Nancy (Hodge) Messer (1855)

Born 1855 in Carroll County, Virginia

Wife of Daniel Messer — married 27 Jan 1876 in Logan County, West Virginia

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Biography

Nancy was born in 1855. She is the daughter of John Hodges and Fidelia Clark. She married Daniel Messer on 27 Jan 1876 in Logan County, West Virginia ^[1]. Nancy filed for the Civil War Widows Military Pension on 27 Apr 1905 in the state of Kentucky, application #827090 Certificate #604490^[2]

Research

Census: 6 Jul 1860, Hillsville Post Office, Carroll County, Virginia lines 14-23, dwelling 326, family 326 John Hodges' - age 46, male, farm labor, personal property valued $30, born Virginia Fidella Hodges - age 44, female, born Virginia, cannot read or write John Hodges - age 17, male, farm labor, born Virginia Joseph S. Hodges' - age 15, male, farm labor, born Virginia Peter Hodges - age 11, male, born Virginia Elizabeth Hodges - age 10, female, born Virginia Absolom Hodges - age 6, male, born Virginia Nancy Hodges - age 5, female, born Virginia David Hodges - age 4, male, born Virginia Roxina Hodges - age 2, female, born Virginia^[3]

Census: 24 Aug 1870, Lincoln District, Wayne County, West Virginia lines 4-10, dwelling 214, family 210 John Hodges - age 56, male, farmer, born Virginia, cannot read or write Phidelia Hodges - age 44, female, housekeeper, born Virginia, cannot read or write Elizabeth Hodges - age 19, female, white, domestic, born Virginia, cannot read or write Nancy Hodges - age 15, female, white, domestic, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write Absolom Hodges - age 16, male, white, laborer, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write David Hodge - age 14, male, white, labor, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write Rosa Hodges - age 12, female, white, born Virginia, attending school, cannot read or write^[4]

Census: 4 Jun 1880, Liberty, Greenup County, Kentucky lines 1-4, dwelling 61, family 61, enumeration district 40 Daniel Messer - white, male, age 53, head of household, married, collier, cannot read or write, born Kentucky, father born South Carolina, mother born Kentucky Nancy Messer - white, female, age 25, wife, married, housekeeper, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia Pass Messer - white, male, age 12, son, single, cannot write, born Virginia, father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia Polly Messer - white, female, age 8, single, born Virginia, father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia^[5]

Census: 5 Jun 1900, Martin County, Kentucky lines 78-82, dwelling 31, family 31, enumeration district 57 Dan Messer - head of household, male, white, born October 1824 Kentucky, age 75, married 23 years, father born South Carolina, mother born South Carolina, farmer, cannot read or write, speaks english, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 31 Nancy Messer - wife, white, female, born November 1854 Virginia, age 45, married 23 years, had 10 children 3 living, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, can read and write, speaks english Nancy Messer - daughter, white, female, born April 1880 Kentucky, age 20, single, father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia, attending school 2 months, can read and write, speaks english Iantha Messer - daughter, white, female, born March 1881 West Virginia, age 19, single, father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia, attending school 2 months, can read and write, speaks english Mandy Messer - daughter, white, female, born February 1888 Virginia, age 12, single, born father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia, attending school 2 months, can read and write, speaks english^[6]

Census: 29 Apr 1910, Fallsburg, Lawrence County, Kentucky lines 51-54, dwelling 135, family 135, enumeration district 105 Adam Harmon - head of household, male, white, age 49, married 3 years, 2nd marriage, born Kentucky, father born Kentucky, mother born Kentucky, speaks english, farmer of general farm, can read and write, owms farm with mortgage, farm schedule 105 Nancy Harmon - wife, female, white, age 28, married 3 years, 2nd marriage, had 1 child 1 living, born Kentucky, father born Kentucky, mother born Virginia, speaks english, can read and write Doc Harmon - son, male, white, age 4, born Kentucky, father born Kentucky, mother born Kentucky, speaks english Nancy Messer - mother-in-law, female, white, age 54, widow, had 3 children 3 living, born Virginia, father born West virginia, mother born West Virginia, speaks english, can read and write^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-WWFF : 28 November 2018), Daniel Messer and Nancy Hodge, 1876.
2. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41P-XNK : 13 December 2017), John Hodges, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZH9-3PN : 12 April 2016), Nancy Hodges in household of John Hodges, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 32, family 210, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,200.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCL-D4H : 29 August 2017), Nancy Messer in household of Daniel Messer, Liberty, Greenup, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 70D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0417; FHL microfilm 1,254,417.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H7-L64 : accessed 11 December 2018), Nancy Messer in household of Dan Messer, Magisterial District 1, Martin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 2B, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,543.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26Q-VRV : accessed 11 December 2018), Nancy Messer in household of Adam Harmon, Fallsburg, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 8B, family 135, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 491; FHL microfilm 1,374,504.

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