Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Josiah Simpson Law    
                Born: ca 1821              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: aft Apr 1861          3
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William Fisher Law   (1795 - 1878) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Thornhill   (1791 - 1858) 
                Wife: Sarah Henry   4,5  
                Born: ca 1824               2
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: Alexander Law      
                Born: ca 1845               2
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: William Jefferson Law      
                Born: ca 1846              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,6
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Mary Anna Ramsburg  b. ca 1861  
             Married: Oct-10-1883          in Lewis Co, WV  6
           M Child 3: Jacob Law      
                Born: ca 1849               2
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 4: Marshall Wellington Law      
                Born: May- 6-1852          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  7
                Died: Jan-19-1927          in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  7,8
              Buried:                      in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV  7
              Census: 1920                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  7,9
                Wife: Margaret Debora Ramsburg  b. Jun-17-1855  d. Sep- 2-1931  
       Also known as: Deborah Ramsburg 10
             Married: Dec- 3-1873          in Lewis Co, WV  11

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. 382. 
(2) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, He was party to a deed dated Apr 15 1861.  According to family 
memoirs, he went to Iowa to visit a sister, became ill, and died there. p. 382. 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(9) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). 
(10) 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. 221. 
(11) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Marshel W. Law, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co; and 
Margarett D. Ramsburg, 18, b. & res. Lewis Co.  Married Dec 3 1873. 







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