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Benjamin PERNELL

Benjamin PERNELL

Male 1847 - 1933  (~ 86 years)

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  • Name Benjamin PERNELL 
    Born Mar 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1844. But the 1900 Census shows it as March 1847, and age 4 in the 1850 Census puts it in about 1846.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3, 4] 
    Died 24 Apr 1933  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I94668  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2018 

    Father Joseph PINELL,   b. CA 1809 
    Mother Anna KNIGHT,   b. Mar 1820, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1893, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Family ID F3789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Safrona Ann POWELL,   b. Nov 1849, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1922, Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)  [7] 
    Married 30 Apr 1867  Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Anna PERNELL,   b. Mar 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1921, Norwood (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
    +2. Benjamin Franklin "Frank" PERNELL,   b. 1871,   d. 1939  (Age 68 years)
     3. Lucy PERNELL,   b. 6 Sep 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1903, Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F40884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=984899&Type=Death.

    3. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, MR p. 14, Line 10 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11456486&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    8. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, MR p. 14, Line 10 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11456486&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Benj. Pinell, single, farmer, 22, b. & res. in Doddrige Co, son of Joseph & Anna; and Sophronia Fox, 21, single, b. Doddridge Co, res. Pleasants Co, dau of Seber & Charlotte. Married Apr 30 1867 in Pleasants County.
      NOTE: Wife's stated residence in Pleasants County is questionable, as neither she nor her family were found there before or after this marriage. Reason for wife being identified as Saphronia Fox, rather than Powell, is not known. Saphrona appeared with the family of Benjamin & Mary Ann Powell in the 1850 and 1860 censuses, while the family of Seber & Charlotte Fox had no daughter in those censuses who could be her. Safrona's death record identifies her parents as Benjamin Powell & Mary Ann Lawson. In the absence of evidence of another scenario, we can only speculate that the marriage was an elopement, and in addition to overstating her age by four years, Safrona provided a fictitious name and parents to disguise her identity.