Mary E. MOREHEAD

1821 - 1899  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Mary E. MOREHEAD
  Birth	CA 1821	Wirt Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Wirt Co, (W)VA
  Residence	1859	Wirt Co, (W)VA   [2]
  Census	1860	Jackson Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870	Gilmore District, Jackson Co, WV
  Residence	1876	Jackson Co, WV   [3]
  Census	1880	Union District, Jackson Co, WV
  Death	20 May 1899  [4]
  Burial	Independence Cemetery, Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV   [5]
  Person ID	I139909	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	James D. MOREHEAD,   b. CA 1793   d. 20 Jul 1857, Wirt Co, (W)VA (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Priscilla BOYLES,   b. CA 1795
  Family ID	F62289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James BLAKE,   b. 18 Feb 1813, Fayette Co, PA d. 18 Mar 1873, Sandyville, Jackson Co, WV (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1859	Wirt Co, (W)VA   [6]
  Family ID	F62287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Reuben H. DOUGLASS,   b. 12 Sep 1818, Jackson Co, (W)VA d. 26 Sep 1892, Jackson Co, WV (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1876	Wirt Co, WV   [7]
  Family ID	F62288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2718] 1850 Census, Wirt County, (W)VA. [S2289] Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, Line 3 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=849408&frame=00008. [S2289] Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, p. 34, Line 82 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1862398&frame=00051. [S263] Headstone (no dates given). [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2289] Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, Line 3 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=849408&frame=00008. Identified as James Blake, widowed, 46, b. Phiatt [sic, should be Fayette] Co Pa., res. Jackson Co, farmer, son of Ephraim & Barbary Blake; and Mary E. Morehead, single, 38, b. & res. in Wirt Co, dau of James D. & Priscilla Morehead. Married 10 March 1859 in Wirt County, officiated by Samuel Sheppard. [S2289] Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV, p. 34, Line 82 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1862398&frame=00051. Identified as R. Douglas, 58, b. & res. in Jackson Co; and Mary Blake, 56, b. Wirt Co, res. Jackson Co. Married 24 Oct 1876 in Wirt County, officiated by W. Downton. Marriage status not indicated. Note: A separate document shows that a marriage license was issued in Jackson County on 21 Oct 1876 to Reuben Douglass, 58, and Mrs. Mary Blake, 56. https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=567217&frame=00393