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Martin Luther SUTTON

Martin Luther SUTTON

Male 1855 - 1919  (64 years)


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  • Name Martin Luther SUTTON
    Birth 9 Jan 1855  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Residence 1909  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 28 Aug 1919  [2, 6] 
    Burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I35972  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2024

    Father Hezekiah D. SUTTON,   b. 7 Oct 1830, New Milton, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1909 (Age 78 years)
    Mother Hannah Jane HUGHES,   b. 2 Jun 1831   d. 29 Jul 1910 (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F14249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary M. COX,   b. 12 Jan 1859, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1896 (Age 37 years)  [6]
    Marriage 29 Sep 1876  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Jennie Mary SUTTON,   b. 18 Sep 1875, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1962, Cleveland, Bradley Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +2. Waitman T. SUTTON,   b. 3 Jul 1877, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1947, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +3. Elzie Elbert SUTTON,   b. 3 Sep 1880, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1914 (Age 34 years)
    >4. Arlie E. SUTTON,   b. 31 Jul 1887   d. 11 Sep 1920 (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F19419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ellen JETT,   b. CA 1869, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9]
    Marriage 8 Nov 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Leona May SUTTON,   b. 18 Jan 1904, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1963, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Ruth SUTTON,   b. CA 1909
    Family ID F28532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 137.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S2192] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    5. [S643] Obituary of father.

    6. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 199.

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

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 34.
      Identified as Martin L. Sutton, single, 20, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of H. D. & Hannah; and Mary M. Cox, single, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of (blank) & Jane. Married Sep 29 1876 in Ritchie County.

    9. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    10. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 93.
      Identified as Martin L. Sutton, widower, 40, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Mary Jett, single, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Nov 8 1896 in Ritchie Co.