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Joseph Wesley BRITTON

Joseph Wesley BRITTON

Male 1869 - 1950  (80 years)

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  • Name Joseph Wesley BRITTON 
    Born 12 Jul 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage record in 1897 show age as 27 and birth in Doddridge Co, and 1946 marriage record shows birth as Jul 12 1869 in Doddridge Co. But death record has it as Jul 12 1867 in Tyler Co, and researcher Marilyn Britton Gump reports it as Jul 12 1867 in Elizabeth, Wirt Co. His birthdate was given as Jul 1870 in the 1900 Census, and birth date on headstone is 1868.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1897  Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1900  Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1944  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 8 May 1950  Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Wilding Cemetery, Wilding, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I11686  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2013 

    Father Gustavus S. BRITTON,   b. Aug 1818, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1904  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth MUSGRAVE,   b. Nov 1826,   d. 1909  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Family ID F3492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Kitty Florence BARBER,   b. Apr 1877, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 10 Jul 1897  Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Wirt Co, WV (Reedy District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Joseph Britton, 29, b. Jul 1870, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Kittie, age/birthdate illegible, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Dana L (or G ?), 3, b. Sep 1896; son John H, 2, b. Apr 1898; son Willie, one month, b. Apr 1900.
    Children 
     1. Lawrence Jack BRITTON,   b. 22 Sep 1896, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1985, Inverness, Citrus Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +2. John Hobert BRITTON,   b. 29 Apr 1898, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1974  (Age 76 years)
    +3. William McKinley BRITTON,   b. 4 Apr 1900, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1988  (Age 88 years)
    +4. Oma Ochail BRITTON,   b. 25 Jan 1902, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Gussie C. BRITTON,   b. 2 Mar 1906, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1915, Sherman, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
    +6. Una Celesta BRITTON,   b. 18 Aug 1914, Sherman, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1979, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     7. Okla Hilda BRITTON,   b. Mar 1922, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1922  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F4200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Docia May BROWN,   b. 3 May 1882, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Oct 1944  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F22027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    11686_BRITTON_JohnWesley_DeathCertificate_1950.jpg    		11686_BRITTON_JohnWesley_DeathCertificate_1950.jpg
    11686_JosephWesleyBritton_DociaMayBrownPoling_MarriageRecord_1Oct1944.jpg    		11686_JosephWesleyBritton_DociaMayBrownPoling_MarriageRecord_1Oct1944.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2180] Jackson County WV Marriages 1880 - 1900, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101).

    2. [S471] Marilyn Britton Gump, Waterford, OH 45786.

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

    4. [S2232] Grant District Cemeteries, Jackson County, West Virginia, Carolyn Thomas Miihlback, RR 2, Box 152, Ravenswood, WV, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Apr 1984)).

    5. [S2180] Jackson County WV Marriages 1880 - 1900, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101).
      Identified as Joseph Wesley Britton, 27, b. Doddridge Co, res. Wirt Co; and Kitty Barber, 20, of Jackson Co. Married Jul 10 1897.

    6. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, MR p. 358.
      Identified as Joseph Wesley Britton, 75, b. Jul 12 1869 in Doddridge Co, res. Parkersburg, son of Gustavius & Elizabeth Britton; and Docia May Poling, 62, b. May 3 1882 in Wood Co, res. Parkersburg, dau of Dan & Fronia Brown. Married Oct 1 1944 at Parkview Methodist Church, Parkersburg, WV, by Rossing T. Smith, Minister of the Gospel.