Doddridge County Roots


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Edah BRITTON

Edah BRITTON[1]

Female 1845 - 1889  (44 years)


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  • Name Edah BRITTON
    Birth 4 Apr 1845  Wirt Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Death record of son Charles gives her birthplace as Monongalia County.
    Gender Female
    Census 1850, 1860  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 26 May 1889  Tanner Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I11767  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2010

    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 John Freeman LEWIS,   b. 9 Feb 1844, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1921, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [1]
    Marriage 15 Nov 1868  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Tyler Co, Wv (Ellsworth Twp), enumerated on Jun 25 1870:
      John Lewis, 26, farmer; Edah (female), 25; Bell (female), 9 months (Note: There is a discrepancy here, in that Tyler Co birth records show the birth of a son, Samuel Bell Lewis, born to John F. & Adah Lewis on Sep 9 1869. But her death record identifies her as a female, Selina B. Lewis, age 1y 10m at the time of her Aug 1871 death.)

      1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Elsworth District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880:
      John F. Lewis, 32, farmer; wife Edith, 25; son Jarrett, 5; son Alonzo, 2; son Francis M, 3 months, b. Feb (Note: Birth records show his birth as Mar 4 1880)
    Children 
     1. Selina Bell LEWIS,   b. 9 Sep 1869, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     2. Rosilla LEWIS,   b. 23 Oct 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1871, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Melvin LEWIS,   b. 28 Apr 1872, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Thomas Winfield LEWIS,   b. 19 Nov 1874, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Jarrett LEWIS,   b. CA 1875, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Alonzo LEWIS,   b. 23 Nov 1877, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Francis Manford LEWIS,   b. 4 Mar 1880, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1882, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    +8. Charles Marion LEWIS,   b. 19 Dec 1881, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1923, Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +9. Henry Archie LEWIS,   b. 6 Sep 1883, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1962, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     10. Joshua Baker LEWIS
    Family ID F4315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S184] 1850 Census.

    4. [S2126] 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    5. [S1846] Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV.

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