Doddridge County Roots


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Jane WATSON

Jane WATSON

Female 1828 - 1891  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name Jane WATSON
    Birth CA 1828  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 20 Jul 1891  Limestone Hill, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Burial Limestone Cemetery, Rockport, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I23039  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2011

    Father Jacob WATSON,   b. CA 1787, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Aug 1860 (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Sarah PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1797, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lewis H. RUSH,   b. CA 1820, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jul 1891 (Age ~ 71 years)
    Marriage 19 Mar 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F8608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S2191] 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA.

    3. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237.

    4. [S1849] Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV, DR p. 68.
      Identified as Jane Rush, widowed, age 68, died Jul 20 1891 at Limestone Hill, W. Va. Buried at Limestone Hill.

    5. [S1849] Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    6. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
      Identified as Lewis H. Rush, widowed, 42, b. Augusta Co VA, res. Barbour Co, son of John & Mary; and Jane Watson, 37, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Jacob & Sarah. Married Mar 19 1862. (Note: Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 237, refers to Jane, the daughter of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard, as Mrs. Jane Rowe. Basis for discrepancy is unclear.)