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John Moody PRITCHARD

John Moody PRITCHARD

Male 1814 - 1862  (48 years)


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  • Name John Moody PRITCHARD
    Birth 1814  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1840  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miller, farmer  [3, 4] 
    Death 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Cause: drowned in pond at his own mill at the M H Davis farm 
    Burial (UNMARKED)  Pritchard Cemetery (Co Rd 22, east of Berea), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I34214  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2015

    Father Thomas PRITCHARD, Jr.,   b. 9 Jan 1768, Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1846, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Mary MOODY,   b. 1785, Cumberland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F5628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah HADDOX,   b. 1821  [5]
    Marriage Bond 31 Dec 1838  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Marriage 1839  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9] 
    Notes 
    • "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 40, lists as children of John Moody Pritchard and Sarah Haddox the same first eight that we show here, with the exception that a son Jasper is listed rather than James. James is documented through his marriage record as a child of this couple; since Jasper and James are shown as being of the same age, it would appear that James was also known as Jasper. There is no reference at all to a daugher Isabel, who is found in the 1860 Census and is identified in her marriage record as a daughter of John M. & Sarah Pritchard.

      1850 Census, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 6 1850:
      Jno M. Pritchard, 36, farmer, value of real estate $800; Sarah, 29; Philip, 10; Jason, 9; Jasper, 7; Mary J, 6; Eliz, 3; Jackson, 1.

      1860 Census, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 16 1860:
      John M. Pritchard, 46, occupation miller; Sarah, 44; Philip, 21; Jason, 19; Jasper, 18; Mary J. 16; Eliza A., 13; Jackson, 12; Henry, 8; Isabel, 4; William, 2.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 20 1870:
      P. H. Pritchard, 30, farmer, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate 150; Mary J, 18; Sarah, 48, unable to read or write.
    Children 
    >1. Philip H. PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1840, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1911 (Age ~ 70 years)
     2. Jason PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1841   d. Bef 1911 (Age ~ 69 years)
    >3. James N. "Jasper" PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1843
    +4. Mary Jane PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1890 (Age ~ 45 years)
    >5. Eliza A. PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1847
     6. Jackson PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1848   d. Bef 1911 (Age ~ 62 years)
    >7. Henry O. PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Thomas B. PRITCHARD
    +9. Isabel PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1856
    Family ID F13433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 40.

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

    3. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    4. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    5. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 421.

    6. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 39.

    7. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995), p. 631.
      This Pritchard Cemetery is described as follows:
      "Incomplete. East of Berea 2 miles below south of White Oak. Exact location unknown. WPA directions say 200 feet north of County Rt. 22, 3.5 miles east of Berea Post Office."
      Thomas Moody Pritchard's burial is the only one listed, with his grave noted as being unmarked.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 6, p. 73 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=257719&Type=Marriage.

    9. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).