Benjamin GLOVER & Dorcas ALEXANDER

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Benjamin GLOVER
Dorcas ALEXANDER

Husband: Benjamin GLOVER
Birth: 1790/1, VA
Death: aft. 1850
Father: Richard GLOVER
Mother: Ms. __?__

Marriage: 15 May 1815, Shenandoah Co., VA

Wife: Dorcas ALEXANDER
Birth (based on 1850 census): 1792/3, VA
Birth (source unknown): 10 Jun 1798, VA
Death: aft. 1850
Occupation: homemaker
Sister(?): Sarah ALEXANDER, b. 1781/2, VA
Father: Thomas ALEXANDER

Some contend that Sarah is Dorcas's mother, but if so, one of their ages in the 1850 census is wrong.

Children — born in VA [or WV]:

1. Madison GLOVER, b. 9 Jan 1816; d. 27 Nov 1888
2. LeGrand GLOVER, b. 20 Oct 1817; d. 1892
3. Harriet GLOVER, b. 10 Feb 1819
4. Sarah Catherine GLOVER, b. 11 Sep 1820
5. Benjamin GLOVER, b. 13 Feb 1822
6. Amanda GLOVER, b. 20 Mar 1824
7. Derrick GLOVER, b. 25 Jan 1826; d. Nov 1891
8. Thomas Jackson GLOVER, b. 25 Feb 1828
9. Margaret Jane GLOVER, b. 2 Mar 1830
10. Elmira GLOVER, b. 14 Feb 1832
11. Richard GLOVER, b. Feb 1835
12. John W. GLOVER, b. 29 Mar 1837; d. 27 Feb 1919

Grandchildren(?) — born in VA:

. Catharine GLOVER, b. 1846/7
. Harriet GLOVER, b. Nov 1849

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Sources (n.b., Shenandoah Co., Hardy Co., and Rockingham Co. are adjacent; all three counties were formed before the first census in 1790):

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Glover, Benjamin Alexander, Darkes 15 May 1815 Shenandoah Co.

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find; our subject's father is in Hardy Co., (W)VA.

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23-24 of 68 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 VA [now WV] Hardy Co. Roll M19_191 p. 85 Ln. 4 Glover Benjamin 122 001 - 112 001 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Thomas (b. 1828)

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Derrick (b. 1826)
= Benjamin (b. 1822)

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = LeGrand (b. 1817)
= Madison (b. 1816)

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Benjamin (b. 1790/1)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Margaret (b. 1828)

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Amanda (b. 1824)

2 females 10-14 1815-1820 = Sarah (b. 1820)
= Harriet (b. 1819)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Dorcas (b. 1792/3)

Benjamin is the only GLOVER in the county.

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #124 of 167; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 VA Rockingham Co. Roll M704_577 pp. 109B-110A Ln. 30 Benjamin Glover 223 000 010 - 022 000 100 0300000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1835-1840 = John (b. 1837)
= ?

2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Richard (b. 1835)
= ?

3 males 10-14 1825-1830 = Thomas (b. 1828)
= Derrick (b. 1826)
= ?

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = Benjamin (b. 1790/1)

2 females 5-9 1830-1835 = Elmira (b. 1832)
= ?

2 females 10-14 1825-1830 = Margaret (b. 1828)
= Amanda (b. 1824)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Dorcas (b. 1792/3)

3 persons employed in agriculture

So many of the children appear to be in the wrong age class that it's hard to know what's going on here.

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #75 of 317): 56th District, Rockingham Co., VA, Roll M432_974, p. 96A, 1306/1309, enumerated 25 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Benjamin Glover 59 M Farmer Va

Dorcas     " 57 F "

Madison    " 35 M Laborer "

Sarah      " 28 F "

Jackson    " 23 M " "

Margaret   " 20 F "

Elmira     " 17 F "

Amanda     " 25 F "

Richard    " 15 M "

John       " 12 M "

Catharine " 3 F "

Harriet    " 6/12 F "

Sarah Alexander 68 F "

Some sources show Catharine and Harriet as our subject's children, but Dorcas is much too old to be their mother; they are more likely orphaned or visiting grandchildren. Some sources have Sarah ALEXANDER as Dorcas's mother, but unless Sarah's age is off by at least a decade, she's too young to be Dorcas's mother.

6. Email.

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

8. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

9. Family Pedigrees: Everton's Computerized Family File, Vols. 2 & 3, 1400s-Present (Broderbund CD-13): family group sheet of Benjamin GLOVER & Dorcas ALEXANDER.

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