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Martha Alice WILLIAMS

Martha Alice WILLIAMS

Female 1860 - 1943  (83 years)

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  • Name Martha Alice WILLIAMS 
    Born 1860  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900, 1910  Knottsville District, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1943  [1] 
    Buried Knottsville Cemetery, Knottsville, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I112071  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2017 

    Family 1 George W. SHAHAN,   b. CA 1830, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1891, Licking District, Tucker Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1889  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F47338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Timothy K. DAVIS,   b. 3 Oct 1842, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1921, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1892  Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Knottsville Twp), enumerated on Jun 14 1900:
      Timothy K. Davis, 60, b. Feb 1840, farmer, married 9 yrs; wife Martha A, 41, b. Oct 1858, married 9 yrs, no children; boarder Otta Fast, 9, b. Mar 1891.

      1910 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Knottsville District), enumeration date not entered:
      Timothy K. Davis, 69, farmer, married 17 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Martha, 49, married 17 yrs (2nd marriage), no childen; mother-in-law Margaret Williams, 73, widowed, mother of 8 children (6 still living).

      1920 Census, Taylore Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
      Timothy K. Davis, 77, no occupation; wife Martha Alice Davis, 57; niece Alice Wilmoth, 16, single.
    Family ID F47337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 79, Line 86 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11208367&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George W. Shahan, 47, b. Preston Co, res. Tucker Co; and Martha E. Williams, 26, b. & res. in Taylor Co. Married Dec 3 1889 in Taylor County, officiated by Thomas Wilson.
      (NOTE: Husband's stated age would put his birth in about 1842. But age 61 in his June 1891 death record puts it in about 1830.)

    5. [S2299] Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV, MR p. 105, Line 109 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11209548&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Timothy Davis, 34, b. Doddridge Co, res. Taylor Co; and Martha Shahan, 35, b. & res. in Taylor Co. Married Dec 29 1892 in Taylor County, officiated by F. G. W. Ford.
      (NOTE: Marital status not given. Whether intentional or by clerical error, husband's age is understated by about 16 years.)