Barsheba (Whiteman) Janes (1811 - 1888)

Born 20 Mar 1811 in Harrison County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Wesley Janes — married 9 Jan 1833 in Harrison County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1888 at age 76 in Harrison County, West Virginia, USA

Biography

Barsheba was born 20 March 1811 in Harrison County, Virginia.^[1] She was the daughter of Abel T. Whiteman and Ruth Bigler.

She married Joseph Wesley Janes on or after 9 January 1833 (bond date) in Harrison County.^[2] The bondsman was Bartlett Janes.

Barsheba died on 13 January 1888 in Harrison County, and she is buried there in the Adamsville Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Barsheba's full date of birth is carved on her grave stone. Douglas King, "Barsheba Janes," Memorial no. 11395980, posted 21 July 2005; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11395980/barsheba-janes : accessed November 2018).
2. ↑ Harrison County Marriage Register 5: 217, marriage bond, Joseph W. Janes and Barsheba Whiteman, 9 January 1833; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=43502&Type=Marriage : accessed November 2018).
3. ↑ Douglas King, "Barsheba Janes," Memorial no. 11395980, posted 21 July 2005; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11395980/barsheba-janes : accessed November 2018). Barsheba's death record has not been located; however, her full date of death is carved on her grave stone.