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Asberoy Stephen BRITTON

Asberoy Stephen BRITTON

Male 1850 - 1921  (70 years)

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  • Name Asberoy Stephen BRITTON 
    Born 27 Apr 1850  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Obituary states birth date as Apr 27 1850. But reported age at death of 70y 10m 27d would put birth on Apr 25 1850, which is probably incorrect. Age at time of Apr 14 1877 marriage given as 26, which would be correct since his 27th birthday was later in the month. Daughter Winnie's death certificate states his birthplace as Pennsylvania.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  Green District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation farmer 
    Occupation Justice of the Peace (3 terms)  [5] 
    Died 24 Mar 1921  Revel, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • presumably near Auburn, Ritchie Co
    Person ID I1488  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 May 2013 

    Father Horatio BRITTON,   b. 3 May 1820, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 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 Hannah Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 6 Jul 1858, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1938, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 14 Apr 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Luther Sherman BRITTON,   b. 17 Jan 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1945, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Winnie Oda BRITTON,   b. 11 Dec 1880, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1928, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    +3. Charles Wesley BRITTON,   b. 19 Jul 1882, Spruce Creek (Auburn), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1950, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +4. Zebedee Warner BRITTON,   b. 9 Feb 1887, Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1955, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     5. Minnie Alice BRITTON,   b. 10 Aug 1890,   d. 10 Oct 1954  (Age 64 years)
    +6. DeWitt Talmadge BRITTON,   b. 17 Jun 1892, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1958, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +7. Eva Maude BRITTON,   b. 27 Aug 1897,   d. 30 Aug 1973  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S184] 1850 Census.

    4. [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    5. [S2654] The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia, Franklin Marion Brand, (1927), p. 388.

    6. [S14] Obituary.
      Place of death given as "at his home near Revel, W. Va," which is presumed to be near Auburn, since "funeral service was conducted by Rev. J. E. Burns of Auburn, in the Church at Revel."

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 218.
      Ceremony performed by Eli M. Gaston.

    8. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Asberry S. Britton, age 26, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Horation & Elizabeth; and Hannah E. Gaston, age 18, of Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel M. & Elizabeth. Married Apr 14 1877.