Marcena Oakley Stump ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

Calhoun County, West Virginia Marriages
Groom: CHILDERS, R. G. (Richard G. Childers)
Age: 70-Widowed
Birthplace: Harrison
Parent: John I
Bride: ELLIOTT, Marcena O.
Age: 47-Widowed
Birthplace: Calhoun
Parent: Martin Stump
Marriage date: No Return - 1907

No marriage resulted. Richard Childers later married Serena Connolly-Hedges-Devore the same year. Marcena married William Riley Goodnight in 1909
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  Burial Notes:

Although Marcena was remarried to William Riley Goodnight following the death of Lyndsey Johnson Elliott, her first husband, she chose to be buried next to her first husband with the gravestone marked as Marcena O. Elliott.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on 15 July 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 13, Dwelling 81, Family 81
Sherman Township, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Marcena Stump..9..VA
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sherman Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States on June 1880. ⁷

1880 US Census
Page 229A, Roll 1401
Sherman District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
M. O. Stump..Daughter..19..VA
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lee Magisterial District, Calhoun County, WV on 7 June 1900. ⁸

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 23, Dwelling 68, Family 70
Lee District, Calhoun County, West Virginia
Farm owned, no mortgage
Marcena Elliott..Head..Jul 1860..39..WV..Widow..3/3..Farmer
Finley Elliott..Son..Dec 1885..14..WV..Farm Laborer
Hettie Elliott..Daughter..Oct 1886..13..WV
Brooks Elliott..Son..Mar 1892..8..WV

(Marcena was widowed and living with 3 children.)
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• She was buried in 1914 in the Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery in Calhoun County, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial #63734088
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Marcena married Lindsey Johnson Elliott, son of Jabez Elliott and Sarah Ann Johnson, on 16 January 1885 in Calhoun County, WV.^{1 2 3} (Lindsey Johnson Elliott was born on 20 March 1858 in Calhoun County, VA,^{1 2 11 12} died on 3 September 1899 in Daniel's Run, WV ^{1 2 12} and was buried after 3 September 1899 in Calhoun County, WV ¹².)

Marcena next married William Riley Goodnight, son of William Goodnight and Joanna Elizabeth Guthrie, on 17 January 1909 in Calhoun County, WV.¹ (William Riley Goodnight was born on 6 April 1854 in , Monongalia County, VA,^{1 2 4 13 14 15} died on 12 November 1914 in Calhoun County, WV ^{2 4 15} and was buried after 12 November 1914 in Sheridan Magisterial District, Calhoun, West Virginia, United States ^{2 4 15}.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: William Goodnight
Age (Expanded): 55 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Birthplace: Monongalia Co., West Virginia
Spouse's Name: Marcena O. Elliott
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 48 years
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Spouse's Birthplace: Calhoun Co., West Virginia
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Jan 1909
Event Place: Calhoun, West Virginia
Father's Name: Wm. Goodnight
Spouse's Father's Name: Martin Stump
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
GS Film number: 807457
Digital Folder Number: 4011511
Image Number: 79
Reference ID: v 4 p 93
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record:
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRD5-523 : accessed 1 May 2015), William Goodnight and Marcena O. Elliott, 17 Jan 1909; citing Calhoun, West Virginia, v 4 p 93, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 807,457.
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