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Samuel Preston LEGGETT

Samuel Preston LEGGETT

Male 1853 - 1916  (63 years)


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  • Name Samuel Preston LEGGETT
    Birth 15 May 1853  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870  Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Preston Leggett, 17, farm worker, in household of Irvine & Ellen Nutter.
    Census 1880  Elk District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1891  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation veterinarian  [4] 
    Occupation 1880, 1900, 1910  [3] 
    farmer 
    Residence Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 22 Nov 1916  Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Cause: suicide (pistol) 
    Burial Woofter Cemetery, Alum Bridge, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I133593  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2022

    Father Isaac LEGGETT,   b. 5 Aug 1808, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. CA 1853 (Age 44 years)
    Mother Jane "Jenny" MUSGRAVE,   b. 10 Sep 1809, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1868, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F3498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabelle Virginia "Belle" ROHR,   b. 19 May 1860, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1890, Walnut Fork, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    Marriage 11 Oct 1877  Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F58778  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catharine "Kate" MARPLE,   b. 6 Oct 1859, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1940, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 3 Mar 1891  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District), enumerated on May 3, 1910 at Walnut Fork Road:
      Preston Leggett, 56, farmer, married 19 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Katharine, 50, married 19 yrs (1st marriage); adopted female Mabel Bundle [sic], 9. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: The adopted girl was Mabel Bunnell, natural daughter of Flornus Duncan Bunnell, who died in 1907, and Emily Rebecca "Emma" Cottrill, who remarried James McAtee in 1908. Mabel was probably more accurately a foster daughter. Four of Mabel's siblings were also placed in foster care following their father's death.
    Children 
    +1. Mabel Ethel BUNNELL,   b. 20 Aug 1900, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1985 (Age 84 years)  [Father: Foster]  [Mother: Foster]
    Family ID F58779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1894] Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, MR p. 39, Line 53 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11247679&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=257301&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2155] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Elk District).

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    6. [S1894] Upshur County Marriage Records, Buckhannon, WV, MR p. 39, Line 53 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11247679&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Samuel P. Liggett, single, 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, farmer, son of Isaac & Jane; and Isabelle V. Rohr, single, 17, b. & res. in Upshur Co, dau of Jacob & Docia A. Married Oct 11, 1877 in Upshur County, officiated by S. T. Westfall.