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Elizabeth BURGESS

Elizabeth BURGESS

Female 1810 - 1890  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth BURGESS 
    Born May 1810  Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age 80y 23d in death record calculates to a birth date of May 27 1810. But age 80y 22d on headstone puts it at May 28 1810.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of daughter Nancy and son-in-law Joseph Parks. In 1880, identified as Mary E. Fox.
    Died 19 Jun 1890  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I40961  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2018 

    Family George FOX,   b. 16 Jan 1806, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1860  (Age 54 years)  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 5 1850:
      George Fox, 44, b. Va, farmer; Elizabeth, 41, b. Va; Sarah, 18, b. Va; Nancy J, 16, b. Va; Henry W. (?), 9, b. Va; Mary E, 8; Mathias Fox, 80, b. Md; Sarah Burgess, 66, b. Md.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 8 1860:
      E. Fox (male [sic]), 50, farmer, value of real estate $1,200, value of personal estate $450, cannot read/write; M. Jane Fox, 25; M. E. Fox (female), 18; J. F. Jordan (male), 13; M. J. Jordan (female), 10; Mathias Fox, 85, cannot read/write; Marg (?) Fox, 76, cannot read/write. All born in Virginia.
      (NOTE: The two Jordan children are siblings John F. Jordan and Margaret Jane Jordan, children of Sampson & Nancy Jordan. Connection, if any, to this Fox family is not known.) [6]
    Children 
     1. Sarah M. FOX,   b. CA 1832,   d. 31 Aug 1853, Brushy Fork, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
    +2. Nancy Jane FOX,   b. 14 Sep 1834, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Henry W. FOX,   b. CA 1841
    +4. Mary Elizabeth FOX,   b. Apr 1842, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1921  (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F16398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

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