Robert Robin Ferrell ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: Robt. Ferrell
Sex: Male
Age: 71
Death Date: 8 Mar 1889
Death Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Death Place (Original): Marion County, West Virginia, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
Birthplace: Marion Co
Father's Name: Enoch Ferrell
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Marg. Ferrell
Mother's Sex: Female
Source Details: p 35

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4W-7XP : 30 January 2020), Robt. Ferrell, 1889.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1820 US Census in Eastern Division, Monongalia, Virginia, United States on August 1820. ⁶

1820 US Census
Page 68, Roll 142
Eastern Division, Monongalia, Virginia, United States
3 males under 10 = (probably son, Robert, age 2; son, Elias, age 5; unknown)

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in Eastern Division, Monongalia, Virginia, United States on August 1840. ⁷

1840 US Census
Page 70, Roll 567
Eastern Division, Monongalia, Virginia, United States
1 male 20-30 = (probably son Robert, age 22)

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Marion County, VA on 30 July 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 128B & 129A, Family 236
Eastern District, Marion County, Virginia
Robert Ferrel..30..Pennsylvania..Shoemaker

(Widowed and living with son at the home of his parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1818, then his age should have been 31 or 32 instead of 30.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Third District, Marion County, VA on 4 July 1860. ⁸

1860 US Census
Page 93, Family 658, Roll 1361
Third Magisterial District, Marion, Virginia, United States
Robert Ferrell..40..Virginia..Farmer

(Living with 2nd wife, 3 children from current marriage, 1 son from 1st marriage, and 2 stepchildren from wive's 1st marriage.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 30 August 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 15, Family 108
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Robert Ferrill..50..Virginia..Farmer

(Living with 2nd wife, 6 children from current marriage, and 1 son from 1st marriage.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1818, then his age should have been 51 or 52 instead of 50.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 522C, District 93, Family 77, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Robert Ferrell..Head..62..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with 2nd wife and 4 children.)
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• He was buried after 8 March 1889 in the Mount Zion Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 96418241
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Robert married Elizabeth Fast about 1839. (Elizabeth Fast was born in 1798 and died in 1841 in Virginia.)

Robert next married Caroline Shuttlesworth, daughter of John Shuttlesworth and Susan Coe, in 1853 in , Marion County, VA.¹ (Caroline Shuttlesworth was born in 1824 in Little Falls, VA,⁹ died on 13 August 1897 in , Marion County, WV ⁹ and was buried after 13 August 1897 in Mount Harmony Cemetery, Marion County, WV ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Third District, Marion County, VA on 4 July 1860. ⁸

1860 US Census
Page 93, Family 658, Roll 1361
Third Magisterial District, Marion, Virginia, United States
Robert Ferrell..40..Virginia..Farmer
Caroline Ferrell..41..Virginia
Louisa Ferrell..11..Virginia
Elihu Ferrell..7..Virginia
Emma Ferrell..6..Virginia..Idiotic
Margaret Ferrell..4..Virginia
Almira J. Ferrell..8m..Virginia
Niel C. Ferrell..18..Virginia..Laborer

NOTE - Louisa and Elihu Ferrell were actually Louisa and Elihu Baimbridge, children from Caroline's 1st marriage. It is doubtful that they were "officially" adopted and used the Ferrell surname because they appear again with the family on the 1870 US Census but this time using the Baimbridge surname.
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on 30 August 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 15, Family 108
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Robert Ferrill..50..Virginia..Farmer
Caroline Ferrill..48..Virginia..Keeping House
Emma Ferrill..16..Virginia..without occupation
Margaret Ferrill..13..Virginia..without occupation
Jane Ferrill..9..Virginia..without occupation
Enoch Ferrill..8..Virginia..At Home
Olive Ferrill..6..West Virginia..At Home
Sanford Ferrill..4..West Virginia..At Home
Louisa Bambridge..20..Virginia..without occupation
Elisha Bambridge..18..Virginia..without occupation
Hilo C. Ferrill..28..Virginia..Farm Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 522C, District 93, Family 77, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Robert Ferrell..Head..62..West Virginia..Farmer
Caroline Ferrell..Wife..59..Maryland..Keeping House
Emna Ferrell..Daughter..25..West Virginia..At Home
Enoch Ferrell..Son..17..West Virginia..Laborer
Olive Ferrell..Daughter..16..West Virginia..At Home
Sanford Ferrell..Son..14..West Virginia..At Home
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