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Marcus L. "Mark" LIPSCOMB

Marcus L. "Mark" LIPSCOMB

Male 1853 - 1917  (64 years)

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  • Name Marcus L. "Mark" LIPSCOMB 
    Born 1853  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4] 
    Died 27 Nov 1917  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      Marcus Lipscomb, 24, farmer; wife Delila A, 21; son Virgel S, 3; dau Rebecca, 1; brother Foster, 18.
      The next enumerated household was that of Marcus & Foster's father James.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Mark Lipscomb, 47, b. Jun (Jan ?) 1853, farmer, married 26 yrs; wife Delilah, 44, b. Mar (May ?) 1856, married 26 yrs, mother of 11 children (10 still living); son Stillman, 19, b. Oct 1880, farm laborer; son Jacob L, 17, b. Oct 1882, farm laborer; son Livie, 13, b. Jan 1887, farm laborer; dau Ethel, 11, b. Sep 1888; dau Nettie, 6, b. Jan (Jun ?) 1894; son McKinley, 3, b. Sep 1896; son Hobert, 3, b. Sep 1896; son Edda, 1, b. Apr 1899.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Marcus Lipscomb, 56, farmer, married 9 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Annie, 25, married 9 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 5 children (all still living); son Edward, 16; son Ream, 16; son Hobart, 10; son Emory D, 9; son Theodore, 7; dau Rutha, 4; dau Olive, 3; dau Callie, 1.
    Person ID I33192  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2017 

    Father James F. LIPSCOMB,   b. Nov 1816, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Nancy E. REED,   b. CA 1829,   d. 20 May 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Family ID F12508  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Delila A. MILLER,   b. 10 Mar 1855, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1900  (Age 45 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      Marcus Lipscomb, 24, farmer; wife Delila A, 21; son Virgel S, 3; dau Rebecca, 1; brother Foster, 18.
      The next enumerated household was that of Marcus & Foster's father James.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Mark Lipscomb, 47, b. Jun (Jan ?) 1853, farmer, married 26 yrs; wife Delilah, 44, b. Mar (May ?) 1856, married 26 yrs, mother of 11 children (10 still living); son Stillman, 19, b. Oct 1880, farm laborer; son Jacob L, 17, b. Oct 1882, farm laborer; son Livie, 13, b. Jan 1887, farm laborer; dau Ethel, 11, b. Sep 1888; dau Nettie, 6, b. Jan (Jun ?) 1894; son McKinley, 3, b. Sep 1896; son Hobert, 3, b. Sep 1896; son Edda, 1, b. Apr 1899.
    Children 
    +1. Virgil Sisco LIPSCOMB,   b. 8 Oct 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1944, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +2. Rebecca LIPSCOMB,   b. 22 Dec 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
    +3. Stillman Claude LIPSCOMB,   b. 7 Oct 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1960, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Jacob Lewis LIPSCOMB,   b. 8 Oct 1882, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979  (Age 96 years)
    +5. Livy Curtis LIPSCOMB,   b. 29 Jan 1888, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1965, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Ethel LIPSCOMB,   b. 19 Sep 1890, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1970  (Age 79 years)
    +7. Nettie LIPSCOMB,   b. 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938  (Age 44 years)
     8. Ream McKinley LIPSCOMB,   b. 16 Sep 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1985  (Age 88 years)
    +9. Hobert LIPSCOMB,   b. 16 Sep 1896, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1994  (Age 97 years)
     10. Edward LIPSCOMB,   b. 15 Apr 1899, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1972, Philippi, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F12941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann "Annie" NUTTER,   b. Dec 1881, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 Feb 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Marcus Lipscomb, 56, farmer, married 9 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Annie, 25, married 9 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 5 children (all still living); son Edward, 16; son Ream, 16; son Hobart, 10; son Emory D, 9; son Theodore, 7; dau Rutha, 4; dau Olive, 3; dau Callie, 1.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 12 1920:
      Head of household (corrected from "Supt. Inf.") William S. Cowman, 48, occupation farmer at infirmary; wife Rebecca A, 46; dau Gertie, 22; son Lg, 15, occupation farmer at county farm; inmate Mary V. Terrel, 68, single; inmate Anna M. Lipscomb, 33, widowed; inmate Buster Lipscomb, 8; inmate Jessie Lipscomb (male), 5; inmate Grant Lipscomb, 2y 9m; inmate Dollie Lipscomb, 10; inmate Carl B. Knight, 19, occupation farmer at county farm.
      (NOTE: Although not labeled as such, it appears that this is an enumeration of the County Poor Farm, which was located on old Route 50 at Sunnyside, and which was later replaced by the Britton Rest Home and the Britton Gospel Mission Church.)
    Children 
     1. Hasby Theodore LIPSCOMB,   b. 29 Oct 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rutha LIPSCOMB,   b. CA 1906
    +3. Olive Mable LIPSCOMB,   b. 29 Nov 1907, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 2001, Oberlin, Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     4. Callie (Dollie) LIPSCOMB,   b. 13 Aug 1908, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Buster LIPSCOMB,   b. 24 Oct 1912, Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Jesse LeRoy LIPSCOMB,   b. 26 Apr 1915, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Grant LIPSCOMB,   b. 21 Aug 1918, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1982  (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F40139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2020] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S2079] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 299 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793513&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as M. L. Lipscomb, 45, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Annie Whitehair, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 13 1901 "at Arza Freeman's residence." Informants for marriage license: M. L. Lipscomb & S. Stutler.