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Martha Dessie MAYFIELD

Martha Dessie MAYFIELD

Female 1891 - 1965  (74 years)


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  • Name Martha Dessie MAYFIELD
    Birth 16 Jan 1891  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1892, and in 1934 marriage record as Jan 16 1894, while the date on her headstone is 1893. But her birth record shows it to be Jan 16 1891.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1910  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1930  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 14 Feb 1965  Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I80052  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2021

    Father James Marion MAYFIELD,   b. 6 Sep 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1934, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Mother Nancy Jane "Jennie" SWIGER,   b. 16 Jul 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1916, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F34243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Oscar MORGAN,   b. 15 Feb 1890, Alpha (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1922 (Age 32 years)
    Marriage 13 Nov 1910  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Iva MORGAN,   b. 17 Feb 1911, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1991 (Age 79 years)
    Documents
    76478_JamesMorgan_MarthaDessieMayfield_MarriageRecord_13Nov1910.jpg    		76478_JamesMorgan_MarthaDessieMayfield_MarriageRecord_13Nov1910.jpg
    Family ID F40220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jacob Asbury SPONAUGLE,   b. 1859, Pendleton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage 24 May 1923  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Documents
    93213_JacobASponaugle_DessieMayfieldMorgan_MarriageRecord_24May1923.jpg    		93213_JacobASponaugle_DessieMayfieldMorgan_MarriageRecord_24May1923.jpg
    Family ID F40222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Albert Randolph FORD,   b. 14 Feb 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1932, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [8]
    Marriage 19 Jul 1924  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Documents
    35461_AlbertRFord_DessieMayfieldMorganSponaugle_MarriageRecord_19Jul1924.jpg    		35461_AlbertRFord_DessieMayfieldMorganSponaugle_MarriageRecord_19Jul1924.jpg
    Family ID F40223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 John Ezra MILLER,   b. May 1884, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1981, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 97 years)
    Marriage 7 May 1934  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Grant District, Town of Smithfield), enumerated on Apr 5 1940:
      Ezra Miller, 63, road construction worker (WPA); wife Dessie, 47. Both were residing in rural Wetzel County in 1935.
    Documents
    35462_EzraMiller_DessieMayfieldMorganSponaugleFord_MarriageRecord_7May1934.jpg    		35462_EzraMiller_DessieMayfieldMorganSponaugleFord_MarriageRecord_7May1934.jpg
    Family ID F40224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 372 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794947&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone (flat marker): Dessie M. Miller.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 372 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794947&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James H. Morgan, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Martha D. Mayfield, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 13 1910 "at the residence of George Morgan, Flint, W.Va." Informants for marriage license: Jas. H. Morgan & J. M. Mayfield. (Note: Basis for husband's middle initial being given as "H" is not known. All other references show it as "O" and his middle name as Oscar.)

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 21: www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=30625&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Jacob A. Sponaugle, widowed, 54, b. Pelton (intended to be Pendleton) Co WV, res. Salem WV, son of Jessie & Abbie Sponaugle; and Dessie M. Morgan, widowed, 31, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married May 24 1923 in Clarksburg.

    8. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 333 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795944&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as A. R. Ford, 56, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Dessie M. Sponaugle, 32, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married Jul 19 1924 in West Union.

    10. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 75 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=56551&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Ezra Miller, widowed, 54, b. May 7 1880 in Wetzel Co, res. Folsom in Wetzel Co, son of Henry Quinn & Martha (Miller) Quinn; and Dessie Martha Ford, widowed, 40, b. Jan 16 1894 in Doddridge Co, res. Salem in Harrison Co, dau of James Mayfield & Jane (Swiger) Mayfield. Married May 7 1934 in Clarksburg.