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Author: pqrstny
Surnames: Carbaugh, Skelton
Classification: queries
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The 1870 Census for Tazewell lists John Henry Carbaugh, married to Margaret with the
following children: William H., Rachel C., John M.E., Margaret, Charles E., Clifford,
Ballard---so we're in the same family you spoke of with John Henry as the
patriarch---the 1870 Census lists that John Henry Carbaugh and Margaret (Skelton) were
born in Virginia, not Pennsylvania.
Additionally, the US and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, source # 3224.012
states that Margaret Skelton, Born 1825 and spouse John Carbaugh Born 1816, married in
1844. The US & Int'l Marriage Records 1560-1900 does not reveal which state the
marriage occurred (VA or PA).
Ancestry.com has an option for ordering the document, but
you have to know the state of issue of the marriage certificate.
These two documents open the debate: Are Margaret Skelton and John Carbaugh from
Pennsylvania or Virginia? Why would the census taker write on the census form that the
couple was born in Virginia and not Pennsylvania? Does anyone in the family have a
marriage certificate for the couple that shows the state of issue?
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