John METHENY

1837 - 1913  (75 years)

• Name	John METHENY
  Born	23 Nov 1837	Preston Co, (W)VA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Pvt, Co B & I, 3rd W.Va. Infantry, Civil War  [4, 5]
  Census	1850	Preston Co, (W)VA
  Census	1860	Harrison Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880	New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1900	Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [3, 6, 7]
  Died	19 Nov 1913	Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 2, 8, 9]
  Buried	Metheny Family Cemetery, Long Run, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I47122	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	8 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Elijah C. METHENY,   b. 16 Jul 1818,   bur. Sugar Valley Cemetery, Bruceton Mills, Preston Co, WV
  Mother	Christena DEWITT,   b. 7 Oct 1820,   d. 12 Mar 1902  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F51772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mahala WOLF,   b. 9 Apr 1834, Preston Co, (W)VA ,   d. 28 Jan 1916  (Age 81 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1855  [8]
  Notes	1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumeration date not given: John Matheny, 23, laborer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $20; Mahala, 24; Martin V. B, 6; George W, 4; Virginia, 1. All born in Virginia. 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 15 1870: John Metheny, 32, farmer, value of real estate $15, value of personal estate $150; Mahala, 34, cannot read/write; Martin V, 15; Geo. W, 12; Virginia, 11; Nancy I, 6; Alice E, 4 months. All born in Virginia/West Virginia. 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880: John Matheney, 43, farmer; wife Mahala, 45, cannot read/write; dau Nancy I, 12; dau Alice, 10; dau Carry, 6; dau Mahala, 4; dau Catharine, 4. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900: John Methena, 62, b. Nov 1837, farmer, married 44 yrs; wife Mahala, 66, b. Apr 1834, cannot read/write, married 44 yrs, mother of 8 children (6 still living); adopted dau Mary B. Lefever, 16, b. Nov 1883; adopted son Herman Davis, 12, b. Nov 1887. [10, 11]
  Children	1. Martin VanBuren METHENY,   b. 17 Apr 1855, Preston Co, (W)VA ,   d. 7 Nov 1883  (Age 28 years)   2. George William METHENY,   b. 16 Mar 1856, Preston Co, (W)VA   3. Virginia METHENY,   b. 6 Aug 1859, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 22 May 1874, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 14 years) + 4. Nancy Isabel MATHENY,   b. 9 Jul 1866, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 23 Apr 1957, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 90 years)   5. Alice Evaline METHENY,   b. 1870,   d. 8 Jan 1942, Willoughby, Lake Co, OH  (Age 72 years) + 6. Carrie MATHENY,   b. 13 Jun 1872, Harrison Co, WV ,   d. 4 Dec 1965, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 93 years) + 7. Mahala MATHENY,   b. 23 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 24 Jul 1938, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 63 years)   8. Mary Catherine METHENY,   b. 23 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 24 Dec 1942, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F19259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S5] Headstone. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration). [S140] U.S. Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, fold3.com, NARA). [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). [S692] Obituary of wife. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045627&Type=Death. [S1590] Death record of daughter. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.