Jul-28-2018
Husband: James R. Holliday
Born: ca 1817 1 (see note 1) Died: 1877 (see note 2) Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: stone mason 2 Father: Mother:
Wife: Easter Ford 3,4 Also known as: Hester Ford 3 Married: Jan-12-1843 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 5
Born: ca 1820 1 Died: bef 1870 (see note 3) Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Thomas Ford (1794 - 1860) Mother: Elizabeth Dye (1791 - 1833)
M Child 1: Thomas E. Holliday Census name: T. J. Holliday Born: Sep-14-1843 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6 Died: Dec- 7-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV 7 Buried: in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Cause of death: Bright's disease 9 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 8 Wife: Sarah Jane Bland b. Dec-11-1847 d. Jan-14-1902 Also known as: Jane Bland 3 Married: Jun-22-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
F Child 2: F. Holliday Born: ca 1845 1 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 3: Helen Manerva Holliday Born: Oct-18-1848 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9,11,12 Died: Mar-24-1923 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 9,12 Buried: in Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV 8 Census: 1870, 1900, 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: David B. Martin b. May- -1848 d. 1929 Married: ca 1872 11
M Child 4: Albert F. Holliday Born: ca 1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,13 (see note 4) Census: 1920 in Davisson Run (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV (see note 5) Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Wife: Caroline Reed b. Nov- 2-1856 d. Apr- 9-1892 Married: Sep- 8-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
F Child 5: Mary I. Holliday Born: ca 1852 1 (see note 6) Died: Apr-18-1921 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Cornelius N. Stone b. Dec-16-1840 d. Feb-27-1920 Married: Oct-29-1868 in Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 6: Scynshia P. Holliday Census name: Sytha P. Holliday Born: ca 1854 1 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 7: Margaret F. Holliday Born: Dec-12-1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 15,16,6 Died: Nov-22-1912 15 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1900, 1910 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: James Samson Lowther b. Sep- 3-1851 d. Sep-22-1933 Married: Mar-21-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
F Child 8: Susan T. Holliday Born: ca 1856 1 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 7) Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 9: Catharine B. Holliday Born: ca 1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6 Husband: Jacob Maxson Davis b. Feb-17-1832 d. Jun-27-1909 Married: Nov-21-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
F Child 10: Flava F. "Effie" Holliday Also known as: Flava Holiday 13 Born: ca 1863 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,2 (see note 8) Census: 1900 in Grant District, Marion Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Nathan Stout b. ca 1862 Married: Sep- 1-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 (see note 9)
M Child 11: Robert G. Holliday Born: ca 1865 2 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 12: Columbus Holliday Born: ca 1867 2 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (3) Death record of daughter. (4) Marriage record of son. (5) 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. 359. (6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 64 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044646&Type=Death. (8) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Thomas E. Holliday, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of James R. & Easter; and Sarah J. Bland, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of William & Sarah. Married Jun 22 1867 in Doddridge County. MR p. 148 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791528&Type=Marriage. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) Headstone. (16) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (17) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Jacob M. Davis, widowed, 45, b. in Clark Co OH, res. in Nebraska, son of Calvin & Lydia A; and Catharine B. Holliday, 19, of Doddridge Co, dau of James H. & Esther. Married Nov 21 1877. Event Notes Note (1) Born in Indiana, according to daughter Susan's 1880 Census. Note (2) In December 1877, the Doddridge County court allotted payment for a coffin for J. R. Holliday. Note (3) Not with family in 1870 Census. Note (4) Age 24 in 1872 marriage record would put birth in about 1848. But age 9 in 1860 Census puts it in about 1851, while age 21 in 1870 Census puts it in about 1849. Note (5) In household of son Anderson and his family. Note (6) Birth date reported by Findagrave as 1850. But age 8 in the 1860 Census puts it in about 1852. Note (7) In 1880, enumerated as a domestic servant in the houehold of William W. & Mattie (Stout) Booth. Note (8) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1867, age 33. But age 25 in 1889 marriage record would put birth in about 1864, while age 8 in 1870 Census puts it in about 1862. Note (9) at David Martin'sName Index