Jul-28-2018
Husband: Elisha John Maxson
Born: Aug-16-1844 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4 Died: 1942 2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Occupation: tanner 5 Father: John Maxson (1805 - 1851) Mother: Mary Bee (1807 - 1853)
Wife: Margaret Catherine Law 6,7 Also known as: Marguerite Law 8 Married: Mar-10-1869 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
Born: Jan- 1-1851 1,10 Died: Dec-28-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Thomas Thornhill Law (1820 - 1910) Mother: Nancy Eakle (1822 - 1898) Notes
F Child 1: Genevra "Neva" Maxson Born: Jan-26-1870 1,2,5 Died: 1955 2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Arthur N. Brissey b. 1875 d. 1928
M Child 2: Elva Maxson Born: Aug-17-1872 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,2 Died: Jul-27-1953 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15,2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 4,15,16 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Georgia L. Thomas b. Dec- 6-1877 d. Oct-23-1904 Married: May-20-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 17,18 Wife: Minnie Elizabeth Jones b. Aug- 4-1884 d. Dec-10-1967 Also known as: Minnie Eliza Jones Married: Jul-20-1905 in Ritchie Co, WV 18
M Child 3: Enoch Dow Maxson Also known as: E. Dow Maxson 19 Born: 1873 2 Died: 1942 2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Jennie M. Batson b. 1874 d. 1950 Married: Oct-19-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 4: Nancy May Maxson Also known as: May Maxson 21 Born: ca 1879 22 Census: 1940 at Otterslide, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1903 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Jackson Clinton Hudkins b. Jan-30-1881 d. Dec-15-1958 Married: Nov- 4-1903 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 5: Bessie Grace Maxson Born: Dec- 9-1889 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 15,1,21 Died: Mar-26-1951 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 15,1 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 4,15 Resided: 1930 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Husband: Alva A. Stutler b. May-15-1900 d. Jul- -1982 Also known as: Alvie A. Stuttler 21 Married: Jan-26-1930 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Husband: John Alvin Jett b. Apr- 9-1894 d. Feb-20-1962 Married: in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co, KY 1
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. 110. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (6) Death record of son. (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 >, p. 58. (8) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (9) 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. (10) 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. (11) 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. (12) Findagrave.com. (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," pp. 110 & 175, reports birth date as Aug 16 1869. But death record shows it as Aug 17 1872, 1900 Census has it as Aug 1872, and headstone shows it as 1872. The Davis book also incorrectly reports death date as July 1963, rather than the Jul 27 1953 shown in death record. (14) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (16) Wayman Eugene Maxson, grandson of David Haynes Jones & Susan Gaston. (17) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (18) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (19) Headstone. (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Enoch D. Maxson, 20, of Ritchie Co; and Jennie M. Batson, 19, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 19 1894. (21) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (22) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District)Name Index