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Martha Annabelle <I>Harsh</I> Wotring

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Martha Annabelle Harsh Wotring

Birth
Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Death
19 Jan 1933 (aged 78)
Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
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Aurora, Preston County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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She married Samuel W. Wotring on April 14, 1870, Preston Co., WV, son of William C. & Elizabeth
(Beavers) Wotring.

Martha and Samuel were the parents of ten children. Two of their sons were killed in a house fire in February, 1894, age twelve and seven. The fire was caused by a defective flue and before the family was awakened, the flames had already gained headway. Martha and Samuel, who were sleeping on the first floor, escaped the house in their nightclothes. Their children were sleeping upstairs, but the stairway burned before they could escape. Samuel raised a ladder to the window and told the children to climb down. The twelve year old boy started to come down, but became confused and jumped back in. Martha was frantic and it was all Samuel could do to hold her back from climbing up the ladder herself. One boy was found, but the other was not.
She married Samuel W. Wotring on April 14, 1870, Preston Co., WV, son of William C. & Elizabeth
(Beavers) Wotring.

Martha and Samuel were the parents of ten children. Two of their sons were killed in a house fire in February, 1894, age twelve and seven. The fire was caused by a defective flue and before the family was awakened, the flames had already gained headway. Martha and Samuel, who were sleeping on the first floor, escaped the house in their nightclothes. Their children were sleeping upstairs, but the stairway burned before they could escape. Samuel raised a ladder to the window and told the children to climb down. The twelve year old boy started to come down, but became confused and jumped back in. Martha was frantic and it was all Samuel could do to hold her back from climbing up the ladder herself. One boy was found, but the other was not.

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