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Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey 1833–1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1833

Birth Location: Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 27 Mar 1910

Death Location: Wetzel, West Virginia, United States

Father: Samuel Starkey

Mother: Rebecca Edgell

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Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey was born in 1833 in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America, the child of Samuel Starkey And Rebecca Jane Edgell. Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey passed away in 1910 in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey was born in 1833 in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America, the child of Samuel Starkey And Rebecca Jane Edgell.
  • Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey passed away in 1910 in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States.

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Samuel Starkey's Ancestors

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Samuel Starkey
1833–1910
Birth Place: Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Samuel Starkey
1791–1868
Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Rebecca (Jane) Edgell
1795–1883
Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
Levi (Starkey) Sr
1764–1845
New Hanover, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Mary (Rebecca) Merrick
1767–1837
Saint Peters Parish, Talbot, Maryland, USA
James (K Edgell) (5GGF)
1775–1810
Caroline Co, Maryland
Mary (Ann) Ice
1774–1840
Buffalo Creek,Barrackville,Marion Co,(W)VA
Great-Grandparents
Janet Roberts
1742–1826
Samuel Merrick
1727–1793
Rachel Heston
1731–1826
Benjamin (6GGF)
1750–1791
Rebecca Merrick
1742–1791
William Ice
1730–1830
*Margaret Higginbotham
1747–1803
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Merrick
1654–1732
Mary Foster
1690–1733
Zebulon Jr
1702–1776
Elizabeth Buckman
1709–1793
James Edgell
1714–1782
Mary Staples
1718–1782

Samuel Starkey's Timeline

2 Records

1833
3 Aug 1833
Birth of Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America
1910
27 Mar 1910
Age 77
Death of Samuel "Marrying Sam" Jr Starkey in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States
Wetzel, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Aug 1833
    Event Place: Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1910
    Event Place: Wetzel, West Virginia, United States

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