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Family: Jonathan Pfost / Elizabeth Wetherholt (F1041)

• Father | Male Jonathan Pfost

  
  

  Born	18 Aug 1819	Virginia, USA
  Died	23 Jun 1886
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Married	8 Mar 1845  [1, 2]	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Florence Leah Graham | F1657
  Married	11 May 1882	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Father	Isaac Pfost | F674 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Wetherholt | F674 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth Wetherholt

  
  

  Born	22 Jul 1828	Virginia, USA
  Died	5 Oct 1880	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Father	William Wetherholt | F1038 Group Sheet
  Mother	Hetty Pringle | F1038 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Margaret Jane Pfost

  
  

  Born	7 Jan 1846	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	17 Mar 1873
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	James Elliott | F3498
  Married	9 Jun 1867	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male George W Pfost

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1847	Virginia, USA
  Died	21 Nov 1869	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Louisa C Pfost

  
  

  Born	Abt 1851	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	William M McCoy | F1162
  Married	3 Feb 1867	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male John Wilson Pfost

  
  

  Born	6 Jan 1853	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	17 Sep 1879
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Lucinda Jane Pfost

  
  

  Born	26 Dec 1854	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Warrick B Pfost

  
  

  Born	Abt 1858	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Isaac T\F Pfost

  
  

  Born	26 Nov 1859	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Mary M Pfost

  
  

  Born	28 Feb 1862	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	22 Aug 1885
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Samuel Frederick Shinn | F4689
  Married	8 Dec 1878	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Jacob H Pfost

  
  

  Born	10 Apr 1864	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	9 May 1934	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Cottageville, Jackson, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Ava Belle Staats | F6003
  Married	28 Jan 1885	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

• Notes

  1850 Jackson, VA # 379-383 Pfost Jonithan 31 M Farmer Va Pfost Elizabeth 27 F Va Pfost Margaret J 4 F Va Pfost George W 2 M Va Weatherholt Hetty 45 F Va Weatherholt William J 15 M Farm VA Weatherholt Angeline 9 F Va 1860 Jackson, VA # 371--340 Jonathan, 41 Elizabeth, 33 Marg, 14 George W, 12 Louisa C, 9 John W, 6 Warrick B, 2 Isaac T, 6/12 Hetty Wetherholt, 55 James Elliott, 18, f/l 1870 Jackson, WV Mill Creek Dist # 209-209 Jonathan, 50 Elizabeth, 43 John W, 16 Warrick B, 11 Mary M, 8 Jacob H, 6 Midkiff, Moses, 26, fl Jeffers, Nancy, 34, domestic 1880 Ripley, Jackson, WV Pfost, Jonathan 60 VAVAVA Elizabeth 53 WVWVWV Warwich B 22 son WVWVWV Jacob O 16 son WV VA WV Wetherholt, Hettie 75 mil WV VA VA Harrison, James 17 nep WWVWV Wetherholt, Mary E 12 Niece WVWVWV Good, Perry 21 servant WVWVWV Old Pfost/Reynolds Cemetery, Fairplain Jonathan Pfost Margaret Pfost Elliott John W Pfost George W Pfost 5 infant children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Mary M Shinn They buried 9 children before they died. Lucinda and Isaac were probably 2 of them, which means they had a total of 12 children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census, 1860 JC annotated. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.