Doddridge County Roots


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James A. GREATHOUSE

James A. GREATHOUSE

Male 1845 - 1925  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name James A. GREATHOUSE
    Birth Sep 1845  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 13 Apr 1925  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Harrison County Poor Farm Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I44297  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2017

    Father Moses A. GREATHOUSE,   b. 5 May 1811, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1892, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Lucretia PECK,   b. CA 1810, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Apr 1892 (Age ~ 82 years)
    Family ID F34364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan E. DICKS,   b. CA 1852, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1900 (Age ~ 47 years)
    Marriage 22 Apr 1869  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp):
      Jas. A. Gratehouse, 25, farmer; Susan E, 18.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      James A. Greatehouse, 34, farmer, medical condition broken arm; wife Susan E, 28; dau Lilla I, 8; son Clarence, 6; son Oka, 4; dau Mary M, 2.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900:
      James Greathouse, 55, b. Sep 1845, farmer, widowed; dau Della J, 16, b. Sep 1883; son Wilbert O, b. Aug 1885.

      In the 1910 Census of Cove District, James Greathouse was listed as the only other occupant in the household of his widowed sister Comfort J. Barnett, 77.
      In 1920, he was in the census of Harrison County in the household of his son Orda (George).
    Children 
    +1. Lilly GREATHOUSE,   b. 1 Nov 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1935, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2. Clarence L. GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1874, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1929, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
     3. Oka GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1876
     4. Mary M. GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1878
     5. Della J. GREATHOUSE,   b. Sep 1883
    +6. George Orda GREATHOUSE,   b. 31 Aug 1885, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1957, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F17915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

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

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 160 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791815&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James A. Greathouse, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Moses A. & Lucetia Greathouse; and Susan E. Dicks, 17, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph M. & Mary Dicks. Married Apr 22 1869 in Doddridge County.