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Mortimer IRELAND

Mortimer IRELAND

Male 1835 - 1913  (77 years)


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  • Name Mortimer IRELAND
    Birth 8 Aug 1835  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 232, reports birth date as Aug 8 1834, and 1900 shows it as Aug 1834. But obituary states Aug 8 1835, and "Ritchie County Cemeteries" reports headstone date as 1835. Birthplace given in obituary as "the old Ireland homestead at the mouth of the Middle Fork of Hughes River in Ritchie County."
    Gender Male
    Occupation Methodist Protestant minister (40 yrs)  [1, 3] 
    Residence Worthington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 11 Jul 1913  Worthington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Burial Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7] 
    Person ID I46489  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2014

    Father Thomas IRELAND,   b. 10 Apr 1798, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1869, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Mother Catherine LOWTHER,   b. 25 Jan 1798, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1873 (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F10901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jerusha Melvina PATTON,   b. 16 Jun 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1913, Worthington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 11 Oct 1859  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge County WV, Cove District:
      Mortimer Ireland, 65, b. Aug 1834 in WV, both parents born in WV; wife Gerusha M., 59, b. Jun 1840 in WV, both parents born in Ohio, mother of 9 children, of whom 4 still living; married 41 years. [5]
    Children 
     1. (Infant) IRELAND,   b. 1860   d. 2 Oct 1860 (Age 0 years)
     2. Bruce P. IRELAND,   b. CA 1862
     3. Ida B. IRELAND,   b. CA 1864
    >4. Sarah C. IRELAND,   b. CA 1867
     5. Walter A. IRELAND,   b. CA 1872
     6. Amherst D. IRELAND,   b. CA 1875
    >7. Mary Alice IRELAND,   b. CA 1877, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 232.

    4. [S2277] Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV.

    5. [S2045] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District).

    6. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

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

    8. [S2277] Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV, MR p. 11 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11625197&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Mortimer Ireland, 24, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Thomas & Catharine; and Jerusha M. Patton, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Barbour Co, dau of John & Sarah. Married Oct 11 1859 in Barbour County. (Note: Husband's obituary states marriage date as Nov 11 1859, but although the handwritten record is faint and subject to interpretation, it does not appear to be November. Rather than Lewis County, husband's birthplace is stated in his obituary as "the old Ireland homestead at the mouth of the Middle Fork of Hughes River in Ritchie County.")