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Luther Sherman BRITTON

Luther Sherman BRITTON

Male 1878 - 1945  (67 years)


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  • Name Luther Sherman BRITTON
    Birth 17 Jan 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1910, 1920  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1908, 1921  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Census 1930, 1940  Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education West Virginia University (A. B. degree, 1910)  [4] 
    Occupation school teacher  [4] 
    Residence Halleck, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 16 Oct 1945  Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Cause: gunshot wound 
    Burial Halleck Cemetery, Halleck, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I1489  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2024

    Father Asberoy Stephen BRITTON,   b. 27 Apr 1850, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1921, Revel, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Mother Hannah Elizabeth GASTON,   b. 6 Jul 1858, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1938, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pearl J. ROGERS,   b. 1 Oct 1887, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1940, Halleck, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Marriage 18 Aug 1908  Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (city of Morgantown):
      Luther S. Britton, 32, no occupation, married 2 yrs; wife Lena A, 26, occupation nurse at city hospital, no children.
      (Note: Basis for wife's name being entered as Lena A is not known. She was identified as Pearl in her death record and as Pearl J in her marriage record and 1920 Census.)

      1920 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (city of Morgantown), enumerated on Jan 12 1920:
      L. S. Britton, 40, salesman; wife Pearl J, 30; son George W, 5; son Luther S, 4 yr 6 mo; son Harold R, 3 yr 2 mo; son Howard J, 1 yr 7 mo.

      1930 Census, Monongalia Co, WV (Clinton District), enumerated on Apr 17 1930:
      Sherman L. Brittin, 52, school teacher; wife Pearl, 42; son George W, 16; son Luther S, 14; son Harold R, 13; son Howard J, 11; son Morris H, 9; dau Winnie, 4; dau Maude, 2.
    Children 
    +1. George Washington BRITTON,   b. 15 Apr 1914, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1973, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    >2. Luther Sherman BRITTON, II,   b. 25 Jul 1915   d. 29 Jan 2008 (Age 92 years)
    +3. Harold Rogers BRITTON,   b. 26 Oct 1916, Lumberport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1980 (Age 63 years)
    >4. Howard Jackson BRITTON,   b. 5 May 1918, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1976 (Age 58 years)
    >5. Morris Harding BRITTON,   b. 20 Nov 1920   d. 22 Mar 1978 (Age 57 years)
    >6. Winnie Pearl BRITTON,   b. 15 Jun 1925, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1985 (Age 60 years)
    >7. Minnie Maude BRITTON,   b. CA 1928
    Documents
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    Family ID F493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S300] .

    2. [S2263] Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV.

    3. [S643] Obituary of father.

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

    5. [S2258] Monongalia County Death Records, Morgantown, WV.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S2263] Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV, MR p. 136 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11338324&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Luther S. Britton, single, student, age 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Morgantown, son of A. S. & H. E. Britton; and Pearl J. Rogers, single, 20, b. Monongalia Co, res. Morgantown, dau of (blank) & Mary Rogers. Married Aug 18 1908 in Morgantown.