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Alcinda BLAND

Alcinda BLAND

Female 1847 - 1882  (34 years)

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  • Name Alcinda BLAND 
    Born 19 Dec 1847  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Oct 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • Death date on headstone is Oct 3 1882, but death record shows it as Oct 2 1882. Name appears as "Alcinda" in census and marriage record and on headstone, but identified as "Lucinda" in daughter's death record.
    Buried Blandville Cemetery, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I28441  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2016 

    Father Richard J. BLAND,   b. 9 Mar 1824, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1896, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane STARKEY,   b. 6 Oct 1828, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1891, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F11927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edgar DAVISSON,   b. 4 Sep 1831, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1916, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married Dec 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Marriage date of Dec 12 1865 given in FTM West Virginia Marriage Index, but Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County West Virginia Marriages" reports date as Dec 21 1865.
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge County WV (Southwest District):
      Edgar Davisson, 38, farmer; Alcinda, 22; Willie, 3.

      1880 Census, Doddridge County WV (West Union District):
      Edgar Davisson, 48, farmer; wife Alcinda, 33; son William, 13; dau Harriet, 8. [6]
    Children 
    +1. William H. "Willie" DAVISSON,   b. 3 Jun 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1932, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +2. Harriett Jane "Hattie" DAVISSON,   b. 10 Mar 1871,   d. 14 Feb 1939, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F10780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html), p. 43.

    3. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Edgar Davisson, widowed, age 30, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Julius & Nancy; and Alcinda Bland, age 18, of Doddridge Co, dau of Richard Jr. & Elizabeth. Married Dec 21 1865.

    5. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).

    6. [S1590] Death record of daughter.