Nancy (Sheets) Wigal (1808 - 1885)

Born 1808 in Harrison, Wood, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Phillip Wigal Jr. — married 29 Jan 1829 in Wood, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1885 at about age 77 in Harris District, Wood, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Nancy was born in 1808 in West Virginia. She died in 1885 in West Virginia. ^{[1] [2]}

Philip Wigal and Nancy Sheets married on 29 January 1829 in Wood, West Virginia. ^[3]

They are mentioned as the parents in the birth record of their son, Elisha Columbus Wigal, born 6 October 1855 in Wood, Mason, West Virginia. ^[4]

In 1870, the Wigal family lived on their farm in Harris, Wood, West Virginia. The household included Philip Wigal, 63, a farmer with $2000 in real estate and $300 in personal estate; his wife, Nancy, 61, who could not read or write; their children, Frank, 32, a farmer, with $100 in personal assets; Diana, 21, student; Sarah E., 20, student; and Elisha C., 14, in school. All members of the household were born in Virginia. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑  :Source: #S-290906563 Ancestry Family Trees (http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=9563612&pid=-712174627)
2. ↑ Source S-290906563 Repository: #R-290906564, Ancestry Family Trees, Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
3. ↑ West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTMQ-8FM)
4. ↑ West Virginia Births, 1853-1930 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1VG-5G8)
5. ↑ 1870 US Census, Harris, Wood, West Virginia (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHS-NL4)