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Melissa GREATHOUSE

Melissa GREATHOUSE

Female 1849 - Bef 1900  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name Melissa GREATHOUSE
    Birth CA 1849  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef Jun 1900  [3] 
    Person ID I51967  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2020

    Father Augustine W. GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1814, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    Mother Margaret WILLIS,   b. 4 Nov 1815, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F8430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Wesley JONES,   b. Jun 1844  [4]
    Marriage 24 Feb 1870  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jul 22 1870:
      William W. Jones, 26, b. (W)Va, farmer; Mallissie Jones, 21, b. (W)Va; Elizabeth Jones, 67, b. Pennsylvania; Jesse Burline, 11, b. (W)Va.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      William W. Jones, 35, farmer; wife Malissa, 31; dau Amie (or Annie), 11; son Creed C, 9; son Heman, 6; dau Lilly, 4; son Ardman, 2; dau Baby, 6 months, b. Nov 1879; nephew Berlin, 21.
      (Note: Burline Jones, 22, and Lucy Montgomery, 16, b. Rockbridge Co VA, were married in Ritchie Co on Mar 1 1882.)

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 7 1900:
      William W. Jones, 55, b. Jun 1844, farmer, widowed; dau Ada R, 17, b. Feb 1883; son William A. Jones, 15, b. Dec 1884; dau Lilla B. Wilson, 24, b. May 1876, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living); son-in-law Adam Wilson, 30, b. May 1870, married 3 yrs; grandson William D. Wilson, 1, b. Aug 1898.
    Children 
     1. Amie (or Annie) JONES,   b. CA 1869
    >2. Creed C. JONES,   b. 16 Oct 1870, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1901, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    +3. Henion Luvace JONES,   b. 14 Apr 1874, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Lillie Blanche JONES,   b. May 1876   d. Apr 1941, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
     5. Ardman "Ard" JONES,   b. CA 1878   d. 31 Mar 1901, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years)
     6. ___ JONES,   b. Nov 1879
    >7. Ada A. JONES,   b. 27 Feb 1883, Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1950, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     8. William A. JONES,   b. Dec 1884
    Documents
    53415_JONES_WilliamW_1870Census_RitchieCoWV_ClayDist_22Jul1870.jpg    		53415_JONES_WilliamW_1870Census_RitchieCoWV_ClayDist_22Jul1870.jpg
    53415_JONES_WilliamW_1880Census_RitchieCoWV_ClayDist_5Jun1880.jpg    		53415_JONES_WilliamW_1880Census_RitchieCoWV_ClayDist_5Jun1880.jpg
    Family ID F22051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2140] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as William W. Jones, 25, of Ritchie Co, son of James & Elizabeth; and Melissa M. Greathouse, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Augustine & Margaret. Married Feb 24 1870.