Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Jonas J. DENNISON / Keziah DAVIS (F20633)

m. 31 Aug 1871


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  • Jonas J. DENNISONFather | Male
    Jonas J. DENNISON

    Born  CA 1842  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef Mar 1904   
    Buried     
    Married  31 Aug 1871  [1]  Doddridge Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James Ross DENNISON | F14895 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary "Polly" HUSTEAD | F14895 Group Sheet 

    Keziah DAVISMother | Female
    Keziah DAVIS

    Born  13 Sep 1849  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Father  Joseph J. DAVIS | F19569 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah "Sally" DAVIS | F19569 Group Sheet 

    James A. DENNISONChild 1 | Male
    James A. DENNISON

    Born  30 May 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef Jun 1900   
    Buried     

    Mary Catherine DENNISONChild 2 | Female
    + Mary Catherine DENNISON

    Born  25 Oct 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Aug 1951  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Indian Fork Baptist Cemetery, New Milton (Coldwater), Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lloyd Edgar NICHOLSON | F18401 
    Married  3 May 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Myrtle DENNISONChild 3 | Female
    Myrtle DENNISON

    Born  Mar 1882   
    Died  Bef Apr 1910   
    Buried     

  • Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (New Milton District), enumerated on June 18, 1880:
      Jonas J. Dennison, 28, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Zezziah, 25, cannot read/write; son James A, 4; dau Mary C, 2. All born in West Virginia.

      1900 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (New Milton District), enumerated on June 1, 1900:
      Jonah Dennison, 65, b. Apr 1835, farmer, cannot read/write, married 28 yrs; wife Kiziah, 53, b. Aug 1846, cannot read/write, married 28 yrs, mother of 7 children (2 still living); dau Myrtle, 18, b. Mar 1882, single, cannot read/write.

      1910 Census, Doddridge County, West Virginia (New Milton District), enumeraed on 25 April 1900:
      Kesiah Dennison, 55, widowed, mother of 7 children (1 still living); son-in-law Lloyd Nicholson, 33, farm laborer, married 14 yrs; dau Mary C Nicholson, 32, married 14 yrs, mother of 6 children (all still living); granddau Rosa B, 13; grandson Walter, 11; granddau Belva M, 9; granddau Dama L, 5; granddau Lillie M, 3; granddau Orpha G, 5 months.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).