Doddridge County Roots

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Alexander Holton MCGILL

Alexander Holton MCGILL

Male 1847 - 1931  (84 years)

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  • Name Alexander Holton MCGILL 
    Born 10 Oct 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date on headstone is 1849. But his age was 4 in the 1850 Census, while the 1900 Census shows his birth date as Oct 1847 and his death record specifies Oct 10 1847.
    Gender Male 
    Military Co G, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [3
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 27 Nov 1931  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I41265  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2017 

    Father Adam MCGILL,   b. CA 1810 
    Mother Delilah SNIDER,   b. CA 1815 
    Family ID F11882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Jane MCDONALD,   b. Jan 1850,   d. 1933  (Age ~ 82 years)  [4, 5, 6
    Married CA 1869  [2
    Children 
     1. Lydia Ellen MCGILL,   b. 28 Apr 1881,   d. 28 Oct 1904  (Age 23 years)
     2. Waitman T. W. MCGILL,   b. Jan 1884
     3. Lois B. MCGILL,   b. Mar 1888
    +4. Rozenia MCGILL,   b. 26 Sep 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1978, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +5. Chloe L. MCGILL,   b. 7 May 1892, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1978  (Age 86 years)
    +6. Floyd Alexander MCGILL,   b. 1 Apr 1895, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1981, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F16556  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    41265_MCGILL_AlexanderH_1847-1931_DeathCertificate.jpg
    41265_MCGILL_AlexanderH_1847-1931_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

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

    4. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    5. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.