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Thomas Willis PRITCHARD

Thomas Willis PRITCHARD

Male 1825 - 1885  (59 years)

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  • Name Thomas Willis PRITCHARD  [1] 
    Born 15 Oct 1825  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • But age on headstone would put birth date at Nov 15 1825.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1855  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Died 30 Jun 1885  [3, 5] 
    Buried White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I34192  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2016 

    Father Peter PRITCHARD,   b. 1 Oct 1798, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1883, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth WILLIS,   b. 30 Dec 1798, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1869  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F8428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amanda Virginia LAWSON,   b. 31 Mar 1838, Warren Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1879  (Age 40 years)  [1] 
    Married 20 Dec 1855  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:
      Thos. W. Pritchard, 44, farmer, value of real estate $2000, value of personal estate $400; Givina A, 31; Millard F, 14; Giles W, 7; Pantly J, 5; Ira S, 3; Sarah E, 10.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      Thomas Pritchard, 53, farmer; son Giles, 18, farm worker; son F. Judson, 16, farm worker; son Ira S, 13, farm worker; son Bushrod, 9; son Thomas W, 7; son Francis, 4. [7]
    Children 
    +1. Millard Fillmore PRITCHARD,   b. 22 Sep 1857, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1927, East View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +2. Sarah Eliza (Lydia) PRITCHARD,   b. Mar 1859,   d. 7 Nov 1922, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     3. Giles William PRITCHARD,   b. 21 Jun 1861,   d. 30 Oct 1912  (Age 51 years)
     4. Judson Fantley PRITCHARD,   b. 17 Jan 1864, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1946, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. Ira Sanford PRITCHARD,   b. 17 Sep 1866, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1960  (Age 93 years)
    +6. Francis Ezra PRITCHARD,   b. 11 Sep 1870,   d. 16 Jan 1950, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. Bushrod Washington PRITCHARD,   b. 22 Jul 1873,   d. 17 Mar 1956  (Age 82 years)
    +8. Walter Icen PRITCHARD,   b. 22 Apr 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1953, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F13430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1604] Death record of son.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A.

    4. [S1572] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

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