!PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH-RELATIONSHIP: Composition Notebook belonging to Sarah A. Bisch; ;all notes handwritten; photocopy in poss of James Geary, Harrisonburg VA;

!BIRTH-RESIDENCES-CENSUS:
1850 U.S. Census, 33rd Dist, Marshall Co VA; 1850; ; p 325B; Natl Arch; NOTE: Enum with parents, 2, PA.
1860 U.S. Census, Marshall County, VA; 1860; ; p 264; Natl Arch, Wash DC; NOTE: enum with parents, age 12.
1870 U.S. Census, Bellaire, Belmont Co OH; 1870; Reel 1173; ; The State Library of OH, Columbus; NOTE: enumerated with parents; age 24; laborer.

!MARRIAGE: Marriage record of William B. Gary to Mary M. Davis; 1874; Marriage Records of Squires Isaac and Joseph F. Mayes, compiled by Helen L. Harris, C.G., Elizabeth J. Wall & Betty Treat Petrick, Pittsburgh, PA 1978; ; ; NOTE: performed 10 Jan 1874, both listed of Bellaire, Belmont CO OH, (first marriage under new constitution [?] ).
NOTE: Prior to 1885, many thousands of couples from West Virginia, Ohio, and other states eloped to Pennsylvania, eager to be wed in a state which did not require a marriage license. West Alexander, a small village just inside the western Pennsylvania line and halfway between Washington, PA and Wheeling, on the old National Road (Route 40) soon gained a far-flung reputation as a "Gretna Green." The local Justices of the Peace became famous as "Marring Squires." They and the village ministers performed some 7,000 marriages during the years until Pennsylvania, by Act of Assembly of 1 Oct, 1885 joined its neighbors in requiring marriage licenses. Amoung the Justices who performed many of these marriages were two famous Squires: Isaac Mayes and his son, Joseph Finley Mayes. The excellently kept Registers of these two men are the basis for this book. Contains over 3600 of their marriages. 1978, 8½x11, paper, 258 pp

!RESIDENCE: Tax list; 1886-1888; Greene Co PA court Records; Greene Co crthse; NOTE: Listed under single men for 1886-1888; in 1889 tax list beside name is notation "gone to W. VA."

!RESIDENCE: 1877 Leets Bellaire Dir; 1877; ; ; Bellaire OH City Library; NOTE: laborer, res. 1003 Franklin.

!CEMETERY: Cem records; ; Greenwood Cem, Bellaire, Belmont Co OH; ; ; NOTE: A William Gary owns a family plot in the cemetery, no names or dates in the records to indicate who might be buried there, tombstones were illegible.

• Married: 10 Jan 1874 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio

1. Richard GARY
2. Albert GARY b: ABT 1876 in , , Ohio
3. Elizabeth GARY b: ABT 1879 in , , Ohio
4. Joseph Richard GARY b: 16 Jul 1885 in Martin's Ferry, Belmont County , Ohio
5. Milton Reid GARY b: 6 Jan 1889 in West Wheeling, Belmont County, Ohio

1. Repository:
   Name: Family History Library
   Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   
   Title: 1880 United States Census
   Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
   Publication: Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service
   Page: FHL Film 1254994; National Archives Film T9-0994; Page 200B
2. Repository:
   Name: Family History Library
   Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   
   Title: 1880 United States Census
   Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
   Publication: Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service
   Page: FHL Film 1254994; National Archives Film T9-0994; Page 200B
   Text: Extract: 1880 United States Census
   Census Place: West Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio
   Source: FHL Film 1254994; National Archives Film T9-0994; Page 200B
   Household:
   Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
   Wm GEARY
   Self Male M W 31 VA
   Occ: Peddling Glassware Fa: NOT KNOWN Mo: NOT KNOWN
   Mary GEARY
   Wife Female M W 24 OH
   Occ: Keeping House Fa: OH Mo: OH
   Albert GEARY
   Son Male S W 4 OH
   Fa: VA Mo: OH
   Elizabeth GEARY
   Dau Female S W 1 OH
   Fa: VA Mo: OH