Misc. Notes
Martha Kaufman gives year of birth as 1818.
152Edward Fairchild gives her birth as Apr. 9, 1823, Monongalia Co., VA (now WV).
1551900 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