West Virginia Pioneers

Prova Belle Rector

Female 1886 - 1964  (77 years)


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  • Name Prova Belle Rector 
    Born 13 Aug 1886  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Jun 1964  Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Death Record
      Name: Prova Belle/Hogsett
      Sex: Female
      Death Date: 6/6/1964
      Death Place: Vienna, Wood, WV
      Age at Death: 77
      Cemetery: Ravenswood
      Birth Date: 8/13/1886
      Birth Place: WV
      Marital Status: W
      Residence: Vienna, WV
      Mother: Nancy Elizabeth Sherman
      Father: Charles James Rector
      Informant: son, Paul Hogsett, Davisville, WV
    Person ID I25871  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2011 

    Father Charles James Rector,   b. 20 Oct 1848, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1946, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Mother Nancy Elizabeth Sherman,   b. 20 Mar 1852, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1920, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1869  [3
    Notes 

    • 1870 Jackson, WV pg 77
      Charles J, 21
      Nancy, 18

      1880 Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia Page 472B
      Carles RECTOR Self M M W 32 WV
      Nancey RECTOR Wife F M W 28 WV
      Robbert B. RECTOR Son M S W 9 WV
      Wallace E. RECTOR Son M S W 7 WV
      Carra A. RECTOR Dau F S W 5 WV
      Ollive E. RECTOR Dau F S W 2 WV
      Sallie P. RECTOR Dau F S W 9M WV
      M. PARSONS Other M W 23 WV
      Occ: Common Laborer Fa: WV Mo: WV

      1930 Williams, Wood, WV # 128-132 all WVWVWV
      Rector, Charles J 89 wd
      Hogsett, Prova B da 44 md age 18
      Myrtle M gd 16
      Paul F gs 14

      This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section
      "Lower Sandy Valley".

      Rector Family

      Charles J. Rector was born in 1848. He was a son of Steptoe Rector, who was born in 1816. They came to Jackson County when Charles was young. In 1869, Charles married Elizabeth Sherman. He lived on Little Sandy or at Sherman.

      Levin Rector was a brother of Steptoe Rector. He was born in 1814, and married Sarah B. Sherman. She was a daughter of Isaac B. Sherman and Nancy Dewitt Sherman. They lived at Sherman in 1883. Mrs Susan Kyger was his sister.

      Charles Rector, who married Sallie Rust, was the father of Steptoe and Levin Rector.

      Hardesty's History of Jackson County
      Ravenswood District
      Charles J. RECTOR - born October 20, 1848, in Wirt county, now part of West Virginia, was a son of Steptoe and Elizabeth (Sherman) Rector, who came to Jackson county in 1856. His father was born September 3, 1816, and his mother on the 8th of September, 1833. In Jackson county, October 24, 1869, were spoken the words which united the lives of Charles J. Rector and Nancy Sherman, and in the years that have ensued their children have been born in the following order: Robert B., August 18, 1870; Wallace E., August 6, 1872; Carrie A., February 18, 1875; Olive E., October 15, 1877; Sally P., September 24, 1879; Fannie Alta, August 13, 1882. Abel and Priscilla (Anderson) Sherman are the parents of the wife of Mr. Rector, and her birth was in Jackson county, the date March 20, 1852. Abel Sherman was born March 11, 1824, and Priscilla (Anderson) Sherman, born June 20, 1832. Charles J. Rector owns and carries on a good farm in Grant district, and receives his mail at Sherman, Jackson county , West Virginia.
    Family ID F242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Paul Hogsett,   b. 22 Jan 1883, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1943, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 20 Jan 1906  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 1/20/1906 at Ravenswood
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      James Paul Hogsett, 22, Jackson, Jackson
      Prova Belle Rector, 21, Jackson, Jackson

      1920 Parkersburg, Wood, WV #318-323
      Hogsett, James P 36 WVWVWV
      Prova 33 WVWVWV
      Marie da 12 WV
      Myrtle da 6 WV
      Paul F son 3 9/12 WV
      Oakley, Walter boarder 18 OHOHOH

      1930 Williams, Wood, WV # 128-132 all WVWVWV
      Rector, Charles J 89 wd
      Hogsett, Prova B da 44 md age 18
      Myrtle M gd 16
      Paul F gs 14
    Children 
     1. L Fay Hogsett,   b. 24 Sep 1906, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1920  (Age < 13 years)
     2. Marie Prova Hogsett,   b. 5 Dec 1907, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1987  (Age 79 years)
     3. Myrtle M Hogsett
     4. Paul F Hogsett
    Family ID F7977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.