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Bruce Benton LANGFITT

Bruce Benton LANGFITT

Male 1874 - 1959  (85 years)


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  • Name Bruce Benton LANGFITT
    Birth 20 Jan 1874  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    salesman at general store 
    Occupation From 1913 to 1916  [5] 
    manager of lumber store in Mingo County 
    Residence From 1913 to 1916  Rapp, Mingo Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1940  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 10 Jul 1959  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6] 
    Burial Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I56441  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2016

    Father Valentine LANGFITT,   b. 14 Feb 1833, Brooke Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1904, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Mother Caroline Louise DAVIS,   b. 27 Jun 1836   d. 26 Jun 1920 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F23377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada Marion JONES,   b. 24 Feb 1878   d. 24 Mar 1964, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Marriage 21 May 1908  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 4 1910:
      Bruce B. Langfitt, 36, salesman at general store, married one year; wife Marion, 32, mother of one child (still living); dau Catherine, 11 months.

      Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 28 1916, in its entirety:
      "B. B. Langfitt, who has had charge of a store for a lumber company at Rapp, Mingo County, for three and a half years, is home, having closed up the business there. He is visiting his mother at Salem and was here Tuesday. He met with splendid success there and the company wants him to go to a new location with them."
    Children 
     1. Katherine M. LANGFITT,   b. 21 Apr 1909   d. 10 Aug 1910 (Age 1 year)
    +2. Bruce Benton LANGFITT, Jr.,   b. 1910   d. 12 Aug 1950, Korea Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
    Family ID F23381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2248] 1910 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    5. [S1897] West Union Record, 12/28/1916.

    6. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    9. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Bruce B. Langfitt, 34, of Doddridge Co; and Marion Jones, 30, of Doddridge Co. Married May 21 1908. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 50, incorrectly identifies wife as Miriam Jones.)