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John Lafayette HURST

John Lafayette HURST

Male 1831 - 1897  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name John Lafayette HURST
    Birth CA 1831  Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Willey District, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1897  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Twp), enumerated on Aug 25 1870:
      John L. Hurst, 39, farmer; William, 15; Elisabeth, 14; Adam H, 12; Andrew, 10; Mary E, 9; Jackson, 8; Luhama (sic), 5.

      1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      John L. Hurst, 49, farmer; wife Mary, 48; son Addam, 22; son Andrew, 20; dau Mary E, 18; son Jackson L, 16; dau Ruhama C, 14.
    Person ID I28766  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2017

    Father Daniel HURST,   b. 1797, Westmoreland Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1872, Finks Creek, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Eleanor "Ellen" DAVISSON,   b. CA 1793, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F53021  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca OSBORNE,   b. CA 1835, Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1869, Finks Creek, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years)  [3, 5, 6]
    Marriage 6 Dec 1852  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. William S. HURST,   b. 20 Sep 1854, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1925, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Elisabeth HURST,   b. CA 1856
    +3. Margaret Elizabeth HURST,   b. 24 Mar 1856, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1933, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +4. Adam Heckert HURST,   b. Oct 1858, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1933, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years)
    +5. Andrew HURST,   b. 1859, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1938, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     6. Mary Ellen HURST,   b. 10 Jan 1861, Vadis, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1957, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     7. Jackson L. HURST,   b. CA 1862
     8. Ruhama C. HURST,   b. 8 May 1866, Vadis, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1944, Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F10945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary BURTON,   b. Feb 1837
    Marriage 1 Dec 1870  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Family ID F22940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    2. [S187] 1870 Census, Lewis County, WV (Willey Township).

    3. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 54, Line 50 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050383&Type=Death.
      Identified as John L. Hurst, age 65y 4m, son of D. & Ella Hurst, farmer, husband of Mary Hurst, cause of death heart failure. Informant: Mary Hurst, daughter.
      (NOTE: The date and place of death are blank in the handwritten ledger book. The entry is among others that would place it in the year 1897.)

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    6. [S1604] Death record of son.

    7. [S1784] Lewis County WV Marriages 1817-1880, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

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