Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Enoch T. Law    
                Born: ca 1825               1
                Died: bef 1858              1
              Father: William Fisher Law   (1795 - 1878) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Thornhill   (1791 - 1858) 
                Wife: Melvina VanHorn   2,3,1  
             Married: Oct-21-1847           
                Born: Oct-25-1824           
              Father: Thomas VanHorn   (1788 - 1853) 
              Mother: Elenor Brown 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Thomas W. Law      
                Born: ca 1849              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4
              Census: 1880                 in Weld Co, CO  
             Resided: 1870                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
          Occupation: 1880                 sheep herder  5
                Wife: Elizabeth Sebra Zinn  b. ca 1850  
       Also known as: Sebra Zinn 6
             Married: Apr-28-1870          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Martha E. Law      
                Born: ca 1850              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  8
             Resided: 1869                 in Doddridge Co, WV  8
             Husband: William Kenna Moneypenny  b. ca 1834  d. Sep-23-1892  
             Married: Mar- 9-1869          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
           M Child 3: Worthington S. Law      
                Born: Aug- 8-1852           
                Died: Nov-28-1930          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
          Occupation:                      butcher  10
                Wife: Margaret Riffle  

Sources:
(1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 379. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Marriage record of daughter. 
(4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(5) 1880 Census. 
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 239. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Thomas W. Law, 21, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Enoch & Melvina; and Elizabeth S. Zinn, 20, of Ritchie Co, dau 
of Wesley & Eliza.  Married Apr 28 1870. 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as William Moneypenny, widowed, 35, b. Lewis Co, res. Gilmer Co, son of Thomas & Rebecca; and Martha Law, 19, 
b. Gilmer Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Enoch T. & Melvina.  Married Mar 9 1869. 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 







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