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John LEGGETT, II

John LEGGETT, II

Male 1825 - 1906  (81 years)

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  • Name John LEGGETT 
    Suffix II 
    Born 3 Sep 1825  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence UNTIL Sep 1848  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Residence Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 28 Sep 1906  Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I13446  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 May 2010 

    Father John LEGGETT,   b. 1 Feb 1781, Baltimore County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1862, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Catherine BARRICK,   b. CA 1780, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1846, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Family ID F14874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary PRICE,   b. 15 Aug 1828,   d. 16 Mar 1896, Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1846  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      John Leggett, 54, farmer; wife Mary, 51; son Virgil E, 13; adopted dau Mary Reed, 21. [4]
    Children 
     1. James N. LEGGETT,   b. 21 Mar 1847, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1872  (Age 25 years)
    +2. Matthew Jackson LEGGETT,   b. 1 Dec 1848,   d. 1936  (Age 87 years)
     3. Martha J. LEGGETT,   b. 1849,   d. IN CHILDHOOD
    +4. Charles W. LEGGETT,   b. 6 May 1851,   d. 1943  (Age 91 years)
    +5. Catharine Rebecca LEGGETT,   b. 8 May 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Francis M. LEGGETT,   b. 11 May 1857, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1890  (Age 33 years)
    +7. Virgil Elbert LEGGETT,   b. 10 Jul 1866, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1959, Ona, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F4797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 335.

    2. [S1572] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).

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

    4. [S626] The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family, Amos Beaty Sharps, (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961).