Elizabeth Myrtle "Myrtie" Blagg

1879 - 1887  (8 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Myrtle "Myrtie" Blagg
  Nickname	Myrtie
  Birth	10 May 1879	Steer Creek, Braxton Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Jul 1887	Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton Co., WV   [2, 3]
  	Cause: spinal menengitis
  Burial	Squires Cemetery, Salt Lick, Braxton Co., WV   [4]
  Person ID	I18904	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Scott Blagg,   b. 12 May 1841, Pendleton Co., VA d. 5 Nov 1888, Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton Co., WV (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Squires,   b. 15 Jun 1846, Braxton Co., VA d. 3 Sep 1888, Chapel, Braxton Co., WV (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1865	Blacksville, Greene Co., PA   [2, 5]
  	Married by J. R. Tygard, a Justice of the Peace for Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; whose home and office was within twenty feet of the Mason-Dixon line, at Blacksville.
  Family ID	F8031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1341] West Virginia . Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 1887, Elizabeth M. Blagg, accessed 2 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3). Lists age at time of death as 8 years, 2 month, 7 days. [S2428] Union Civil War Pension, Declaration for Minor's Pension, 5 March 1912, Henry H. Blagg, minor's pension application no. 922,038, certificate no. 739,220, service of Robert S. Blagg (Cpl., Co. F, 10th W.Va. Inf., Civil War) (Reliability: 3). transcription of Robert S. and Sarah E. Blagg family Bible records as recorded by George M. Beckett, special examiner of the Bureau of Pensions. [S1341] West Virginia . Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 1887, Elizabeth M. Blagg, accessed 2 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3). [S1241] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, ((http://www.findagrave.com/)), accessed 5 Sep 2025), memorial page for Elizabeth Mertie Blagg (10 May 1879–17 Jul 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114461090; citing Squires Cemetery, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Paula Harper (contributor 47628529). (Reliability: 3). [S1265] West Virginia. Monongalia County., Monongalia Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), 11 Jun 2010, marriage register, Blagg-Squires, 1865; accessed 11 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3). Copy of the Marriage Register of J. R. Tygard.