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Mariah RIGHTER

Mariah RIGHTER

Female 1839 - 1931  (91 years)

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  • Name Mariah RIGHTER 
    Born 10 May 1839  Adamsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given as Sep 1839 in 1900 Census, but death record states May 10 1839.
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1856  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1895  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Fairmont District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Feb 1931  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I67842  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2010 

    Father Peter B. RIGHTER,   b. CA 1802,   d. 18 Dec 1895, Everson, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Mother Mary FRANKLIN,   b. CA 1808, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1895  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Family ID F28517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Harvey GALLAHUE,   b. 25 Jan 1829, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1888  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1856  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      William H. Gallihue, 31, b. Pennsylvania, farmer; Mariah, 21, b. Virginia; Mary A, 3; Sally R, 2.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Nov 14 1870:
      William H. Gallahue, 41, b. Pa, farmer; Maria, 32, b. Va; Mary A, 13, b. Virginia; Sally R, 11.

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated in Jun 1880:
      Wm. H. Gallahue, 51, b. Pa, farmer; wife Maria, 41, b. W.Va; servant Martha Rhodes, mulatto female, 12, b. W.Va. [6]
    Children 
    +1. Mary Alice GALLAHUE,   b. 3 Dec 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1943  (Age 86 years)
     2. Sally R. GALLAHUE,   b. CA 1859
    Family ID F28515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mathew L. FLEMING,   b. Jan 1824, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 12 Nov 1895  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Marion Co, WV (Fairmont District), enumerated on Jun 20 1900:
      Matthew C. Fleming, 76, b. Jan 1824, farmer, married 5 yrs; wife Mariah, 60, b. Sep 1839, mother of 3 children (2 still living); boarder Myrtle Knotts, 12, b. 1887; boarder Eulatus Neugreen, 22, b. 1878, salesman; boarder Charles Warfield, 21, b. 1879, salesman.
    Family ID F28516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    67842_FLEMING_MariaRighterGallahue_1839-1931_DeathCertificate.jpg    		67842_FLEMING_MariaRighterGallahue_1839-1931_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

    3. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV.

    5. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, MR p. 6.
      Identified as Wm. H. Gallahue, 27, b. Washington Co Pennsylvania, res. Marion Co, son of Henry & Pheb Gallahue, occupation tanner; and Maria Righter, 16, b. & res. in Marion Co, dau of Peter B. & Mary. Married Mar 4 1856 in Marion Co.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 155.
      Identified as Mathew L. Fleming, widowed, age (blank), b. Monongalia Co, res. Marion Co, son of Booaz & Ann Fleming; and Mrs. Mariah Gallahue, widow, age (blank), b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Peter B. & (blank) Righter. Married Nov 12 1895 in Clarksburg.