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Family: Charles James Rector / Nancy Elizabeth Sherman (F242)

• Father | Male Charles James Rector

  
  

  Born	20 Oct 1848	Wirt County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	11 Aug 1946	Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Married	24 Oct 1869  [1]
  Father	Stephen Steptoe Rector | F236 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Sherman | F236 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Nancy Elizabeth Sherman

  
  

  Born	20 Mar 1852	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	29 Jun 1920	Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Father	Abel D Sherman | F243 Group Sheet
  Mother	Priscilla Anderson | F243 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Robert B Rector

  
  

  Born	18 Aug 1869	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	7 Feb 1890	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Wallace Edward Rector

  
  

  Born	6 Aug 1872	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	1959
  Buried
  Spouse	Laura May Benson | F1088
  Married	27 Jun 1894	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Carrie A Rector

  
  

  Born	18 Feb 1875
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Jonah Hawk | F3060
  Married	4 Aug 1892	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Olive E Rector

  
  

  Born	15 Oct 1877
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Sallie Pearl Rector

  
  

  Born	24 Sep 1879	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	14 Nov 1962	Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	David Selby Gorrell | F7978
  Married	5 May 1903	Columbiana County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Fannie Alta Rector

  
  

  Born	13 Aug 1882
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Pearl Tumlin | F3063
  Married	17 Dec 1901	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Prova Belle Rector

  
  

  Born	13 Aug 1886	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	6 Jun 1964	Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	James Paul Hogsett | F7977
  Married	20 Jan 1906	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Price B Rector

  
  

  Born	13 Aug 1886	Little Sandy, Jackson Co, WV
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Charles W Rector

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1891
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Rose Petitt | F7979
  Married	1912

  
  

  Child 10 | Male Webster C Rector

  
  

  Born	Feb 1893	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Celia Margaret Hubbard | F7980
  Married	1916

  
  

• Notes

  1870 Jackson, WV pg 77 Charles J, 21 Nancy, 18 1880 Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia Page 472B Carles RECTOR Self M M W 32 WV Nancey RECTOR Wife F M W 28 WV Robbert B. RECTOR Son M S W 9 WV Wallace E. RECTOR Son M S W 7 WV Carra A. RECTOR Dau F S W 5 WV Ollive E. RECTOR Dau F S W 2 WV Sallie P. RECTOR Dau F S W 9M WV M. PARSONS Other M W 23 WV Occ: Common Laborer Fa: WV Mo: WV 1930 Williams, Wood, WV # 128-132 all WVWVWV Rector, Charles J 89 wd Hogsett, Prova B da 44 md age 18 Myrtle M gd 16 Paul F gs 14 This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Sandy Valley". Rector Family Charles J. Rector was born in 1848. He was a son of Steptoe Rector, who was born in 1816. They came to Jackson County when Charles was young. In 1869, Charles married Elizabeth Sherman. He lived on Little Sandy or at Sherman. Levin Rector was a brother of Steptoe Rector. He was born in 1814, and married Sarah B. Sherman. She was a daughter of Isaac B. Sherman and Nancy Dewitt Sherman. They lived at Sherman in 1883. Mrs Susan Kyger was his sister. Charles Rector, who married Sallie Rust, was the father of Steptoe and Levin Rector. Hardesty's History of Jackson County Ravenswood District Charles J. RECTOR - born October 20, 1848, in Wirt county, now part of West Virginia, was a son of Steptoe and Elizabeth (Sherman) Rector, who came to Jackson county in 1856. His father was born September 3, 1816, and his mother on the 8th of September, 1833. In Jackson county, October 24, 1869, were spoken the words which united the lives of Charles J. Rector and Nancy Sherman, and in the years that have ensued their children have been born in the following order: Robert B., August 18, 1870; Wallace E., August 6, 1872; Carrie A., February 18, 1875; Olive E., October 15, 1877; Sally P., September 24, 1879; Fannie Alta, August 13, 1882. Abel and Priscilla (Anderson) Sherman are the parents of the wife of Mr. Rector, and her birth was in Jackson county, the date March 20, 1852. Abel Sherman was born March 11, 1824, and Priscilla (Anderson) Sherman, born June 20, 1832. Charles J. Rector owns and carries on a good farm in Grant district, and receives his mail at Sherman, Jackson county , West Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.