Jul-28-2018
Husband: Bushrod Washington Lawson 1
Born: ca 1829 in Warren Co, VA 2,3 Resided: from late 1880s in Marion Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: William Lawson Mother: Eliza Marshall Other spouse 2
Wife: Anna Pritchard 5 Married: Dec- 1-1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 6
Born: Feb-26-1828 7 (see note 1) Died: Aug- 8-1871 7,8 Buried: in White Oak ME Church Cem, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Peter Pritchard (1798 - 1883) Mother: Elizabeth Willis (1798 - 1869)
F Child 1: Eliza Ann Lawson Also known as: Lyda Lawson 4 Born: Nov- 7-1859 at White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV 10,2 Died: Apr-18-1936 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10 Buried: in Riverview (aka K of P) Cemetery, Williamstown, Wood Co, WV 10 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 5,10 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Milton Robert Lowther b. Dec- 2-1855 d. Jan-10-1931 Married: Mar-18-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 2: Flora Odell Lawson Census name: Flora C. Lawson 3 Born: Nov- 9-1861 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Died: May-18-1932 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 11 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12,9 Husband: Marshall Neal Prunty b. Sep-11-1852 d. Feb-14-1931 Married: Aug-20-1877 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Nancy E. Lawson 4 Born: ca 1864 3 Resided: at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: David Clayton
Sources: (1) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 150. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 354. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 349. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990). While the marriage date is reported here as Dec 1 1853, Wes Cochran's "Ritchie County Marriages" shows it as Oct 11 1853, as does "Tichenor Families in America," p. 150. Minnie Kendall Lowther goes so far as to identify the presiding minister, the Reverend George Collins. Examination of the original handwritten entry in the ledger-style marriage record book reveals that the date really could be interpreted either way. But since Minnie Kendall Lowther obviously consulted the original record herself (the only way she would know the minister's name) and she would have been familiar with the handwriting style, we accept her interpretation. p. 287-A. (7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 287-A. (8) Headstone. (9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 216. (12) Obituary. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Marriage date reported as Aug 30 1877 in wife's obituary and in History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980, Ritchie Co Historical Society, p. 216. Event Notes Note (1) "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 287-A, reports birth date as Feb 26 1828, death date Aug 8 1871. But "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993," p. 660, reports headstone reading of same death date, age 44y 5m 12d, which calculates to a birth date of Feb 27 1827. Less credibly, "Tichenor Families in America," p. 150, reports dates as Feb 26 1830 - Nov 21 1872.Name Index