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John Wilson BRITTON

John Wilson BRITTON[1]

Male 1843 - 1912  (69 years)


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  • Name John Wilson BRITTON
    Birth 27 Jan 1843  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military Co E, 17th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1870  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 6] 
    Occupation public school teacher (20 yrs), Sunday School superintendent (30 yrs)  [7] 
    Death 22 Dec 1912  [2] 
    Burial Straight Fork Cem, Spruce Creek (north of Burnt House), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I11766  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 May 2013

    Father Horatio BRITTON,   b. 3 May 1820, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1897 (Age 76 years)
    Mother Elizabeth HUSK,   b. CA 1825   d. CA 1865, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)
    Family ID F266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary A. BAKER,   b. Mar 1853, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8]
    Marriage 26 Sep 1867  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      John W. Britton, 37, b. Pa, farmer; wife Mary A, 27, b. Va; son Boston C, 11, b. WVa; son William A, 7, b. WVa; son Benjamin H, 3, b. WVa; son James L, 1, b. WVa; Horatio Britton (relationship not stated), 60, b. Pa, widowed, farmer; dau [sic] Almira V, 19, b. Pa, single.
      (NOTE: The marital status of Horatio Britton is incorrect. His second wife, Martha, was enumerated in this census as head of household in Wetzel County. Almira was the sister of John W. Britton, not his daughter.]

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910:
      John W. Britton, 67, farmer, married 43 yrs; wife Mary A, 57, mother of 5 children (all still living); son William A, 36, farmer, single; grandson Laco H, 8; granddau Mary L, 5; son Robert L, 4.

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated in Feb 1920:
      William Britton, 46, farmer, single; mother Mary A, 66, widowed; nephew Harley L, 18, single; niece Mary L, 15; nephew Robert L, 13.
    Children 
    +1. Boston Corbett BRITTON,   b. Sep 1869, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1942, Ross Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     2. William Cline BRITTON,   b. May 1873, Conaway, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1939, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)
    +3. Benjamin Hayes BRITTON,   b. 4 Mar 1877, Conaway, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1952, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +4. James Lambert BRITTON,   b. 18 Jan 1879, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1940, Bluffton, Wells Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +5. Henry Wellington BRITTON,   b. 18 Apr 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1976, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    Family ID F4221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2099] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    4. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S184] 1850 Census.

    6. [S2205] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    7. [S2654] Franklin Marion Brand, The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia, (1927), p. 387.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.

    9. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).