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Rachel WILSON

Rachel WILSON

Female 1834 - 1914  (79 years)

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  • Name Rachel WILSON 
    Born 13 Mar 1834  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Stumptown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Died 1914  Stumptown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Elihu-Stump Cemetery, off CR 23 SE of Stumptown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I30151  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2016 

    Father Benjamin L. WILSON,   b. 1808, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1880, Walton, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Martha KELLEY,   b. 6 Feb 1810, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F2226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martin Vanburen VANHORN,   b. 11 Apr 1836, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1918  (Age 82 years)  [4] 
    Married Apr 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Lavina Arbella VANHORN,   b. 8 Feb 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1923, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Benjamin Virgil VANHORN,   b. 23 Dec 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1881, Normantown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    +3. Wilford Timothy VANHORN,   b. 28 Jan 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1954, Stumptown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +4. James Cicero VANHORN,   b. 2 Mar 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1944, Belpre, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +5. William Edgar VANHORN,   b. 28 Aug 1865, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1946, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F11593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376.

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      There are two entries on file for this marriage. One entry identifies the groom as Vanburen Vanhorn, age 20, under guardianship of T. M. Vanhorn; and the bride as Rachel Wilson, age 22, dau of Benjamin L. Marriage date Apr 26 1856. The other entry identifies the participants as Vanburen Vanhorn, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Jane; and Rachael Wilson, 22, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of B. L. & Martha. Marriage date Apr 28 1856.