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Margaretta BRITTON

Margaretta BRITTON

Female 1850 - 1887  (~ 37 years)


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  • Name Margaretta BRITTON
    Birth CA 1850  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 Jun 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    Person ID I11451  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2010

    Father George Wade BRITTON,   b. CA 1814, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
    Mother Mary J. "Polly" HUSK,   b. 21 Mar 1821   d. 15 Dec 1869 (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilson NUTTER,   b. 21 Jul 1848   d. 20 Jan 1895 (Age 46 years)
    Marriage 23 Jun 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F4108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

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

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 3, p. 47.
      Identified as Margaretta Nutter, white female, 37, married, b. Monongahela (sic) Co, dau of George W. & Polly Britton; died Jun 26 1887 in Doddridge Co, cause of death consumption. Informant: Jno Nutter, husband. (Note: Jno is an abbreviaton for the name John. This is the only occasion that we have found Margaretta Britton's husband being identified as anything other than Wilson Britton.)

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 172.
      Identifid as Wilson Nutter, age 21y 11m, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of John & Mary Nutter; and Margaretta Britton, 21, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of George W. & Mary Britton. Married Jun 23 1870 in Doddridge County. Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston.