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Caroline Virginia NUTTER

Caroline Virginia NUTTER

Female 1840 - 1925  (84 years)

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  • Name Caroline Virginia NUTTER 
    Born 3 Oct 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1910, listed as Caroline V. Whitehair, 69, widowed, mother of 7 children (5 still living), a lodger in the household of Oliver & Eliza (Zinn) Sheets and their family.
    Census 1920  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 6 Apr 1925  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: apoplexy 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Death record states burial location as Buckeye.
    Person ID I79246  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2023 

    Father David Davisson NUTTER,   b. CA 1802,   d. 18 Jun 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann STINESPRING,   b. CA 1816 
    Family ID F15098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emory D. C. WHITEHAIR,   b. 1845, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1879  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 4 Feb 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      Caroline V. Whitehair, 39, widowed; son William L, 13; dau Mary Lee, 12; son Henry C, 10, medical condition scrofula; son Winfield F, 8; dau Annie S, 3; dau Ellen S, 3; son Emry A, 1, medical condition asthma.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was the family of Caroline's brother-in-law Adolphus Whitehair:
      Adolpous Whitehair, 28, farm laborer, medical condition rheumatism; wife Catharine J, 22, medical condition heart (second word illegible); dau Annie M, 4; son Bertie Leo, 5 months, birth month December.
    Children 
    +1. William L. WHITEHAIR,   b. 15 Nov 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1900, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    +2. Mary Lea "Mollie" WHITEHAIR,   b. 3 Feb 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1952, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Henry Clay WHITEHAIR,   b. 12 Sep 1869,   d. 21 Mar 1941  (Age 71 years)
     4. Winfield Frederick WHITEHAIR,   b. 12 Mar 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1934, Monongah, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +5. Anna Sophrona WHITEHAIR,   b. 22 Aug 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1955, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Ellen Sindonia WHITEHAIR,   b. 22 Aug 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1932, Lamberts Run, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     7. Emory A. WHITEHAIR,   b. 12 Sep 1878,   d. 3 Mar 1910  (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F33901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Caroline Nutter Whitehair, Wolverton Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV    		Caroline Nutter Whitehair, Wolverton Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV

    Documents
    79246_WHITEHAIR_CarolineNutter_1840-1925_DeathCertificate.jpg    		79246_WHITEHAIR_CarolineNutter_1840-1925_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. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 254 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792105&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Emry D. Whitehair, 20, b. Taylor Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John P. & Elizabeth Whitehair; and Caroline Nutter, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of David & Jane Nutter. Married Feb 4 1866 in Doddridge County. (Note: Basis for identification of wife's mother as Jane is unknown and is presumed to be a clerical error. She is identified as Mary Ann Stinespring in all other known references, including the death record of Caroline Nutter Whitehair.)