Decatur C. Weaver ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Death Notes:

Name: Decatur Weaver
Event Date: 07 Oct 1916
Event Place: New Haven, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 80 years
Birth Date: 1836
Marital Status: Unknown
Occupation: Farmer
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 1905-1916 p 70

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM25-Z3F : 10 March 2018), Decatur Weaver, 07 Oct 1916; citing New Haven, West Virginia, County Records, v 1905-1916 p 70, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,384.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Mason County, VA on 30 August 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 819, Family 689, Roll 959
Mason, Virginia, United States
Decatur Weaver..14..OH

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Oct 1836, then his age should have been 13 instead of 14.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in New Haven, WV on 27 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 7, Family 48
New Haven, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Decatur Weaver..34..Ohio..Wagon Maker

(Living with 2nd wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 10 Oct 1836, then his age should have been 33 instead of 34.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 5 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 371C, District 99, Family 61, Roll 1408
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Decator Weaver..Head..43..Ohio..Carpenter

(Living with 2nd wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 6 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 55, Family 151
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 31 years
Decatus Weaver..Head..Oct 1836..63..West Virginia..Wagon Maker

(Living with 2nd wife and 3 children.)
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• He was buried after 7 October 1916 in the Union Cemetery in , Mason, West Virginia, United States.

Find a Grave Memorial 33955382
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Decatur married Mahala Roush, daughter of Marcus Roush and Mary Van Meter, in 1856 in , Mason County, VA. (Mahala Roush was born on 29 September 1837 in , Mason County, VA,^{8 9} died on 6 April 1867 in , Mason, West Virginia, United States ^{9 10} and was buried after 6 April 1867 in Union Cemetery, Mason County, WV ⁹.)

Decatur next married Gertrude Ann Ripley, daughter of Hiram D. Ripley and Minerva Sprague, in 1868 in , Mason, West Virginia, United States.^{1 2 3} (Gertrude Ann Ripley was born on 9 March 1848 in Adams Township, Washington, OH,^{3 11} died on 24 September 1924 in New Haven, WV ^{11 12} and was buried on 26 September 1924 in Union Cemetery, Mason County, WV ^{11 12}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in New Haven, WV on 27 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 7, Family 48
New Haven, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Decatur Weaver..34..Ohio..Wagon Maker
Gertrude Weaver..30..Ohio..Keeping House
Abraham Weaver..11..West Virginia
Joseph Weaver..9..West Virginia
Mark Weaver..7..West Virginia
Alfaretta Weaver..1..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 5 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 371C, District 99, Family 61, Roll 1408
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Decator Weaver..Head..43..Ohio..Carpenter
Gertrude Weaver..(Wife)..34..Ohio..Keeping House
Elferetta Weaver..(Daughter)..11..West Virginia
Jasper D. Weaver..(Son)..8..West Virginia
Dorotha S. Weaver..(Daughter)..6..West Virginia
Ober Weaver..(Son)..4..West Virginia
Waid Weaver..(Son)..2..West Virginia
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 6 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 55, Family 151
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 31 years
Decatus Weaver..Head..Oct 1836..63..West Virginia..Wagon Maker
Gertrude Weaver..Wife..Mar 1848..52..Ohio..10/10
Lewis H. Weaver..Son..Jul 1884..15..West Virginia
Annie S. Weaver..Daughter..Jun 1886..13..West Virginia..At School
Manley Weaver..Son..Aug 1888..11..West Virginia..At School
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  Marriage Notes:

Event Type: Marriage
Name: Decatur Weaver
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1868
Marriage Place: Mason, West Virginia, United States
Spouse's Name: Gertrude Ripley
Source Reference: County Records
Record Number: 2561

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTF9-2LN : 11 February 2018), Decatur Weaver and Gertrude Ripley, 1868; citing Mason, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 567,389.
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