Doddridge County Roots


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Sarah E. WILSON

Sarah E. WILSON

Female 1856 - 1943  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name Sarah E. WILSON
    Birth CA 1856  [1] 
    • Marriage record indicates birth in about 1861 in Lewis County, but death record states about 1854 in Doddridge County. The 1860 Census of Ritchie County shows her age as 4.
    Gender Female
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 8 Jun 1943  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Her middle initial given as E in marriage record and in 1860, 1870 and 1900 Censuses, but death record states middle name as Jane.
    Person ID I12809  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2013

    Father Reason H. WILSON,   b. 1835, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1864, Andersonville Prison, GA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    Mother Sarah Jane GRIBBLE,   b. CA 1835, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F28027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Morris BRITTON,   b. 12 Oct 1860, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1951, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [3]
    Marriage 14 Feb 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Wm. Britton, 36, b. Oct 1863, blacksmith, married 16 yrs; wife Sarah E, 38, b. (blank), married 16 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); son John, 15, b. Nov 1884; dau Bessie, 10, b. Nov 1889; son Guss, 8, b. Jun 1891; brother Thomas J, 46, b. Oct 1853, day laborer.
      (Note: The adjacent household was that of S. J. Ross, 50, his wife Ingaby, and their four children. S. J. Ross was an informant for William and Sarah's marriage license in 1884, a role normally played by the bride's father.)

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 16 1910 on the Harrisville & Salem Turnpike:
      William M. Britton, 46, blacksmith, married 24 yrs; wife Sarah, 50, married 24 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Bessie, 19, single; son Augustus, 18, single.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
      William M. Britton, 58, blacksmith; wife Sarah, 59.
    Children 
     1. John BRITTON,   b. Nov 1884
    >2. Bessie A. BRITTON,   b. 23 Nov 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1965, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    >3. Augustus Bolivar "Guss" BRITTON,   b. 30 Jun 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1971 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F4560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    12804_WilliamMBritton_SarahEWilson_MarriageRecord_14Feb1884.jpg    		12804_WilliamMBritton_SarahEWilson_MarriageRecord_14Feb1884.jpg
    12809_BRITTON_SarahWilson_DeathCertificate_8Jun1943.jpg    		12809_BRITTON_SarahWilson_DeathCertificate_8Jun1943.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

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

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

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 271.
      Identified as William M. Britton, age 20 as of Oct 14 1883, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Sarah E. Wilson, 22, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 14 1884 in Doddridge County at the home of Eli M. Gaston, the presiding minister. Informants for the marriage license: S. J. Ross & Wm. M. Britton.