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Martha E. RICKARD

Martha E. RICKARD

Female 1838 - 1868  (~ 30 years)


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  • Name Martha E. RICKARD
    Birth CA 1838  Westmoreland Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 16 in her Oct 1857 marriage record would put her birth in about 1841, while age 18 in her marriage license for the same marriage puts it in about 1839, in conflict with sister Emily's birth date. Age 12 in the 1850 Census puts it in about 1838.
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1 Feb 1868  [3] 
    Person ID I61438  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2018

    Father John C. RICKARD,   b. CA 1803, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Elizabeth TROUGH,   b. 24 Dec 1805, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1860 (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F32115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Asher H. SUTTON,   b. 18 Jun 1826, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1888 (Age 61 years)
    Marriage License 20 Oct 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • Asher Sutton's first wife, Martha Stutler, died in June 1857. He married his second wife, Martha Rickard, in October 1857.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 26 1860:
      Ashur Sutton, 33, farmer; M. E. (female), 22 (?); Rufus, 11; Cyrana, 9; J. M. (male), 6; M. (male), 8; Eli, 3; Charity, 2.

      Asher Sutton's second wife, Martha Rickard, died in February 1868. He married his third wife, Rachel Mitchell, in January 1869.
    Family ID F32114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122, Line 28 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790589&Type=Marriage.

    3. [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. 75.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 19 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789782&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Asher H. Sutten (sic), 31, son of John Sutten; and Martha Rickard, 18, dau of John Rickard. License issued on Oct 20 1857.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 122, Line 28 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790589&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Asher Sutton, widowed, farmer, 31, b. at Greenbrier Run, res. at Indianfort D.C., son of John & Rachael Sutton; and Martha Rickard, single, 16, b. Westmoreland Co Pennsylvania, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John C. & Elizabeth Rickard. Married Oct 27 1857 in Doddridge County, officiated by Peter Davis.