Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1878 - 1916 (38 years)

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Name	Mary Z. SCOTT
Born	19 Jan 1878	Doddridge Co, WV [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
Census	1880, 1900	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Died	18 Apr 1916	Blockhouse Hill (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV [3, 4]
	Cause: tuberculosis
Buried	Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV [4, 5]
Notes	Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Mar 16 1916, in its entirety: "We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Mary S. Coleman, who is ill at the home of her sister Mrs. Geo. Swineford in the Block House Hill addition, has been pronounced incurable by her physician, and that she has but a short time to live."
Person ID	I79362	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	10 Apr 2016

Father	Imlah Judson SCOTT, b. Sep 1841, Monongalia Co, (W)VA , d. 6 Mar 1901, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 59 years)
Mother	Nancy Jane SMITH, b. Jul 1844, Tyler Co, (W)VA , d. 30 Apr 1915, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 70 years)
Family ID	F29142	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family William F. COLEMAN, b. 2 Nov 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 27 Nov 1947, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 89 years) [6]

Married 11 Nov 1894 Doddridge Co, WV [7]

Notes

In the 1900 Census of West Union District, the household of William F. Coleman had himself, his wife Mary, his son Ray, and an orphan Ermina Smith, b. May 1890.

1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 22 1930 at Route 18:
William Coleman, 71, farmer, married; sister Cora Coleman, 65, single; dau Gladys Smith, 27, widowed; grandson Richard Smith, 6; grandson William Smith, 6; grandson James Smith, 4.
(Note: Daughter Gladys' marital status is incorrect, as her husband appeared with her and their children in the 1940 Census, and he is known to have remarried in 1961.)

Children

+	1. Ray COLEMAN, b. May 1900
+	2. Gladys Fay COLEMAN, b. 12 Sep 1903, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 29 Apr 1984, Santa Barbara Co, CA (Age 80 years)

Documents

Family ID F33965 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 98.
Identified as Mary J. Scott, white female, born in Doddridge County on Jan 19 1878, dau of O. J. & Nancy J. Scott. (NOTE: This is a typed ledger-style record transcribed from the original handwritten record. Although the child's middle initial is entered as J, her marriage record clearly shows it as Z. Similarly, her father's first initial is incorrectly entered as O, rather than I.)
[S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
[S638] Headstone (year only).
[S14] Obituary.
[S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
[S1620] Death record of husband.
[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792739&Type=Marriage.
Identified as William F. Coleman, 35, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mary Z. Scott, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 11 1894 at the residence of minister F. J. Ashburn. Informants for marriage license: Wm. F. Coleman & I. J. Scott.