Doddridge County Roots


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Mary Margaret HARRIS

Mary Margaret HARRIS

Female 1868 - 1962  (94 years)


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  • Name Mary Margaret HARRIS
    Birth 4 Aug 1868  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Census 1940  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1955  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 10 Dec 1962  Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Britton Rest Home
    Burial Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I93677  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2025

    Father John Henry HARRIS,   b. CA 1838, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1925, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years)
    Mother Emma Esther BROWN,   b. 8 Sep 1842, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1925, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F39030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleazer FREEMAN,   b. 5 Feb 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1941, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 27 Mar 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Count of Children 0   [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910:
      Eleazer Freeman, 45, farmer, married 12 yrs; wife Mary M, 42, married 12 yrs, no children; nephew Carson R. Dotson, 17, farm laborer on home farm; niece Flora E. Freeman, 9.
      NOTE: Carson Dotson was a son of Elezer's half-sister Martha Freeman and her husband Littleton Dotson. Martha had died in 1898 and her husband remarried in 1901. Flora Freeman was a daughter of Eleazer's half-brother Emery Freeman and his wife Dora Smith, both of whom had died n 1903.

      1950 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on April 3, 1950 on Nutters Fork Road:
      NOTE: All household members were listed only by their first and middle initials. Full names are provided here for ease of reading:
      Homer Freeman Martin, 52, farmer (worked 84 hours in past week); wife Flora Elizabeth Martin, 49; son Homer Freeman Martin Jr, 27, single, farm hand (worked 72 hours); great-aunt Mary Margaret Freeman, 81, widow; son-in-law Charles Brooks Lemasters, 20, farm helper (worked 28 hours); daughter Floretta June Lemasters, 19. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Mary M. (Harris) Freeman was the widow of Flora (Freeman) Martin's uncle Eleazer Freeman. Thus, her relationship should have been listed as aunt, not great-aunt.
    Family ID F45394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S2147] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    8. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    9. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).