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Anna PRITCHARD

Anna PRITCHARD

Female 1828 - 1871  (43 years)


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  • Name Anna PRITCHARD
    Birth 26 Feb 1828  [1] 
    • "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 287-A, reports birth date as Feb 26 1828, death date Aug 8 1871. But "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993," p. 660, reports headstone reading of same death date, age 44y 5m 12d, which calculates to a birth date of Feb 27 1827. Less credibly, "Tichenor Families in America," p. 150, reports dates as Feb 26 1830 - Nov 21 1872.
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 8 Aug 1871  [1, 2] 
    Burial White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I34193  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 locationd. 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 locationd. 9 Dec 1869 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F8428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bushrod Washington LAWSON,   b. 19 Apr 1829, Warren Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1914, Grant Town, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [4]
    Marriage 1 Dec 1853  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Eliza Ann LAWSON,   b. 7 Nov 1859, White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1936, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +2. Flora Odell LAWSON,   b. 9 Nov 1861, White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1932, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    >3. Nancy Ellen "Nannie" LAWSON,   b. 3 Mar 1864, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1938, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F13425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

    4. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349.

    5. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A.
      While the marriage date is reported here as Dec 1 1853, Wes Cochran's "Ritchie County Marriages" shows it as Oct 11 1853, as does "Tichenor Families in America," p. 150. Minnie Kendall Lowther goes so far as to identify the presiding minister, the Reverend George Collins. Examination of the original handwritten entry in the ledger-style marriage record book reveals that the date really could be interpreted either way. But since Minnie Kendall Lowther obviously consulted the original record herself (the only way she would know the minister's name) and she would have been familiar with the handwriting style, we accept her interpretation.