Line 77 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040021&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12037793&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George W. Richards, 35, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Elizabeth J. Grim, 22, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Marriage license issued on Dec 16 1882, signed by D. Hickman, Clerk of the County Court. Informant: Hullihen Miller of Doddridge County.
      NOTE: Hulliben Miller was Elizabeth Grim's brother-in-law, husband of her sister Sarah E. Grim. George W. Richards' stated age of 35 is clearly incorrect. His age in census records consistently show his birth to be in about 1831.

    7. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 52, Line 77 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040021&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George W. Richards, 35, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Elizabeth J. Grim, 22, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Dec 21 1882 in Tyler Co, officiated by James A. Hogue.

    8. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.

    9. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12041450&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Isaiah Griffin, 59, b. Greee Co Pennsylvania, res. Ritchie Co; and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Richards, 35, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Oct 27 1895 "at Residence of Samuel Grimm," officiated by D. A. McGinnis, a Minister of the M. E. Church.