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Elizabeth (Gainer) Fling (1794 - 1867)

Elizabeth Fling formerly Gainer
Born in Barbour (Randolph) Co., WVmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 4 Jan 1816 in Randolph Co., Va (Barbour, WV)map
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Mother of and
Died at about age 73 in Gilmer Co., West Virginiamap
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Biography

Her parents were Sarah Johnson and George Gainer.

She married John Fling on Jan. 4, 1816 near Meadowville in Randolph County, Virginia, now Barbour County, West Virginia.[1] The ceremony was performed by Rev. Simeon Harris, a pastor of Bethel Chapel.[2]

Elizabeth and husband John Fling moved to present-day Gilmer County about 1830. Her parents and many siblings followed soon after.

She is buried next to John Fling in the Tanner Baptist Church Cemetery. The inscription has worn away from the original headstone at the grave. A modern marker was placed at the site by former cemetery trustees. Two of her brothers are also buried in this cemetery[3][4]

1850 Census, Gilmer Virginia (WV), United States[5]

  1. John Fling M 57 Md
  2. Elizabeth Fling F 48 Md
  3. Jane Fling F 28 Virginia
  4. Levi Fling M 26 Virginia
  5. Mary Fling F 23 Virginia
  6. Sanford Fling M 20 Virginia
  7. Sarah Fling F 18 Virginia
  8. Gainer Fling M 14 Virginia

1860 Census, Gilmer Virginia (WV), United States[6]

  1. John Fling M 65 Fayette Co Pennsylvania
  2. Elizabeth Fling F 60 Allegany Co Maryland
  3. Jane Fling F 41 Randolph Co Virginia
  4. Levi Fling M 38 Randolph Co Virginia
  5. Francis G Fling M 27 Randolph Co Virginia

Sources

  1. ↑ Randolph County Marriages 1787 - 1971. Transcr. Nicholas Sturm. Online. http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/randolph/vitals/marriages/marr0001.txt
  2. ↑ Carnes, Eva Margaret. "First Church In Barbour County Established At Meadowville In 1795." Barbour Democrat. Philippi, WV: April 1953. Reprint in Journal of Allegheny Regional Ancestors. Vol 6, Issue 2: Summer, 1997.
  3. ↑ In person examination of her gravesite by B. Cooper
  4. ↑ findagrave.com
  5. ↑ 1850 Census, Gilmer Virginia (WV), United States
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-YSX : 1 October 2017), John Fling, 1860.




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