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Martha KELLEY

Martha KELLEY

Female 1810 - 1878  (68 years)


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  • Name Martha KELLEY
    Birth 6 Feb 1810  Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 Dec 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Person ID I6321  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2016

    Father Joshua KELLEY
    Mother Martha Jane BRAND
    Family ID F4844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin L. WILSON,   b. 1808, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1880, Walton, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [5]
    Marriage 1830  [6] 
    Notes 
    • Moved with family from Pennsylvania to Marion Co, (W)VA in 1828, then later to Doddridge County, where they settled on Lower Run in Southwest District. It is noted that despite Benjamin Wilson's birthplace being reported as Pennsylvania, census records indicate (West) Virginia.

      1850 Census, Marion Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 2 1850:
      Benjamin D. Wilson, 42, farmer, value of real estate $1900, cannot read/write; Martha, 40, cannot read/write; Rachel, 16; Peggy, 14; Nancy, 11; Joshua, 9; Louisa, 7; Martha, 5; Lydia, 2; James, 6 (?) months. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virgina (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 9 1860:
      B. Wilson, 51, farmer, value of real estate $3,000, value of personal estate $500; Martha, 50; J. (male), 19; L. (female), 17; M. (female), 15; Liddy, 13; James, 11. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
      Benj F Wilson, 62, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $4,000, value of personal estate $1,000, cannot write; Martha Wilson, 60, b. Va, cannot write; Lidia Wilson, 22; James K. Wilson, 19; Martha Hess, 25; Marion E. Hess, 3; Lidia L. Hess, 1.
      The adjoining household consisted of:
      Joshua Wilson, 29, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $1,000; Mary 28; Rosa, 7.Emery, 4, Olive, 3; Estie, 1; Jacob Watson, 29, farm laborer, value of real estate $660, value of personal estate $250. (Two years later, this Jacob Watson married Benjamin Wilson's daughter Lydia.) [5, 6, 7]
    Children 
    +1. Jane WILSON,   b. 13 Jul 1832, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1884 (Age 52 years)
    +2. Rachel WILSON,   b. 13 Mar 1834, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1914, Stumptown, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. Margaret WILSON,   b. CA 1835, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Nancy WILSON,   b. 29 Sep 1838, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1920, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +5. Joshua WILSON,   b. 2 Feb 1840, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1901, Despard (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +6. Louisa Sue WILSON,   b. CA 1843, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Martha WILSON,   b. CA 1845, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1900 (Age ~ 55 years)
    +8. Lydia WILSON,   b. 23 Mar 1848, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1931, Looneyville, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +9. James Kelly WILSON,   b. 5 Jul 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1929 (Age 78 years)
     10. Charity WILSON   d. YOUNG
    Family ID F2226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 31, line 77 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046307&Type=Death.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    4. [S2555] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    5. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 376.

    6. [S781] Bradford Spiker (compiled by Barr Wilson), The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/goodwill.txt).

    7. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 290.