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Charles Wesley EDGELL

Charles Wesley EDGELL

Male 1856 - 1939  (83 years)

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  • Name Charles Wesley EDGELL 
    Born 13 Aug 1856  [1] 
    • Birth date given as Aug 1855 in 1900 Census.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Died 7 Nov 1939  New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Northview Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I94937  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jan 2016 

    Father James C. EDGELL,   b. 16 Feb 1820, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1895  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" CAIN,   b. 1 Jul 1828,   d. 26 Jul 1898, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F41034  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harriet Rachael SNODGRASS,   b. 22 Dec 1856, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years) 
    Children 
     1. John W. EDGELL,   b. CA 1876
     2. Jimmie EDGELL,   b. May 1877,   d. May 1877  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F41031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann UNDERWOOD,   b. 1857, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1909, Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1879  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Charles W. Edgell, 23, farmer; wife Mary Edgell, 21; son John W. Edgell, 4; stepdau Armatha Allen, 3; dau Birtha Edgell, 5 months.
    Children 
     1. Bertha EDGELL,   b. CA 1880
     2. Mercer EDGELL,   b. CA 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Homer Maxwell EDGELL,   b. Jun 1886,   d. 27 Mar 1956, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
     4. Lora EDGELL,   b. 3 Sep 1891,   d. 1 Mar 1892  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F41032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

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

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 127 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=255235&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Charles W. Edgell, widowed, 22, b. Wetzel Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jas. & Mary Edgell, farmer; and Mary Allen, widowed, 21, b. Tyler Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Saml (sic) & Harriett Underwood. Married Feb 27 1879 in Harrison County, officiated by William N. Edgell.
      (NOTE: Basis for wife's father being identified as Samuel Underwood is assumed to be a clerical error. Mary's mother is known to be Harriet Gapen, whose husband was Daniel Underwood, son of Samuel Underwood.)