Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Thornhill Law
Born: 1820 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: 1910 2 Census: 1870 in Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: farmer 1 Father: William Fisher Law (1795 - 1878) Mother: Elizabeth Thornhill (1791 - 1858)
Wife: Nancy Eakle 3,4 Also known as: Nancy Eckles 4
Born: 1822 in Augusta Co, VA 1,5 Died: Sep-12-1898 at Big Cove Creek, Gilmer Co, WV 5 Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Elizabeth A. Law Born: 1846 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 6,7,1 Died: 1910 6,7 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Ritchie Co, WV 8 Husband: John Ehret b. 1841 d. 1922 Married: Aug-13-1868 8
F Child 2: Sarah Melvian "Vena" Law Also known as: Melvenia Law 9 Born: Mar- -1849 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 10,11,12,1 (see note 1) Died: Feb- 9-1926 in Ritchie Co, WV 13,11 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Azariah Bee b. Aug-27-1844 d. May- 5-1936 Married: Jun-10-1869 in Gilmer Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Margaret Catherine Law Also known as: Marguerite Law 13 Born: Jan- 1-1851 15,16 Died: Dec-28-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 17,11 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Elisha John Maxson b. Aug-16-1844 d. 1942 Married: Mar-10-1869 in Gilmer Co, WV 18
M Child 4: Josiah S. Law Born: ca Apr 1852 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 19,1,20 Died: Apr-26-1919 in Harrison Co, WV 21 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1873, 1903 in Gilmer Co, WV 19 Census: 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Wife: Clarissa Cinderella R. Thompson b. ca Jun 1852 d. 1884 Married: Jan- 9-1873 in Harrison Co, WV 19 Wife: Emeline Thompson b. ca 1856 d. bef Nov 1903 Married: Aug- 3-1886 in Gilmer Co, WV 12 Wife: Mallie White Stalnaker b. Nov-10-1861 d. Jul-31-1938 Also known as: Mollie Stalnaker 22,9 Married: Nov- 5-1903 in Lightburn, Lewis Co, WV 19
F Child 5: Rebecca Laverna Law Born: ca 1855 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 1,20 Census: 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1870, 1910 in Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Alexander Louis Rymer b. ca 1851 Married: Dec-30-1875 in Gilmer Co, WV 8
M Child 6: Enoch Law Born: ca 1859 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 1,20 Census: 1860, 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
F Child 7: Martha Law Born: ca 1861 20 Census: 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
F Child 8: Eliza Law Born: ca 1863 20 Census: 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
F Child 9: Louisa Genevra Law Born: May-12-1865 in Gilmer Co, WV 23,12 Died: Nov-13-1952 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV 23 Buried: Rush Memorial 23 Resided: in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1870, 1900, 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Ervin J. Burton b. Jul- -1863 Census name: J. Ervin Burton Married: Jun- 3-1886 in Gilmer Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. (2) 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. (3) Death record of wife. (4) Death record of daughter. (5) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >. (8) 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. 385. (9) Death record of son. (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (13) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (14) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as Azariah Bee, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah M. Law, 20, of Gilmer Co. Married Jun 10 1869. (15) 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. 110. (16) Headstone (year only), Headstone gives birth date as 1851, and age 10 given at time of the June enumeration of the 1860 Census would support that. But age 21 at time of marriage in March 1869 would put birth at about 1847/48, while age 77y11m21d given on death record would put birth date at Jan 7 1845. The 1851 date is considered correct, with the age at marriage being misstated to avoid parental consent, and the age at death simply being an error. (17) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Marguerite Law Maxson, born in Gilmer Co, dau of Thomas T. & Nancy (Eakle) Law, died Dec 28 1922, age 77y11m21d. (18) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as Elisha J. Maxon [sic], age 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Margaret E. [sic] Law, age 21. Married Mar 10 1869. The middle initial E is probably a transcription error from the handwritten original, and should be a C. (19) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (20) 1870 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (21) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (22) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (23) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone reported by "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" as 1849, and birth date given as March 1849 in 1900 Census. But age at death of 79y11m7d reported "Ritchie County WV Deaths" would put birth date at Mar 2 1846.Name Index