Christian Grim & Mary Morgan - Person Sheet
Christian Grim & Mary Morgan - Person Sheet
NameSarah Jane PIERPOINT 53,60,57,152,153
BirthApr 29, 1820, VA60,59,154
DeathFeb 11, 1922, Mole Hill, Ritchie Co., WV122
BurialFeb 16, 1922, Oak Grove Cemetery, Ritchie Co., WV122
FatherJohn Larkin PIERPONT (1779-1854)
MotherJane DUNN (1785-1863)
Misc. Notes
Martha Kaufman gives year of birth as 1818.152

Edward Fairchild gives her birth as Apr. 9, 1823, Monongalia Co., VA (now WV).155

1900 Census, Ellsworth District, Tyler Co., WV, sheet 9, line 14
Darnell, Jane, b. Apr. 1824, age 76
Eliza, daughter, b. Nov. 1865, age 34

Obituary found on FindaGrave.com:
“Mrs. Darnell Dead
Jane Pierpoint Darnell, wife of Aaron Darnell, deceased, died at the dome [sic] of S. T. Darnell, in Tyler county, March 14th, at the advanced age of 101 years, 10 months and 15 days, she having been born on April 29, 1820. She was the mother of fourteen children, seven of whom survive her. St. T. Darnell, Central, George, of Mole Hill, Maggie Kendall of McKim, Amanda Hanlin, of Elkview, Ulysis Darnell, of Sistersville, Eliza Elmer, of California. She is also survived by 36 grandchildren, 95 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Oak Grove church March 15, by Daniel Dotson and interment was made in the Oak Grove cemetery.”

Obituary, The West VIrginian (Fairmont, WV), Monday, March 20, 1922, p. 8:

Dies at Age of 103 Years.

Mrs. Jane Pierpont Darnell, 103 years olld, is dead at her home in Deep Vally, Tyler County. In her girlhood days, Mrs. Darnall [sic] frequently visited here as was a cousing of the late Governor Francis H. Pierpont of this city.

Obituary, The Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, WV), Tuesday, March 21, 1922, p. 5:

Sistersville — Mrs. Jane H. Darnell, 102 years old, one of the oldest residents of Tyler county, is dead at her home here. She was the mother of 14 children, 7 of whom survive.

Obituary, The West Virginian (Fairmont, WV), Thursday, March 23, 1922, p. 8:

Niece of Francis H. Pierpont Dead

Mannington, March 23 — N. C. Grim of Brookside received a message Tuesday night announcing the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Jane Pierpont Darnell, at her home in Pennsboro.

Mrs. Darnell was 102 years old, and was a cousin of the late Francis H. Pierpont of Fairmonth, at whose home she frequently visited in her girlhood days. She was the mother of fourteen children, seven of whom survive, also thirty-six grandchildren and ninety-five great-grandchildren.

Death Certificate
Name: Jane Darnell
Place of death: Ritchie Co., WV
female, white, widowed
Date/place of Birth: April 29, 1820, WV
Age: 101 y, 11 m, 13 d
Occupation: housekeeper
Father: John Perpoint, b. WV
Mother: Jane Dunn, b. WV
Informant: S. T. Darnell, central Station, WV
Date of death: Feb. 11, 1922
Cause of death: old age
Place of burial: Oak Grove
Date of burial: Feb. 16, 1922
Spouses
BirthMar 21, 1816, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., VA (now WV)53,60
DeathAug 11, 1886, Tyler Co., WV149,60
OccupationFarmer150,151
FatherJohn DARNELL (1786-1861)
MotherElizabeth JOHNS (1794-1858)
MarriageDec 29, 1838, Monongalia Co., WV7,53,60,152
ChildrenAlbert (-<1842)
 Martha (1842-1863)
 John C. (1844-1863)
 Mary C. (1846-1863)
 Elizabeth (1847-1863)
 Larkin (1849-)
 Amanda Jane (1851-1924)
  James A. (1859-1863)
 Zackquill (1853-1939)
 Samuel Tisdale (1855-1928)
 George Henry (1861-1949)
 Ulysses Simpson Grant (1863-1935)
 Eliza Florence (1866-1933)
 Thomas (1868-1928)
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