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Richard GLASPELL

Richard GLASPELL

Male 1822 - 1887  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name Richard GLASPELL 
    Born CA 1822  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1863  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3] 
    Died 26 Jun 1887  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I97121  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 May 2023 

    Father Richard GLASPELL,   b. CA 1775 
    Mother Sarah NUTTER,   b. CA 1777 
    Family ID F60095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Selina ROBINSON,   b. CA 1824 
    Married May 1844  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Marriage Bond 30 May 1844  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Oct 3 1850:
      Richard Gilespie, 28, farmer; Salina, 26, cannot read/write; William, 5; Richard, 2. All born in Virginia.
      The next enumerated household:
      Christopher Gilespie, 31, farmer, value of real estate $300, cannot read/write; Rebecca, 31, cannot read/write; John H. C., 2; Uriah, 9 months. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Richard Glasspell, 36, farmer; Selena, 27; William, 15; R. (male), 13; M. A. (female), 11; E. A. (female), 9; J. A. (female), 3; E. Robinson (female), 75.
    Children 
     1. William G. GLASPELL,   b. CA 1845
     2. Richard GLASPELL,   b. CA 1848,   d. 4 Mar 1862  (Age ~ 14 years)
     3. Martha Ann GLASPELL,   b. CA 1850,   d. 19 Mar 1862  (Age ~ 12 years)
     4. E. A. GLASPELL,   b. CA 1851
     5. Julia Ann GLASPELL,   b. CA 1857
    Family ID F44504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emily CLARK,   b. 1844, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1920, Folsom, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 20 Aug 1863  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District):
      Richard Glaspell, 53, blacksmith; Emily, 26, keep house; Julia A, 12; Emeline, 8; Ravel V, 5; Martha, 2; Minnie F, 9 months; Elizabeth Robinson, 85. [7]
    Children 
     1. Rachel Virginia GLASPELL,   b. 8 Nov 1865,   d. 11 Aug 1952, Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Martha GLASPELL,   b. CA 1867,   d. 23 May 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 5 years)
    +3. Minnie F. GLASPELL,   b. CA 1869
    +4. Howard GLASPELL,   b. 18 Mar 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1940, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     5. Atha GLASPELL,   b. CA 1874
    Family ID F3425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

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

    3. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

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

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

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 144, line 18 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791596&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Richard Glaspell, widowed, 45, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Richard & Sarah Glaspell; and Emily Clark, single, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Mary Ann Clark. Married Aug 20 1863 in Doddridge County, officiated by F. J. Ashburn.

    7. [S1590] Death record of daughter.