Gustavus S. BRITTON

1818 - 1904  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Gustavus S. BRITTON
  Birth	Aug 1818	Monongalia Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  [3]
  Census	1850, 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1880	Ravenswood District, Jackson Co, WV
  Census	1900	Reedy District, Wirt Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [4]
  Death	19 Mar 1904  [2]
  Burial	Sims Cemetery, Wirt Co, WV   [5]
  Person ID	I2468	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Wilson BRITTON,   b. 1765, Winchester, VA d. Aug 1851, Monongalia Co, (W)VA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Jane WADE,   b. CA 1787   d. Bef Sep 1849 (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F1063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Prudence WADE   d. 1852  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Minerva BRITTON,   b. CA 1841, Monongalia Co, (W)VA d. Bef Apr 1910 (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F4181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	___ WRIGHT  [6, 7]
  Children	1. Elvian BRITTON,   b. CA 1846
  Family ID	F4182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth MUSGRAVE,   b. Nov 1826   d. 1909 (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar 1847  [2]
  Notes	1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia): Gustavis Britton, 31, farmer; Elizabeth, 22; Minerva, 9; Elvian, 4; Jarret, 3; John, 2. All born in Virginia. 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia): Gustavious Britton, 41, farmer; E (female), 32; M (female), 20; C A (female), 15: Jarret, 14; John, 12; E J (female), 11; Albert, 5; B S (male), 3. All born in Virginia. No entry was found for this family in the 1870 Census. 1880 Census, Jackson Co, WV (Ravenswood District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880: G. S. Britten, 63, b. Pa, farmer; wife Elizabeth, 53, b. (W)Va; son Stewart, 21; son Joseph W, 11; son James M, 7. 1900 Census, Wirt Co, WV (Reedy District), enumerated on Jun 28 1900: Gustavus Britton, 81, b. Aug 1818 in (W)Va, married 52 yrs; wife Elizabeth, 73, b. Nov 1826, mother of 8 children (6 still living); son James, 25, b. Jun 1874, farmer.
  Children	+ 1. Jarrett BRITTON,   b. Nov 1846, Virginia d. 1911 (Age ~ 64 years)   2. John Wade BRITTON,   b. CA 1848, Virginia + 3. Eliza Jane BRITTON,   b. Jun 1850   d. 17 Jul 1905, Wirt Co, WV (Age ~ 55 years)   4. David W. BRITTON,   b. Aug 1852   d. Apr 1853, Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA (Age ~ 0 years)   5. Albert Leonard BRITTON,   b. CA 1855 + 6. Benjamin Stewart BRITTON,   b. Jun 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA + 7. Joseph Wesley BRITTON,   b. 12 Jul 1869, Doddridge Co, WV d. 8 May 1950, Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV (Age 80 years) + 8. James Morgan BRITTON,   b. Jun 1874   d. 9 Nov 1957, Reedy, Roane Co, WV (Age ~ 83 years)
  Family ID	F3492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		2468_BRITTON_GustavusS_1818-1904_MilitaryMarker_SimsCem_WirtCoWV.jpg
  		2468_BRITTON_AugustusS_ElizabethMusgrave_SimsCem_WirtCoWV.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S2198] 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV. [S471] Marilyn Britton Gump, Waterford, OH 45786. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com). [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. [S934] Findagrave.com. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)). [S2654] Franklin Marion Brand, The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia, (1927), p. 387.