Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Fisher Law    
                Born: Apr- 4-1795          in Philadelphia, PA  1
                Died: Dec-28-1878          in Gilmer Co, WV  2
              Census: 1870                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1860                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA   (see note 2)
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas Law   (1763 - 1821) 
              Mother: Martha Fisher   (     - 1795) 
                Wife: Elizabeth Thornhill     
             Married: Feb-26-1817          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3
                Born: Jul- 4-1791           3
                Died: Aug-12-1858           3
              Buried:                      in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Thomas Thornhill 
              Mother: Martha Simpson 
           M Child 1: Thomas Thornhill Law      
                Born: 1820                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,3
                Died: 1910                  3
              Census: 1870                 in Gilmer Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4
                Wife: Nancy Eakle  b. 1822  d. Sep-12-1898  
       Also known as: Nancy Eckles 5
           M Child 2: Josiah Simpson Law      
                Born: ca 1821              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6,7
                Died: aft Apr 1861          8
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Sarah Henry  b. ca 1824  
           M Child 3: Enoch T. Law      
                Born: ca 1825               3
                Died: bef 1858              3
                Wife: Melvina VanHorn  b. Oct-25-1824  
             Married: Oct-21-1847           
           M Child 4: Andrew Jefferson Law      
       Also known as: Jefferson Law 9
                Born: ca 1829               3
                Wife: Ruhama Law  b. ca 1828  
             Married: Dec-12-1847          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10

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. 378. 
(2) Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Wm. F. Law, white male, age 84, farmer, born in Harrison 
County, son of "not known," marital status "not known"; died Dec 28 1878 in Gilmer County, cause of death old age.  
Informant:  T. T. Law, son.  (Note:  Stated birthplace is incorrect.  "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," pp. 378-79, 
reports his birthplace as Philadelphia PA, with immigration to Western Virginia abt 1800.  The 1860 Census also shows 
his birthplace as Pennsylvania.) 
(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 >, p. 379. 
(4) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. 
(5) Death record of daughter. 
(6) 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. 
(7) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(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 >, 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. 
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 265. 
(10) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household with son Thomas.
Note (2) In household with son Josiah.







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