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Lillie May FORD

Lillie May FORD

Female 1866 - 1953  (86 years)

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  • Name Lillie May FORD 
    Born 2 Sep 1866  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  Keyser, Mineral Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 1953  [4] 
    Buried Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I42796  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2022 

    Father James R. FORD,   b. 29 Oct 1828,   d. 31 Dec 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Talitha W. DAVIS,   b. 1 Aug 1827,   d. 2 Jan 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F17272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucian Dewane LOWTHER,   b. 8 Jun 1872, Albert Lea, Freeborn Co, MN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1935, Elk Garden, Mineral Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1898  [1] 
    Notes 
    • Although Lucian and Lillie did not have children of their own, they raised the two surviving children (Frankie Alice and Edwin Jean) of Lucian's brother Edwin following the death of Edwin's wife Nellie. [3, 7, 8, 9]
    Family ID F17269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Keyser, Mineral Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 43.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).
      Susie Davis Nicholson, p. 43, reports death date as 1951. But headstone reads 1953.

    5. [S5] Headstone.

    6. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 186.

    8. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 193.

    9. [S1979] West Virginia in History, Life, Literature and Industry, Morris Purdy Shawkey, (Lewis Publishing Co, Chicago & New York, 1928).