Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameMary Jane Sheets Wigal
Birth16 Jul 1837, Wood, VA1,2
Death9 Mar 1908, Wood, WV1,2
BurialHopewell Cemetery, Belleville, Wood, WV1,2
FatherHenry Sheets (~1815-1865)
MotherEliza Jane Buckley (~1815-)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Hopewell Cemetery, Belleville, Wood, WV1, Mary J. Wigal, spouse John W. Wigal, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50479658
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary Jane Sheets, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LHFP-73S
!CENSUS: 12-Sep-1850 District 65, Wood, VA, 1118/1118, Mary J. Sheets
!MARRIAGE: 12-Feb-1854 Wood, VA marriages318, John William Wigal and Mary Jane Sheets
!CENSUS: 14-Aug-1860 Wood, VA, 1991/1991, Mary J. Wigal, husband Wm. Wigal, 3 children
!CENSUS: 13-Jun-1870 Harris, Wood, WV, 94/80, Mary J. Wigal, husband John W. Wigal, 8 children
!CENSUS: 21-Jun-1880 District 169, Wood, WV, 305/306, Mary Wagle, husband John Wagle, 10 children
!REFERENCE: Hardesty's 1882 West Virginia Counties903, page 126, Mary J. Sheets, husband John William Wigal (1831-1880), 11 children, "JOHN WILLIAM WIGAL — deceased — was born in Wood county, West Virginia, July 1, 1831, a son of George and Sarah E. (Gill) Wigal, the former of whom now lives in Steele district, this county, and the latter is deceased. In this county February 2, 1854, at the bride's residence, J. W. Wigal was united in marriage with Mary J. Sheets, who was born in this State and county, July 16, 1837, daughter of Henry and Eliza J. Sheets, both now deceased, the former in this county and the latter in Kentucky. The children of this marriage, eleven in number, were as follows: Cora A., January 28, 1855; Eliza A., August 28, 1856; James F., March 23, 1858; Amanda C., March 1, 1860; Henry J., March 14, 1862; George P., January 16, 1864; Cassel, November 3, 1865, died October 4, 1866; Sarah J., October 18, 1867; William L., November 9, 1869; John M., September 10, 1871; Martin A., July 11, 1873. All live at home with their mother, having lately suffered an irreparable loss in the death of the kind husband and father. John William Wigal departed this life on the 18th of July, 1880. He had lived a consistent Christian life for seven years previous to that event, and died in the membership of the Christian Church. In this church his wife and three daughters, Cora, Eliza and Amanda, are also members. Miss Cora is a school teacher, a lover of books, and possesses a good library. The family receive their mail at New England, Wood county, West Virginia."
!CENSUS: 14-Jun-1900 Harris, Wood, WV, 99/100, Mary J. Wigal, born Jul-1837, widowed, 1 son, 10 children 7 living
!REFERENCE: 2002 Wigal Cemetery, Switzerland, IN, "My great-grandfather, John William Wigal married Mary Jane Sheets.", https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=fla...counties.switzerland
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