Alexander K. Sleeth *
Birth: 28 Feb 1797, West Virginia, USA
Death: 27 Jun 1841, Burnt House, Ritchie Co., West Virginia, USA
Father: David Wallace Sleeth *
Mother: Catherine Carpenter *
- Married Catherine or Kathern Wolfe * on 8 Jul 1817 at Harrison Co., West Virginia, USA
- Child 1: Maria Louise Sleeth 9 May 1818 - m. George H. McQuain
- Child 2: Granville Wallace Sleeth EST 1820 - m. Nancy Lough
- Child 3: Mary Sleeth 27 Nov 1822 - m. Sutton Cox
- Child 4: Emily Jane Sleeth 3 Aug 1825 - m. Edmund West
- Child 5: Penelope Catherine Sleeth * 10 Sep 1827 - 14 Apr 1915 m. William Harrison Snider *
- Child 6: Julia M. Henderson Sleeth 10 Mar 1832 - 11 Mar 1915 m. Charles Stalnaker
- Child 7: Elizabeth Sleeth 3 May 1832 - m. William Stevenson
- Child 8: Perry Jenifer Sleeth 5 May 1834 - 1872 m. (1) Sarah Wiant m. (2) Sarah Canfield
- Child 9: John Marshall Sleeth 1 Jun 1836 - m. Antoinetta (Antonety) McVaney
- Child 10: Narcissa Ann Sleeth 7 Nov 1838 - m. John Bush
Notes: Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie Co.
Alexander Sleeth married Miss Katherine Wolfe, daughter of David Wolfe, of Harrison county, a nd niece of Peter
Wolfe, of Smithville; and came from Lewis county in 1840, and settled on the Malone - now th e Kennedy - farm, above the mouth of Lamb's run, where he died, and where he was buried the f ollowing year, June 1841.
He leaves a large line of descendants, who principally reside in Gilmer county; but the one f amily in this county, that are descended from him, is that of Mrs. Nellie Silcott Synder, o f Hazelgreen, her late husband E. E. Snyder, being a grandson.
His children were: Mrs. Maria McQuain, Mrs. Mary Coke, Mrs. Emily West, Mrs.Elizabeth Steven son, mother of the late Will Stephenson, of Grantsville; Mrs. Julia Stalnaker, Mrs. Anna Bush , Granville Sleeth, Perry J., and John M., who have all passed on; and Mrs. Penelope Snyder , widow of the late W. H. Snyder, of Glenville, who survives.
Hardesty's History of Calhoun County
WILLIAM LEWIS STEVENSON William Lewis Stevenson, deceased, belonged to one of the first famil ies of Virginia, and was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, a son of Richard L. and Amand a (Herndon) Stevenson, now deceased. The date of his birth was November 22, 1822, and in 185 6 he became a resident in what is now Calhoun County, West Virginia. His wedded life began i n the same year, Elizabeth H. Sleeth, born January 15, 1831, in what is now Lewis County, Wes t Virginia becoming his wife. The parents of Elizabeth H. Sleeth were Alexander K. and Cather ine (Woh) Sleeth, both now deceased, her father dying in 1844.
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