Ruth REGER6 and John Weaver MARPLE's children were the following:
2 F: Rosetta MARPLE
Birth: 17 Nov 1828Lewis Co., WV [1]
Death: 26 Dec 1870 plurisey
Spouse: John Minion McWHORTER M.D.
Marriage: 8 Feb 1848 [1]
3 F: Samantha MARPLE
Birth: 21 Jul 1830 Lewis Co., WV [1]
Death: 11 Feb 19221
Spouse: Job B. CASTO
Marriage: 7 Sep 1848 Lewis Co., WV [4]
4 M: Albinos Reger MARPLE
Birth: 27 Jan 1834 Lewis Co., WV [1]
Death: 20 Sep 1908 Upshur Co., WV [1]
Spouse: Mary Jane POST
Marriage: 1 Feb 1855 Upshur Co., WV [4]
5 M: Addison Erastus MARPLE
Birth: 17 Apr 1836 Lewis Co., WV [1]
Death: 26 Jun 1921 Upshur Co., WV
Spouse: Marietta CASTO
Marriage: 4 Sep 1859 Upshur Co., WV [4]
6 F: Columbia Helen MARPLE
Birth: 6 Dec 1848 Lewis (now Upshur) Co., WV [1]
Death: 9 Apr 1926 Gaston, Lewis Co., WV
Spouse: Elias Mifflin LAWSON
Marriage: 1 Oct 1868 Upshur Co., WV [7]
7 M: Columbus F. MARPLE
Birth: 1846 Upshur Co., WV
Death: 1846 Upshur Co., WV
Notes for John Weaver MARPLE
According to the 1880 Upshur Co., WV census, John was b. PA, father b. MD, mother b. PA.
He served in the War of 1812 and moved from PA to VA in 1815. I am questioning the fact that John Weaver was in the War of 1812--there were 2 John Marples who fought in this war in Pattersons 2nd Regiment, PA Militia--one could have been John Adrian Marple f/o John Weaver.[8]
1830 Lewis Co. census shows household headed by John Marple with 1 M 20-30 2 F 0-5 1 F 15-20
1850 Lewis Co. census shows John age 45, b. VA, Ruth age 41 b. VA, Albina age 16, Addison E. age 14, Almira A age 10, Columbus F. age 4 and Columbia H. age 1.
1870 Upshur Co. census shows John age 65, Ruth age 60, Almyra age 30 and her 3 children from her marriage to Elam; Rose Ella age 9, Omar age 7, and Electra age 5. Warren Twp. Their sons, Albinos and Addison, and their daughter, Samantha married to Job Casto, were all neighbors. Also, Abram and Mary Post lived nearby.
1880 Upshur Co. census: John, age 75, Ruth age 70.
On 26 Jul 1855, John was listed as the postmaster located in Marples Store near Hodgesville in Upshur Co., VA. Records for this were sent to me by Robert Marple of Buckhannon, himself a retired postmaster.
The 3 children of Almyra Arminta Marple Robinson, Rose Ella, Omar and Electa, apparently all lived with their grandparents until they were grown. Rose Ella married at her grandparents' home on Hackers Creek.
Notes for Ruth REGER
Ruth raised her grandchildren by daughter, Almyra. After the death of Elam Robinson in IL, Almyra traveled back to WV with a 4 yr old daughter (Melinda Larson's great grandmother Rose Ella), a 2 yr old son and at the time was 8 months pregnant with her 3rd child. Electa, the infant was born just 5 weeks after her father's death. Almyra and her children lived with her parents until she remarried--she left her children with her parents and went to live with her new husband. Rose Ella was married at her grandparents' home and named her 1st child, my grandmother Ethel Ruth, after her grandmother.
Sources
1. Copied from John Weaver Marple's family bible. Copy sent to me by Robert Marple, Buckhannon, WV
2. 1880 Upshur Co., WV census
3. Marker at cemetery.
4. John W. Marple's bible currently owned by Robert Marple, 108 Fayette St, Buckhannon, WV.
5. Lewis County, WV Deaths 1853-1886, Vol. 1, pg. 72.
6. Upshur Co., WV Marriages, pg. 13.
7. From Ireta Ruth Queen Randolph's family bible. Ireta was the granddaughter of Columbia Helen Marple Lawson.
8. http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/familytree/records/ This is a website dedicated to genealogy and had a search site for War of 1812 listing men who served and the state and company they served in.
Compiled and submitted by Melinda Larson.