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Solomon SOMMERVILLE

Solomon SOMMERVILLE

Male 1827 - 1872  (44 years)

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  • Name Solomon SOMMERVILLE 
    Born 19 Dec 1827  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3] 
    Died 1872  [2] 
    Buried Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County WV" reports two graves for this Solomon Sommerville:
      (1) Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Solomon Sommerville, d. Nov 28 1872, age 44y 11m 9d (computes to birth date of Dec 19 1827).
      (2) Old Bethel Cemetery, Solomon Sommerville, b. May 22 1823, d. Apr 28 1872, age 48y 11m 6d, son of James Sommerville II.
      Age 43 given at time of 1863 marriage would put birth in about 1820, but ages given in 1850 and 1860 Censuses would but it in about 1824/25. No death record has been found.
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 30 1850:
      Solomon Sommerville, 26, farmer; Rebecca, 23; Sarah, 3; James, 2.

      1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Solomon Sommerville, 35; Prudence, 29; Sarah E, 13; James W, 12; Jonathan M, 10; Enoch, 7; John T, 6; Wilson E W P, 2.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Sep 20 1870:
      Solomon Somerville, 47, farmer; Margret, 33; Marion, 20; Enoch, 18; John, 16; Wilson, 11.
    Person ID I54731  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2018 

    Father James SOMMERVILLE,   b. 2 Feb 1795, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1872, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth POST,   b. 12 May 1803, Good Hope, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1884, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F22626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca Ann MCKINLEY,   b. CA 1827,   d. 8 Jun 1855, Buffalo Creek, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years)  [4] 
    Married 3 Mar 1846  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Elizabeth SOMMERVILLE,   b. 5 Feb 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1919, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +2. James W. SOMMERVILLE,   b. 9 Jun 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +3. Jonathan Marion SOMMERVILLE,   b. 1851, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1922, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. Enoch P. SOMMERVILLE,   b. 4 Apr 1851, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1926, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +5. John T. SOMMERVILLE,   b. 24 Aug 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1902, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     6. Mary M. SOMMERVILLE,   b. 3 Jun 1855,   d. 9 Jun 1855  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F22620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Prudence PATTON,   b. CA 1831 
    Married 19 Oct 1857  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Wilson E. W. P. SOMMERVILLE,   b. CA 1858
     2. Solomon SOMMERVILLE,   b. CA 1859, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Columbia Susan "Nellie" SOMMERVILLE,   b. 10 Jun 1862, Big Buffalo, near Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1933, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F24118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Sarah Jane COX,   b. CA 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Mar 1866  (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1863  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F22625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Margaret BURNSIDE,   b. 11 May 1837,   d. 16 Jun 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1866  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F25622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    2. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).

    3. [S2065] 1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    4. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    5. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Solomon Sommerville and Rebecca McKinley. Married Mar 3 1846.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    7. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Solomon Sommerville, widowed, 43, of Harrison Co, son of James & Elizabeth; and Sarah Jane Cox, 23, of Harrison Co, dau of Jesse & Sidney. Married Dec 3 1863.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 41.
      Identified as Solomon Sommerville, widowed, 45, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of James & Elizabeth Sommerville; and Margaret Ward, widowed, 28, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Robert & Rebecca Burnsides. Married Mar 4 1866.