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William Waggoner Shriver (Ohio County, West Virginia, pork packer and insurance agent)

b. 1808-10-23 d. 1880-01-26

Ohio County, West Virginia, pork packer and insurance agent. Maryland native. Married to Caroline Zane Shriver. Father of Hampden Z. Shriver, Marion Shriver, William Shriver, James Shriver, and Cornelia Shriver. Pork packer in Ohio County, Virginia, in 1850. Insurance agent in Ohio County in 1860. Employed Margaret Curry as a domestic servant in Ohio County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, District 44, p. 103 A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling, Ward 2, p. 154.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling Ward 2, p. 173 B.

_James Shriver (1840-1924), O’Brien County. Grave Registration Service, Cemetery Records for the State of Iowa, 1800-2000. Adjutant General’s Office, Des Moine, Iowa.

"William Waggoner Shriver (1808-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #34882833, accessed July 22, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34882833.

Citation

Shriver, William Waggoner. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209232 (November 12, 2026).

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