Doddridge County Roots


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Columbus Bruce SOMMERVILLE

Columbus Bruce SOMMERVILLE

Male 1854 - 1926  (72 years)


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  • Name Columbus Bruce SOMMERVILLE
    Birth 6 Feb 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1855.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1885  Creswell Twp, Cowley Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Dexter, Cowley Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    grocer 
    Census 1910  Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    laborer at mill 
    Census 1920  Seattle, King Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [5] 
    elevator operator 
    Death 1 Oct 1926  Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Forest Hill Cemetery, Cosmopolis, Grays Harbor Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I96811  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2014

    Father Alexander L. SOMMERVILLE,   b. CA 1811, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Mary W. HUSHER,   b. CA 1811, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F16666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lenora Vivian "Nora" DOTSON,   b. 28 Sep 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1952, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    Marriage 15 Dec 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F2839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret B. "Maggie" PARKISON,   b. 7 Feb 1867, Charleston, Coles Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1931, Washington State Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage 24 Sep 1885  Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8] 
    Divorce Y  [9]
    Children 
     1. Chauncey Clarence SOMMERVILLE,   b. 20 Mar 1888, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1945, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     2. Tessie F. SOMMERVILLE,   b. Oct 1890, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

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

    3. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    4. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    5. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 238 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791908&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Columbus B. Summerville, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Alexander & Mary W. Summerville; and Lenora V. Dotson, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of William & Mary Dotson. Married Dec 15 1879 in Doddridge County.

    8. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com), Citing Family Bible.

    9. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).