Descendants of James Halpin - West Virginia Genealogy
Descendants of James Halpin - West Virginia Genealogy
Descendants of James Halpin - West Virginia Genealogy
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patents and siblings. At that time she was working as a teacher. No later records for<br />
her have yet been found.<br />
22. Mary A. <strong>Halpin</strong> (Robert 2 , <strong>James</strong> 1 ) was born in Vinton County, Ohio in June,<br />
1873. She moved to Moundsville, WV with her family shortly after 1880. Mary<br />
graduated from Moundsville High School in 1892. She was married to Thomas J.<br />
Lacey in Moundsville on September 7, 1905. Thomas, born in New York October 8,<br />
1866, was a son <strong>of</strong> Mathew and Johanna Burke Lacey. Like her sister Catherine,<br />
Mary also worked as a teacher in the Marshall County schools. Thomas and Mary<br />
lived in Moundsville until her death. She died tragically from suicide by hanging on<br />
June 16, 1928. She was buried at Martins Ferry, Ohio.<br />
Mary and Thomas had one daughter:<br />
60. i. Agnes T. Lacey (1906 – 1993)<br />
23. Agnes T. <strong>Halpin</strong> (Robert 2 , <strong>James</strong> 1 ) was born in Zaleski, Vinton County, Ohio<br />
February 24, 1875. She married <strong>James</strong> Nesbitt Wells on April 20, 1907. They were<br />
married in St. Francis Xavier Church in Moundsville, WV. <strong>James</strong> was a son <strong>of</strong><br />
Charles Prather Wells and Martha Nesbitt Wells. He was born at Wells Bottom,<br />
Marshall County, WV on January 30, 1876. In the early years <strong>of</strong> their marriage they<br />
lived on their farm in Wells Bottom in southern Marshall County. In about 1922 they<br />
moved to a home at 312 Tenth Street in Moundsville where they lived until <strong>James</strong>’<br />
death. <strong>James</strong> Nesbitt Wells died August 6, 1949. Following his death Agnes lived<br />
with her daughter Martha at 915 Sixth Street in Moundsville. Agnes died on<br />
September 9, 1955. She is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, New Martinsville, WV.<br />
Agnes and <strong>James</strong> had three children:<br />
61. i. Charles Prather Wells (1908 – 1998)<br />
62. ii. Robert <strong>Halpin</strong> Wells (1910 – 1953)<br />
63. iii. Martha Wells (1912 – 1990)<br />
24. Jennie M. <strong>Halpin</strong> (Robert 2 , <strong>James</strong> 1 ) was born in Zaleski, Ohio in October, 1876.<br />
She moved to Moundsville with her family shortly after 1880. Jennie graduated from<br />
Moundsville High School in 1895. She married Thomas M. Reese in Moundsville on<br />
September 26, 1906. Thomas Reese, son <strong>of</strong> John and Mary Reese, was born in Wales<br />
in May, 1872. Following their marriage, Jennie and Thomas lived in Canonsburg,<br />
Pennsylvania where Thomas was a Justice <strong>of</strong> The Peace. No records beyond 1920<br />
have yet been found.<br />
Jennie and Thomas had five children:<br />
64. i. Thomas Reese (1907 - 1982)<br />
65. ii. John Paul Reese (1910 - )<br />
66. iii. Mary J. Reese (1912 - )<br />
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