Jul-28-2018
Husband: Francis Marion Law Also known as: Marion F. Law 1,2
Born: Sep-15-1848 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 3,2 Died: Jul-18-1916 4,3 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 5 (see note 1) Resided: in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Father: Asby Poole Law (1823 - 1868) Mother: Deborah Gaston (1827 - 1916) Other spouse 2
Wife: Phebe Rebecca Mitchell 6 Also known as: Rebecca Mitchell 6,1 Married: Sep-19-1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Feb-17-1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5,8 Died: Feb-21-1900 5,6 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Father: Daniel Mitchell Mother: Nancy ___
F Child 1: Olive Bell Law Born: 1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,10 Died: 1940 9 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1930 in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 10 Resided: 1916, 1925 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12 Husband: Lafayette Syrus Goff b. Jul-27-1862 d. Jul-13-1925 Married: Aug-16-1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Husband: Thomas A. Cooper b. ca 1866 Married: Oct-22-1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
F Child 2: Rose Luella Law Census name: Ella Law Born: Oct- -1872 2,13 Resided: 1916 in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1910 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Ulysses Grant Bonnett b. ca 1865 Married: Oct-22-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Ora Alice Law Born: 1873 9,13 Died: May-17-1962 in Ritchie Co, WV 15,9 Buried: in Bethany UM Church Cem, Rt 28 btwn Goffs & Prunty, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1916, 45 in Goffs, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12 Husband: Alfieri Goff b. Jul- 5-1870 d. Jul-15-1945 Married: Aug-16-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 4: Alva A. Law Born: Jan- -1876 2,9,13 Died: 1950 9 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: 1916 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Wife: Bertha C. Bartlett b. Nov- -1877 d. 1968 Married: Oct-31-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
M Child 5: Howard Gaston Law Born: Aug-30-1880 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 16,17,9 Died: Jun-17-1961 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 17,9 Buried: in Stalnaker Cemetery, Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 17,18 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Resided: 1916, 1946 in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 11,16 Resided: 1945 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 19 Census: 1920, 1930 in Spruce Creek (Auburn), Ritchie Co, WV 20,21 Census: 1910 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 3) Occupation: school teacher 17,22 Wife: Lillie G. Reynolds b. Jul- 1-1884 d. Jan-20-1945 Married: Mar-18-1911 in Gilmer Co, WV 23 Wife: Lillie Gertrude Crites b. Jun- -1894 d. May- -1981 Also known as: L. Gertrude Crites 24 Married: Apr-11-1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 25
F Child 6: Anna Law Born: Mar- 1-1887 26,2,13 Died: Jan- -1980 26 Resided: in Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 11,26 Husband: Stephen J. Reynolds b. ca 1882 Married: Sep-15-1907 in Ritchie Co, WV 13
Sources: (1) Death record of daughter. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Obituary, Ritchie Gazette, 7/28/1916. (4) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Obituary of husband. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Francis M. Law, 21, of Ritchie Co, son of Asby P & Deborah; and Phebe R. Mitchell, 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of Daniel & Nancy. Married Sep 13 1869. But husband's obituary gives marriage date as Sep 19 1869. (8) The Barrett-Law and Related Families of West Virginia (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Michael-Barrett/index.html) (9) Headstone (year only) (10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (11) Obituary of father. (12) Death record of husband. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Ulysses Grant Bonnett, widowed, 46, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Rose Luella Law, 40, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 22 1911. (15) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (17) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (18) Gilmer County WV Cemeteries, Vol. I, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Mar 1992) (19) Death record of wife. (20) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (21) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (22) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (23) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Howard G. Law, 30, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Lillie G. Reynolds, 26, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. Married Mar 18 1911. MR p. 89. (24) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (25) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Howard Gaston Law, widowed, 65, b. Aug 30 1880 in Auburn, Ritchie Co WV, res. Burnt House, Ritchie Co, son of Francis Marion Law & Phoebe Rebecca Mitchell; and Lillie Gertrude Ellyson, divorced, 51, b. Jun 8 1894 in Tanner, Gilmer Co WV, res. Clarksburg, dau of Joab Crites & Eunice Hinkle. Married Apr 11 1946 in Clarksburg. MR p. 110. (26) Social Security Death Index. Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: F. M. Law. Note (2) In household of sister & brother-in-law Ora Alice & Alfieri Goff. Note (3) In household of sister & brother-in-law Ora Alice & Alfieri Goff.Name Index