Mary "Polly" Worrell b. 13 Oct 1850 Carroll Co., VA d. 16 May 1941 Crab Orchard, Raleigh Co., WV: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1850 - 1941 (90 years)

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Name	Mary "Polly" Worrell
Nickname	Polly
Birth	13 Oct 1850	Carroll Co., VA [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Census	16 Jul 1860	Dugspur, Carroll Co., VA [3]
	1860
	Luke Worrell was 29, a day laborer, with personal estate valued at $20. Also living in his household were his wife, Mildred (age 29), and children: Polly (age 10), James (age 7), John A. (age 5), Susan (age 3), and Wilburn (age 1). Role: Household Member
Census	19 Sep 1870	Rock, Mercer Co., WV [4]
	1870
	Luke Worrell was 40 years old, a farm laborer, with real estate valued at $300. Also living in his household were his wife Milly (age 41, keeping house) and children: Mary (age 19), James (age 17, farm laborer), John A. (age 15, farm laborer), Susan (age 13), Wilburn (age 11), Ellen (age 7), Joseph (age 5), Margaret J. (age 3), and Nancy (age 4/12, born in May in West Virginia). All members of the household by Nancy were born in Virginia. All members of the household over age 10 were noted as being unable to read or write. Role: Household Member
Census	1 Jun 1880	Rock, Mercer Co., WV [5]
	1880
	Luke Worrell was 50, a farmer. Also living in his household were his wife, Mildred (age 50, keeping house), and their children: James (age 27, works on farm), Welborn (age 21, works on farm), Joseph (age 16, works on farm), Jane (age 13, works for her mother), Nancy (age 10), and Henry (age 7). Daughter Mary (age 30) is also recorded but crossed out. All household members were born in Virginia with parents born in Virginia except Luke's father who was born in Pennsylvania. Role: Household Member
Census	11 Jun 1880	Plymouth District, Mercer Co., WV [6]
	1880
	The head of household was Isaac Gore, 75, born in West Virginia, a farmer, blind. Also living in the household were his wife, Mary (age 29, born in Virginia, keeping house), and daughter Mildred (age 9, born in West Virginia).
Census	22 Jun 1900	Quinnimont, Fayette Co., WV [7]
	1900
	J. W. Sanders was 49 years old, born Sep 1850 in Tennessee (father born in Ireland, mother born in Germany), a coal miner. Also living in his household was his wife, Mary, age 49, born Oct 1850 in Virginia (parents born in Virginia). They had been married for 5 years. Mary is noted as having given birth to 1 child, 1 child living. They lived next door to Henry V. Haley.
Census	20 Apr 1910	Trap Hill, Raleigh Co., WV [8]
	1910
	J. W. Saunders was 60, born in Tennessee, a timber cutter. Also living in his household were his wife, Mary (age 59, born in Virginia), and granddaughters, Carrie Haley (age 16, born in West Virginia) and Minnie Haley (age 11, born in West Virginia). J. W. and Mary had been married for 14 years. Mary was noted as having given birth to 1 child, 1 child living.
Census	9 Jan 1920	Lester, Raleigh Co., WV [9]
	1920
	James H. Saunders was 69 years old, born in Tennessee, a laborer for the railroad. Also living in his household was his wife, Mary, age 69, born in Virginia.
Census	9 Apr 1930	Glen White, Raleigh Co., WV [10]
	1930
	Floyd Accord was 51 years old, a team driver for a coal mine. Also living in his household were his wife Minnie (age 31); sons George A. (age 5/12), Hicks (age 28, a motor man for a coal mine), Willard (age 22, a track layer for a coal mine), and Tommy (age 17); step-daughter Freda Cozart (age 10); step-son Watts Cozart (age 3); and grandmother, Mary Saunders (age 79, widow, born in Virginia). Aside from Mary, all household members were born in West Virginia. The family lived at 324 Fifth Street.
Census	9 May 1940	Raleigh Co., WV [11]
	1940
	Carrie Worrell was 44, a widow, born in West Virginia. Also living in her household were her sister, Nora Berry (age 56, a widow, born in Virginia); her grandmother, Mary Sanders (age 90, a widow, born in Virginia); and her nephew, Robert Haley (age 19, born in West Virginia).
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Death	16 May 1941	Crab Orchard, Raleigh Co., WV [2, 12]
	Cause: chronic nephritis/old age, broncho-pneumonia
Burial	18 May 1941	Tolleytown Cemetery, Tolleys, Raleigh Co., WV [2]
Person ID	I18809	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	31 Oct 2025

