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Alpheus Edward HOULT

Alpheus Edward HOULT

Male 1832 -


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  • Name Alpheus Edward HOULT  [1]
    Birth CA 1832  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I34200  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2020

    Father Joseph HOULT,   b. CA 1807, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    Mother Delila ___,   b. CA 1809, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F16453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emily Amelia RICHARDS,   b. 7 Mar 1835, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    Marriage 28 Dec 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      E. Holt (male), 31; Emily, 26; M. C. (female), 4; Arabella, 1.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 2 1880:
      Alpheus E. Holt, 48, farmer; wife Nancy, 57; dau Ella, 16; father Joseph, 72, medical condition rheumatism; mother Delila, 70, medical condition affliction of heart. All born in West Virginia except Delila, born in Pennsylvania.
      The next enumerated household was that of Alpheus's brother William::
      William E. Holt, 39, farmer; wife Mary I, 34; son Charlie, 7; dau May, 6; dau Annie G, 3.
    Children 
    >1. Mary Catharine HOULT,   b. 29 Oct 1856, Middle Island, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Arabella HOULT,   b. CA 1860
    Family ID F11249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nancy PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1824, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1903, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)  [4, 5]
    Marriage 1 Aug 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Count of Children 0   [5] 
    Family ID F13427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 112 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790628&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Alpheus E. Holt, 23, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Delila Holt; and Emily Richards, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Thomas & Mary Richards. Married Dec 28 1854 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Placement of this entry in the marriage records ledger leaves open the interpretation that the marriage date was Dec 28 1855, rather than 1854. But 1854 is correct. The license for this marriage was issued the day before, on Dec 27 1854: www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789485&Type=Marriage )

    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.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Alpheus E. Hoult, widowed, 40, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Nancy Pritchard, 48, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Peter & Elizabeth. Married Aug 1 1872.