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Delia Gay HARPER

Delia Gay HARPER

Female 1840 - 1924  (83 years)


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  • Name Delia Gay HARPER
    Birth 28 Nov 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 19 Aug 1924  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Clarksburg (S Chestnut St), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I103097  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2016

    Father Henry HARPER,   b. 9 Jan 1806, New Castle Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1849, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Mother Sarah HUKLE,   b. CA 1811, New Castle Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    Family ID F15001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Andrew Jackson ELLIOTT,   b. Feb 1827, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1906, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)  [4]
    Marriage 21 Nov 1854  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Lewis Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 28 1860:
      Jackson Elliott, 32, waggoner, value of real estate $50; Delia G, 20; James, 4; Mary, 3; Arena, 4 months.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jul 14 1870:
      Andrew J. Elliott, 44, common laborer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $200; Delia G, 29; James F, 13; Irena H, 10; John W, 8; Samuel G, 6; George S, 3; Bertha V, 2.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      Jackson Elliott, 55, farmer; wife Delia G, 39, b. WVa (both parents b. Delaware); son John W, 18; son Samuel G, 16; son George S, 14; dau Birth V, 12; son Henry H, 10; dau Hattie M, 8.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      J. A. Elliott, 73, b. Feb 1827, teamster, married 45 yrs; wife A. Gay, 59, b. Nov 1840, married 45 yrs, mother of 10 children (7 still living); son James, 43, b. Aug 1856, teamster, married 22 yrs; grandson Eddie, 21, b. Oct 1878, teamster, single; grandson Willie, 18, b. Oct 1881, teamster, single; grandson John, 17, b. May 1883, glass blower, single; granddau Blanche, 6, b. May 1894.
    Children 
    +1. James F. ELLIOTT,   b. Aug 1856, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary ELLIOTT,   b. CA 1857
    >3. Irene Keziah ELLIOTT,   b. 15 Apr 1860, Orange Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1946, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. John W. ELLIOTT,   b. 6 Apr 1862   d. 10 Apr 1930, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     5. Samuel G. ELLIOTT,   b. 16 Apr 1863   d. 29 May 1937, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     6. George S. ELLIOTT,   b. CA 1867
    +7. Bertha Viola ELLIOTT,   b. 4 Apr 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1913, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +8. Henry H. ELLIOTT,   b. CA 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Feb 1946 (Age ~ 75 years)
     9. Hattie M. ELLIOTT,   b. CA 1872
    Family ID F42953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 3 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252024&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John Elliott, widower, 27, occupation teamster, b. Loudoun Co Va, res. Harrison Co, son of Hinson (?) & Jane Elliott; and Delia Gay Harper, 14, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Henry & Sarah Harper. Married Nov 21 1854 in Harrison County.
      (NOTE: We have found no other instance of Andrew Jackson Elliott using the name John.)