Father	Luke Worrell, b. 1830, Carroll Co., VA d. 16 Oct 1894, Foss, Summers Co., WV (Age 64 years)
Mother	Mildred "Millie" Dalton, b. 21 Jun 1830, Carroll Co., VA d. 27 Jan 1909, WV (Age 78 years)
Marriage	25 Dec 1849	Carroll Co., VA [13]
	22 Dec 1849, Luke Worrell and Mildred Dalton, daughter of William Dalton, Sr. who consents. Reuben Fry, surety. Amos Worrell, Sr. consents. Married 25 Dec 1849 by Rev. William Thompson, Sr.
Family ID	F10072	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Greenville G. "Green" Graley, b. 1851, Floyd Co., VA d. Between 1911 and 1919 (Age 60 years)

Marriage Abt 1870

Children

1. Mildred "Millie" Greeley, b. 1871, Mercer Co., WV

d. 15 Oct 1898, Wiggins, Summers Co., WV

(Age 27 years)

Family ID F7990 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Aug 2015

Family 2	Isaac Gore, b. 1805, Giles Co., VA d. 1884, Mercer Co., WV (Age 79 years)
Marriage	3 May 1875	Mercer Co., WV [14]
Family ID	F7999	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	30 Oct 2025

Family 3	James William "Bill" Saunders, b. 4 Sep 1850, TN d. 19 Jan 1928, Surveyor, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 77 years)
Marriage	1896 [15]
Family ID	F8000	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

Event Map

Marriage - 3 May 1875 - Mercer Co., WV

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Photos
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Sources

[S210] Federal Census Record: Fayette Co., WV 1900.
[S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 9904 (1941), Mary Sanders, accessed 29 Oct 2025. (Reliability: 3).
[S2500] Virginia, Carroll County, FCR: Carroll Co., VA 1860, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M653, roll 1339, Dugspur, p. 835, dwelling 451, family 455, Luke Worrell, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1864] West Virginia, Mercer County, FCR: Mercer Co., WV 1870, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M593, roll 1694, Rock, p. 579B, dwelling 163, family 163, Luke Worrell, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1561] West Virginia, Mercer County, FCR: Mercer Co., WV 1880, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 1999), T9, roll 1408, Rock, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 61A, dwelling 1, family 1, Luke Worrel, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1872] West Virginia, Summers County, FCR: Summers Co., WV 1880, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 1999), T9, roll 1408, Plymouth, enumeration district (ED) 83, p. 54B, dwelling 112, family 112, Mary Gore, accessed 30 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1875] West Virginia, Fayette County, FCR: Fayette Co., WV 1900, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 1758, Quinnimont, enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 11A, p. 272, dwelling 203, family 206, Mary Sanders, accessed 30 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1559] West Virginia, Raleigh County, FCR: Raleigh Co., WV 1910, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), T624, roll 1695, Trap Hill, enumeration district (ED) 180, sheet 8B, p. 253, dwelling 134, family 136, Mary Saunders, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1464] West Virginia, Raleigh County, FCR: Raleigh Co., WV 1920, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T625, roll 1970, Lester, enumeration district (ED) 171, sheet 6B, p. 266, dwelling 127, family 127, Mary Saunders, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1376] West Virginia, Raleigh County, FCR: Raleigh Co., WV 1930, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 2553, Glen White, enumeration district (ED) 41-26, sheet 21A, p. 297, dwelling 191, family 194, Mary Saunders, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S1746] West Virginia, Raleigh County, FCR: Raleigh Co., WV 1940, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll 4443, Town, enumeration district (ED) 41-39, sheet 25A, p. 325, household 429, Mary Sanders, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3).
[S954] Raleigh Co., WV Deaths Book 3, p. 478 (Reliability: 3).
[S2501] William Albert Porter M.D. and Mrs. Virginia McMillian Porter, Unindexed Marriage Records of Carroll County, Virginia, (N.p.: n.p., 1970.), 43. (Reliability: 3).
[S1540] West Virginia. Mercer County., Mercer Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 1: 26, line 20, Gore-Greely, 1875; accessed 30 Oct 2025. (Reliability: 3).
[S400] Federal Census Record: Raleigh Co., WV 1910.