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Edmund Henry O'DONNELL

Edmund Henry O'DONNELL

Male 1827 - 1912  (84 years)


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  • Name Edmund Henry O'DONNELL
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 10  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 1 May 1827  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1828.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1850  [3] 
    engineer (railroad) 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Death 2 Feb 1912  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I103664  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2016

    Family Susan Augusta SMITH,   b. 21 Mar 1830, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1903 (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 16 Nov 1852  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • In 1850, E. H. O'Donnell, 23, b. Maryland, engineer, was enumerated in Allegany, Maryland as one of many men who were presumably employees of, or affiliated with, the railroad.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 19 1860:
      E. H. O'Donnell, 31, b. Maryland, farmer, value of real estate $2000, value of personal estate $350; Susan A, 28, b. Va; E. (male), 5, b. Va.

      The 1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jun 1 1860, contains the following entry:
      Slave owner: E. H. O'Donnell
      Description of slaves:
      1 mulatto female, age 30
      1 mulatto female, age 4

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central Twp), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:
      Edmund H. O'Donnell Sr, 42, b. Maryland, farmer, value of real estate $2000, value of personal estate $200; Susan A, 40, b. Va; Edmund H. Jr, 14, b. Va; Louisa S, 9, b. Va; Benjamin M, 3, b. WVa; Benjamin M, Smith, 36, b. Va, farmer; Armazinda Trellinger, 23, b. Md, domestic servant.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      E. H. O'Donnell, 52, b. Md, farmer; wife Susan A, 50, b. Va; son Edie, 25, b. Va, farm laborer; dau Luisa, 19, b. Va; son Benjamin, 13, b. WVa.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      E. H. O'Donnell, 72, b. May 1828 in Md (father b. Md, mother b. NY), farmer, married 48 yrs; wife Susan A, 70, b. Mar 1830 in WVa (father b. Va, mother b. WVa), married 48 yrs, mother of 5 (or 6?) children (3 still living); son-in-law Minor E. Dotson, 36, b. Oct 1863, merchant, married 7 yrs; dau Louisa C (?) Dotson, 39, b. Oct 1860, married 7 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Edmond B. Dotson, 6, b. Apr 1894.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 7 1910:
      Edmund H. O'Donnell, 83, b. Md (father b. Ireland, mother b. NY), farmer, widowed; dau Louisa Dotson, 47, married 17 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son-in-law Minor E. Dotson, 46, married 17 yrs, farm laborer; grandson Edmond B. Dotson, 16.
    Children 
    +1. Edmund H. O'DONNELL, Jr.,   b. 15 Jun 1854, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1905, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +2. Louisa S. "Loulie" O'DONNELL,   b. 1860, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1953, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     3. Mary O'DONNELL,   b. 22 Sep 1862   d. 5 Aug 186_
    +4. Benjamin Mortimer O'DONNELL,   b. 4 Jan 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1944, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F43184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S184] 1850 Census.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2193] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp).

    6. [S2094] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    7. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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