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Nathaniel DODD

Nathaniel DODD

Male 1844 - 1912  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel DODD
    Birth May 1844  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 30 given at time of Feb 1877 marriage would put birth in about 1846/47. But age 68y 5m on death record would put birth in May 1844. "Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County WV," p. 264, reports death date on headstone as 1912, but birth date as 1851.
    Gender Male
    Residence 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1900  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Oct 1912  O'Neill, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial O'Neal (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I20267  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2017

    Father Alpheus DODD,   b. Jul 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1901, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
    Mother Mary Nancy GRIFFIN,   b. CA 1814   d. Oct 1855, Simpson Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years)
    Family ID F13757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeneva COTTRILL,   b. 2 Mar 1861, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1914, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [6]
    Marriage 13 Feb 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Nathaniel Dodd, 40, b. Feb 1860, farmer, married 24 yrs; wife Jenavie (?), 31 (corrected from 30), b. Mar 1869, married 24 yrs, mother of 12 children (11 still living); son Frederick, 22, b. Jan 1878; dau Della, 21, b. Apr 1879; son Alva, 19, b. Jun 1880; son Elza, 19 (corrected from 18), b. Mar 1881; son Stonewall, 16, b. Oct 1883; dau Lummie, 14, b. Jun 1885; son Grover, 10, b. Jul 1889; son Oscar, 8, b. Mar 1892; dau Bertha, 7, b. Mar 1893; dau Lora (Lova ?), 6, b. Mar 1894; dau Gussie, 3, b. Feb 1897.
      (Note: The stated ages and birth dates of the parents are clearly incorrect, while those of the children are quite accurate. Basis for the discrepancy is not known.)
    Children 
    +1. Alva Allen DODD,   b. 12 Jun 1880, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1949, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    >2. Stonewall W. DODD,   b. 27 Oct 1883   d. 4 Mar 1970, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +3. Lummie Elizabeth DODD,   b. 24 Jun 1885   d. 11 Feb 1955, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    >4. Bertha May DODD,   b. Mar 1893   d. 18 Dec 1972 (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F13754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 38.
      Identified as Nathaniel Dodd, married, farmer, died Oct 27 1912 at O'Neil, age 68y 5m, cause of death acute nephronitis.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2298] Cemeteries of Coal District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    6. [S1604] Death record of son.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 35.
      Identified as Nathaniel Dodd, single, 30, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Alpheus & Mary; and Jeneva Cottrill, single, 16, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Joseph & Mary A. Married Feb 13 1877.