Marion County WV Archives Obituaries.....Postlethwait, Margaret October 20, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com May 23, 2010, 1:30 am Unknown newspaper clipping and Death Register Record Mrs. Margaret Postlethwait, age 87, died at the home of her daughter Kate at Barracksville, W.V. [the year 1939, there was not date]. She was born 27 October, 1852 in Ohio the daughter of William and Lucinda (Lutz) Anderson. Her family removed to Sugar Run near Littleton when she was a child. She was a member of the Eastview Church of God and the wife of John Postlethwait who preceeded her in death 39 years ago (1850-1900). She is the mother of three daughters and three sons, one son deceased. Thomas of Littleton; Mrs. L. Byard of Wheeling; Mrs. Kate Conaway with whom she lived; Mrs. Mary Chambers, of Fairmont; James of Hastings. A brother, Samuel Anderson of Grantsville; Sister Mary Anderson of Watson and Katherine Rutter of Texas. There are twenty-one grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. The burial is in Shriver Cemetery from the Eastview Church of God with Rev. H. D. Huggins in charge. Death Register, Marion County WV 1939, Page 164, Line 3 Margaret A. Postlewait died at age 88yr-2mo in Barrackville WV date of death: October 22, 1939 widow of John Postlewait cause of death: chronic myocarditis & chr. endocarditis, senility File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/marion/obits/p/postleth192nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb