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Joseph Thomas LOUGHERY

Joseph Thomas LOUGHERY

Male 1870 - 1937  (67 years)


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  • Name Joseph Thomas LOUGHERY
    Birth 1870  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1897  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1920  Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [3] 
    farm laborer 
    Death 29 May 1937  Isaac Creek, near Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Burial Marshville Cemetery, Marshville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I96044  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2016

    Father John G. LOUGHERY,   b. CA 1842
    Mother Mary Alcinda DAVIDSON,   b. 1831, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1902, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F41516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Florida B. SWIGER,   b. CA 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1904 (Age ~ 27 years)
    Marriage 6 Jun 1897  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Ora Emzie LOUGHERY,   b. 9 Jan 1901   d. 1 Nov 1983 (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F45375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rachel Elizabeth HUGHES,   b. 1881, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1955, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Marriage 26 Jan 1904  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis Twp), enumerated on Jan 16/17 1920 at Flag Run Road:
      Joseph Laughery, 46, farm laborer; wife Rachel, 42; dau Molly, 15; son Johnie, 11; dau Tussie, 8.

      NOTE: In this census, Rachel appears also to have been enumerated with her parents in Doddridge County, but with conflicting age and marital status:
      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumeraed on Jan 9 1920 at Jockey Camp Road:
      D. Jefferson Hughes, 66, farmer; wife Adline, 65; grandson Emery, 23, single, no occupation; dau Rachel Laughery, 48, divorced; granddau Julie Laughery, 1y 6m.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 at Flag Run Road:
      Joseph Laughery, 59, farmer; wife Rachel, 46; dau Zula, 12.
    Children 
    >1. Mollie LOUGHERY,   b. 17 Jun 1904, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1949, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    +2. John Roosevelt LAUGHERY,   b. 1906, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1976, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    >3. Tessie Ellen LOUGHERY,   b. 1913   d. 20 Dec 1944, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     4. Lillie A. LOUGHERY,   b. Abt Aug 1915   d. 22 Sep 1916, Jockey Camp, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     5. Zula LOUGHERY,   b. CA 1918
    Family ID F41515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    96044_JosephTLoughery_FloridaBSwiger_MarriageRecord_6Jun1897.jpg    		96044_JosephTLoughery_FloridaBSwiger_MarriageRecord_6Jun1897.jpg
    96044_JosephThomasLoughery_RachelElizabethHughes_MarriageRecord_26Jan1904.jpg    		96044_JosephThomasLoughery_RachelElizabethHughes_MarriageRecord_26Jan1904.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    3. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 76 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24131&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Joseph T. Loughery (or Laughery), 26, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of John & Alcinda Loughery; and Florida B. Swiger, 21, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Truman & Shrilda Swiger. Married Jun 6 1897 "at the home of Alcinda Laughery," officiated by Forbes B. Davis, a Minister of the Gospel. Informants for marriage license: J. T. Loughery, T. L. Swiger, Elijah Gain.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 357 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=53182&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Joseph Thomas Loughery, widowed, 31, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of John & Alcinda Loughery; and Rachel Elizabeth Hughes, single, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Jefferson & Adaline Hughes. Marrid Jan 26 1904 in Wilsonburg, officiated by Charles A. Snider, a Minister of the Gospel.