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Valentine LANGFITT

Valentine LANGFITT

Male 1833 - 1904  (71 years)


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  • Name Valentine LANGFITT
    Birth 14 Feb 1833  Brooke Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Death 7 Apr 1904  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Valentine Langfitt served two terms in the West Virginia State Legislature, starting in 1870.
    Person ID I56428  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2014

    Father John LANGFITT,   b. 3 Jul 1777, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1851 (Age 73 years)
    Mother Martha FARQUAR,   b. 28 Mar 1788, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1850 (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F23380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline Louise DAVIS,   b. 27 Jun 1836   d. 26 Jun 1920 (Age 83 years)  [5]
    Marriage 22 Apr 1858  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth J. LANGFITT,   b. 17 Jan 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1891 (Age 31 years)
    >2. Silas William LANGFITT,   b. 13 Apr 1861, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Reason Belle LANGFITT,   b. 27 Oct 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1944 (Age 82 years)
    +4. Columbia L. LANGFITT,   b. CA 1865   d. 29 Aug 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 24 years)
    >5. Ila M. LANGFITT,   b. 15 Jan 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1892, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    +6. John Hyatt LANGFITT,   b. 1 Oct 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1953, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Samuel E. LANGFITT,   b. 18 May 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1939, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     8. Warley Creed LANGFITT,   b. 25 Feb 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1934, Mason Co (now Greenup Co), KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     9. Effie M. LANGFITT,   b. Jun 1872   d. 16 Sep 1903, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years)
    +10. Bruce Benton LANGFITT,   b. 20 Jan 1874, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1959, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     11. Mona G. LANGFITT,   b. Aug 1875
    +12. Frank Valentine LANGFITT,   b. 24 Mar 1883, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1972 (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F23377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 50.

    2. [S2108] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)), p. 125; Obit in West Union Record, 4/15/1904.
      "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 50, gives burial location for both Valentine Langfitt and his wife Caroline as Buckeye Run, Morgansville.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.