Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James S. Law    
                Born: Dec- 8-1837          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Apr-12-1916          in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: William Law, Jr.   (1803 - 1879) 
              Mother: Susan Baird   (1809 - 1901) 
                Wife: Susanna McConkey   5  
       Also known as: Susan 6
             Married: Dec-29-1859          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: 1841                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,7
                Died: 1915                  7
              Buried:                      in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Father: Jesse McConkey 
              Mother: Mary ___ 
           M Child 1: Lewis A. Law      
         Census name: Louis F. Law 8
                Born: May-23-1861          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9,8,7,2
                Died: Jan-19-1924          in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV  9,7
              Buried:                      in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV  4,9
              Census: 1900                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  9
                Wife: Sarah Adda Sommerville  b. Feb-11-1861  d. Aug-31-1930  
       Also known as: Adda Sommerville 5,6
             Married: Nov- 6-1879          in Harrison Co, WV  10
           M Child 2: William Jesse Law      
                Born: Aug-17-1869          at Two Lick, near Kincheloe, Harrison Co, WV  11,7,12,13
                Died: 1949                  7
              Buried:                      in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV  4
                Wife: Lucy Alexander Freeman  b. Mar-13-1871  d. Dec-23-1946  
             Married: Mar-21-1888          in Harrison Co, WV  12

Sources:
(1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(2) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 
(3) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as James S. Law, widower, farmer, died Apr 12 1916 in Union 
District, age 78y 4m 4d, cause of death old age.  Informant:  W. J. Law, son. DR p. 
119. 
(4) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(5) Death record of son. 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Lewis 
A. Law, 18, of Harrison Co, son of James S. & Susanna; and Sarah A. Sommerville, 18, of Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & 
Elizabeth.  Married Nov 6 1879. 
(11) Harrison County Birth Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(13) Death record of wife. 







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