West Virginia Pioneers

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Staats

Female 1776 - 1869  (92 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth 'Betsy' Staats 
    Born 22 Sep 1776  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 May 1869  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Death Record
      Name: Elizabeth/Flesher
      Sex: Female
      Death Date: 22 May 1869
      Death Place: West Fork River, Lewis Co., West Virginia
      Age at Death: 92y 8m
      Birth Place: Hampshire Co., Va.
      Spouse: Adam/Flesher
      Mother: E./Steoots
      Mother's Birth Place:
      Father: Joseph/Steoots
      Father's Birth Place:
      Informant: Noah Flesher, son

      Elizabeth Staats Flesher
      Birth: Sep. 22, 1776
      Romney
      Hampshire County
      West Virginia, USA
      Death: May 22, 1869
      Weston
      Lewis County
      West Virginia, USA

      Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Staats. Married to Adam Flesher.
      Parents of at least 15 children: George Adam, Henry, Mrs. Rebecca McCord, Joseph, Mrs. Mary Samantha Sayre, Elijah, John, Mrs. Margaret Goff, Mrs. Mahalah Allen, Adam J., Dempsey P., Isaac Staats, Noah, Elizabeth and Rheuhanna or Ruanna Flesher.

      Family links:
      Parents:
      Joseph Staats (1740 - 1826)
      Spouse:
      Adam Flesher (1764 - 1854)*
      Children:
      George A Flesher (____ - 1878)*
      Henry Flesher (1795 - 1881)*
      Rebecca Flesher McCord (1796 - 1862)*
      Joseph Flesher (1797 - 1861)*
      Elijah Flesher (1799 - 1862)*
      Margaret Flesher Goff (1804 - 1881)*
      Mahalah Flesher Allen (1805 - 1861)*
      Adam Flesher (1807 - 1877)*
      Dempsey P. Flesher (1809 - 1879)*
      Noah Flesher (1814 - 1893)*
      Elizabeth Flesher Snyder (1816 - 1880)*
      Rheuhanna Or Ruanna Flesher (1818 - 1871)*
      Siblings:
      Elijah Staats (1770 - 1820)*
      Elizabeth Staats Flesher (1776 - 1869)
      Joseph Calvin Staats (1789 - 1864)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Burial:
      Butcher Cemetery
      Turnertown
      Lewis County
      West Virginia, USA
      Created by: Shawn
      Record added: Nov 05, 2003
      Find A Grave Memorial# 8063031
    Person ID I6624  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2015 

    Father Joseph Staats,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Milam,   b. Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1871, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • John House says, Isaac may have been a brother of Abraham, and it was said that Daniel and Elijah of Grant District were.

      Harrison Co marriages:
      Isaac Staats to Mary Hannamon, 2/26/1791
    Family ID F2236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Adam J Flesher,   b. 29 Jul 1764, Hardy Co, WVa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1854, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1792  Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 

    • 1810 Harrison, VA
      Adam Flesher
      3m 0-10
      3m 10-16
      1m 16-26 [George]
      1m 45+
      3f 0-10 [Mahala]
      4f 10-16
      1f 26-45

      1820 Lewis, VA
      Flesher, Adam
      3m 0-10 [Noah, John]
      1m 10-16
      1m 16-18
      1m 16-26
      1m 45+
      2f 0-10 [Elizabeth]
      2f 10-16 [Mahala]
      1f 16-26
      1f 26-45
      2 in agri

      1830 Lewis, VA
      Flesher, Adam
      1m 15-20
      1m 20-30 [Noah]
      1m 60-70
      2f 10-15
      1f 20-30
      1f 50-60

      1840 Lewis, VA
      Adam Flesher
      1m 0-5 [Van?]
      1m 10-15
      1m 20-30
      1m 70-80
      1f 15-20 {Rhu?]
      1f 20-30 [Elizabeth]
      1f 60-70
      The 2 lines before are Elijah (40-50) and John (20-30) Flesher

      1850 Lewis, VA #258-259
      Noah Flesher 36
      Adam 86
      Elizabeth 73
      Elizabeth 34
      Rheuhanna 32
      Van 12
      Amanda 10

      1860 Lewis, VA #1133
      Noah Flesher 43 VA
      Elizabeth 84 VA
      Ruanna 42 VA
      Amanda 18 VA
      John Carpenter 6 VA
      Christian Fauber 61 Switzerland

      1870 Willey, Lewis, WV #314
      Flesher, Noah 56 10,000 - 1500 VA
      Carpenter, John 17 VA
      Helmick, Barbary 47 VA
      Rogers, Elizabeth 23? VA
      Riffle, Rosanna 1 WV
      Rogers, Birdie 7/12 WV

      John House, Pioneers of Roane County:
      Adam Flesher lived on the river two miles below Weston. He married Betsy Staats, a sister of Abraham Staats of Mill Creek. Another sister (or cousin, some say) married a Sleethe, and after his death became the second wife of Charles Parsons, Sr.

      Adam and Betsy Staats Flesher had a large family. Their children's names were:

      Dempsey married Elizabeth Jones.

      Elijah married Nancy Lewis. He was a blacksmith and lived in Weston.

      George married Sally Connoly.

      John.

      Adam married when old, and move "away off".

      Noah lived on the old home place.

      Elizabeth never married. Went west.

      Margaret married Salathiel Goff.

      Ruanna, "kept the old folks".

      Mahala married Jesse Allen, and lived on Mill Creek. She was born in 19806 and died in 1861.

      Another record adds a son, Isaac, born in 1810. His son, Crayton, was in the Union Army.
    Children 
     1. George Adam Flesher,   b. 11 Mar 1792, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1878  (Age 86 years)
     2. John Flesher,   b. CA 1805, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1882, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Mahala Flesher,   b. 28 Dec 1805, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1861  (Age 55 years)
     4. Isaac P Flesher,   b. 9 Sep 1811, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1854, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     5. Elizabeth Flesher,   b. CA 1814, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Noah Flesher,   b. CA 1814, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Ruanna Flesher,   b. CA 1818, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F2237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S89] Fran Green Daniels.

    2. [S70] John House.

    3. [S72] Marriage Records, Harrison Co, WV.