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Victoria WISEMAN

Victoria WISEMAN

Female 1857 - 1916  (58 years)

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  • Name Victoria WISEMAN 
    Born 17 Sep 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but obituary states Ritchie County.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 19 Apr 1916  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    • "Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993" incorrectly reports death date as 1914.
    Buried White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I38486  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2021 

    Father Samuel WISEMAN,   b. CA 1835,   d. Bef Mar 1876  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Mother Nancy LEESON,   b. 7 May 1833, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1913, Oconto, Custer Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F16667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob PRUNTY,   b. 10 Feb 1844, Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1917, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 12 Apr 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      Jacob Prunty, 35, farmer; wife Victoria, 22; dau Emily E, 2.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Uniton District), enumerated on Jun 8-11 1900:
      Jacob Prunty, 56, b. Feb 1844, farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Victoria, 42, b. Sep 1857, married 23 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Emma L, 22, b. Jan 1878, single; dau Ella D, 13, b. Oct 1886; dau Wanda J, 8, b. Aug 1891; son Jacob W, 5, b. Oct 1894; mother Emily, 79, b. Oct 1820, widowed, mother of 1 child [sic] (still living).
      NOTE: Jacob's mother Emily Greathouse Prunty was actually the mother of at least 11 children, 7 of whom were still living at the time of this census.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910 on Hughes River Road:
      Jacob Prunty, 33, farmer, married 33 yrs (1st marriage); wife Victoria, 52, married 33 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Wanda, 18, single, school teacher; son Walcy, 15; dau Emily Summers, 32, married (2nd marriage, duration not entered), no children, nurse for private family. [8]
    Children 
     1. Emily E. "Emma" PRUNTY,   b. 12 Jan 1878, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1964, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +2. Denna Ella PRUNTY,   b. 9 Oct 1886,   d. 2 Nov 1958  (Age 72 years)
     3. Wanda Genevieve PRUNTY,   b. 11 Aug 1891, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1984  (Age 92 years)
     4. Jacob Waldsee PRUNTY,   b. Oct 1894,   d. 1957  (Age ~ 62 years)
    Family ID F15353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    5. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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

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