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Peter GAIN

Peter GAIN

Male 1850 - 1935  (84 years)


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  • Name Peter GAIN
    Birth 1 Nov 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [4] 
    farmer 
    Census 1880, 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    horse trader 
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    laborer at odd jobs 
    Census 1910, 1920  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    watchman for B. & O. Railroad 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Death 8 Jan 1935  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial WEST UNION  [1] 
    Person ID I48935  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2018

    Father Adam James GAIN,   b. 1814   d. 1884 (Age 70 years)
    Mother Susan FLEMING,   b. 1814   d. 22 Jan 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F18742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Leverna "Verna" THARP,   b. Dec 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
    Marriage 10 May 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Divorce Y  [9]
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      Peters Gain, 29, farmer; wife Laverna, 28; son William, 7; son Delaney, 5; dau Susan, 3; dau Lenora, 1.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated Jun 7 1900:
      Peter Gain, 49, b. Nov 1850, horse trader, married 27 yrs; wife Mary L, 49, b. Dec 1850, married 27 yrs, mother of 11 children (8 still living); son Harry L, 17, b. Jun 1882; dau Ida B, 12, b. Jun 1887; son James P, 9, b. Mar 1891; son Isaac L, 17, b. Apr 1883.

      Following this census, Peter and Mary were divorced. In October 1904, Peter remarried Ruth Allen Wright, widow of Marcus Wright. In April 1909, Mary remarried Thomas Bennett.
    Children 
    +1. William Lewis GAIN,   b. 9 Mar 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1923, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    >2. Adam Delaney "Lane" GAIN,   b. May 1875   d. 11 Feb 1966, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years)
     3. Susan GAIN,   b. CA 1877
     4. I. M. GAIN,   b. 14 May 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Lenora GAIN,   b. CA 1879
    +6. Mary Jane "Molly" GAIN,   b. 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1964, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     7. Harry L. GAIN,   b. Jun 1882
    +8. Isaac L. GAIN,   b. Apr 1883
     9. Ida B. GAIN,   b. Jun 1887
    +10. James Poe GAIN,   b. 12 Mar 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1961, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F20146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ruth Myrtle ALLEN,   b. 30 Apr 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1922, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Marriage 24 Oct 1905  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
      William J. Allen, 56, b. Jul 1843, widowed, farmer; dau Ruth Wright, 28, b. Apr 1872, widowed, mother of 5 children (all still living); grandson Virgil Allen, 5, b. Sep 1894; grandson Ai Wright, 7 months, b. Nov 1899.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 13 1910:
      Peter Gain, 59, laborer at odd jobs, married 5 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Ruth, 39, married 5 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 6 children (all still living); dau Nellie L, 1y 1m; stepson Benjamin H. Wright, 10.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 23 1920:
      Peter Gains, 69, watchman for B. & O. Railroad; wife Ruth, 48; dau Nellie, 9; son Ora B, 7; son Willis M, 5.
    Children 
     1. Nellie L. GAIN,   b. 3 Mar 1909, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ora B. GAIN,   b. CA 1912
     3. Willis M. GAIN,   b. CA 1914
    Family ID F51600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=716258&Type=Death.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S2094] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    6. [S2081] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794143&Type=Marriage.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 196.
      Identified as Peter Gain, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Adam & Susan Gain; and Mary L. Tharp, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Isaac & Sarah Tharp. Married May 10 1873. (Note: Sarah's mother was actually Rosetta; Sarah was her stepmother.)

    9. [S1588] Death record of wife.