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Rebecca Ann GRAY

Rebecca Ann GRAY

Female 1853 - 1944  (90 years)

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  • Name Rebecca Ann GRAY 
    Born 1 Oct 1853  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1924  Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 31 Jan 1944  Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried K of P Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I29916  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 May 2021 

    Father Joseph J. GRAY,   b. 5 Mar 1827,   d. 3 Feb 1901  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann ADAMS,   b. 28 Oct 1831,   d. 22 Dec 1901  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F5621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Melvin D. REED,   b. CA 1851, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F11470  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas WATSON,   b. 11 Oct 1859,   d. 3 Sep 1908  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 13 Sep 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880:
      Thomas Watson, 20, farm worker; wife Rebecca A. Watson, 25; boarder Wm. B. Maxwell, 29, single, farmer; cousin Rachael M. Lippscomb, 20, occupation domestic, marital status blank. [5]
    Family ID F18749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 220 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792409&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas Watson, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Sarah C.; and Rebecca A. Reed, widowed, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph & Sarah A. Gray. Married Sep 13 1877 in Doddridge County. (Note: Thomas Watson's age 21 given at time of this marriage would put his birth in about 1856, but age one at time of 1860 Census shows his birth to have been in about 1859.)

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