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Peter GAIN

Peter GAIN

Male 1845 - 1932  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name Peter GAIN
    Birth Jun 1845  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 87 in 1932 death record puts birth in about 1845, corresponding to birth date June 1845 in the 1900 Census. But the birthd date on his headstone is 1846. Name on headstone and in death record: Peter Gains. Place of death: Weston State Hospital.
    Gender Male
    Military Co E, 12th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [3] 
    Residence 1867  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 4] 
    Residence Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 27 Dec 1932  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I104323  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2021

    Father Lemuel GAIN
    Mother Jane FLANIGAN
    Family ID F43496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Elen HUSTEAD,   b. 25 Jan 1849, Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1935, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [8]
    Marriage 17 Feb 1867  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      Peter Gain, 34, farmer; wife Harriet E, 31; dau Rosanna, 12; son Waitman T W, 9; son Seaman L, 6; dau Esther M, 2; mother Jane, 54, widowed, medical condition liver disease, cannot write.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      Peter Gain, 54, b. Jun 1845, farmer, married 33 yrs; wife Harriet E, 5, b. 1849, married 33 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living); son Harly, 15, b. May 1885, farm laborer; nephew Cecil Gain, 13, b. 1886 farm laborer.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, Town of Salem), enumerated on Apr 19 1910 on State Street:
      Peter Gain, 63, occupation "own income," married 43 yrs; wife Harriett E, 61, married 43 yrs, mother of 6 children (4 still living); son Harley D, 25, single, teamster (general hauling).
    Children 
    +1. Waitman T. W. "William" GAIN,   b. 27 Aug 1870, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1956, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. Harley Dallas GAINES,   b. 5 Jun 1884, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1954, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F43495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2252] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District).

    5. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1597111&Type=Death.

    6. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 47, Line 23 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=253485&Type=Marriage.