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Mary Ellen FLOYD

Mary Ellen FLOYD

Female 1866 - 1939  (72 years)


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  • Name Mary Ellen FLOYD
    Birth 1 Nov 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 26 in 1897 marriage record would put birth in about 1871. Birthplace given in her 1883 marriage record as Barbour County, in her 1887 marriage record as Marion County, in her 1897 marriager record as Taylor County, and in her death record as Harrison County.
    Gender Female
    Residence 1897  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cannot read/write.
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 31 Jul 1939  Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: chronic myocarditis 
    Burial Cascara Cemetery, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I50970  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2025

    Father William R. FLOYD,   b. CA 1830
    Mother Martha HERDMAN
    Family ID F28817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gideon M. FLINT,   b. May 1859, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1886 (Age ~ 27 years)
    Marriage 6 Sep 1883  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Corley Emerson "Carl" FLINT,   b. 27 Jul 1884, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1959, Santa Anna, Coleman Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F62421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Francis M. "Frank" DAVIS,   b. 13 Mar 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1914, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [5]
    Marriage 22 Mar 1887  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    >1. George Cullie DAVIS,   b. 27 Feb 1888, Long Run (Industrial), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    >2. Brice Madeline DAVIS,   b. 3 Oct 1891   d. 16 Dec 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >3. Cecil Arthur DAVIS,   b. 1 Sep 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1929, Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F62424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Delbert Lewis DAWSON,   b. Apr 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1939, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
    Marriage 26 Dec 1897  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on June 1, 1900 on Railroad Street:
      Delbert L. Dawson, 30, b. Apr 1870, laborer trackman, can read/write, married 2 yrs; wife Mary E, 33, b. Nov 1866, cannot read/write, married 2 yrs, no children.

      1910 Census, Harrison County, WV (Town of Salem), enumerated on April 18, 1910 on Walnut Street:
      Delbert L. Dawson, 41, laborer at odd jobs, can read/write, married 13 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Mary E, 43, can read/write, married 13 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 8 children (6 still living); dau Blanch B, 4.

      1920 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on January 21, 1920 in the Town of Salem:
      Delbert Dawson, 49, glass worker, can read/write; wife Mary, 54, can read/write; dau Blanche, 15, attended school, can read/write.

      1930 Census, Harrison County, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on April 17, 1930 at 84 Oak Street:
      D. L. Dawson, 60, coal miner, owns home, value of home $700, can read/write, age 28 at time of first marriage; wife Mary E, 63, can read/write, age 16 at first marriage.
    Children 
    +1. Blanche Virginia DAWSON,   b. 19 Dec 1904, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1980 (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F8102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1983472&frame=02818.

    2. [S2019] 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    3. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=818669&frame=00432.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, p. 163, Line 99 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=847276&frame=00174.
      Identified as Gideon M. Flint, single, farmer, 24, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of James R. & Louisa Flint; and Mary Floyd, single, 17, b. Barbour Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of William R. & Martha Floyd. Married Sep 6, 1883 in Harrison County, "father for lady," officiated by W. E. Boggs.

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=838210&frame=00520.
      Identified as Frank Davis, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Mary Flint, 20, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married March 22, 1887 at the minister's residence in Harrison County, officiated by Daniel S. Benedum, a Minister of the Gospel, Salem. Informants for marriage license: Frank Davis and Lee Floyd.
      Note: Lee Floyd was the bride's brother.

    7. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, p. 154, Line 125 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=818669&frame=00432.
      Identified as Delbert L. Dawson, 27, b. & res. in Taylor Co; and Mary E. Floyd, 26, b. & res. in Taylor Co. Married Dec 26, 1897 in Taylor County, officiated by George R. Brown.