Jul-28-2018Husband: James Wesley Law Also known as: J. Wesley Law 1,2,3 Born: May-17-1882 1,4,5 (see note 1) Died: May-27-1941 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,5 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 6,1 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,2 Census: 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1911 in Taylor Co, WV 7 Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: dairyman, Clarksburg Dairy Co. 1,3 Father: Lewis A. Law (1861 - 1924) Mother: Sarah Adda Sommerville (1861 - 1930)
Wife: Maymie Gay Phillips Married: Jun- 7-1911 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 7
Born: Jan-18-1889 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 8,5,7 Died: Feb- 8-1984 in Boston, MA 8,5 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 6,8 Father: Winfield Scott Phillips (1861 - 1936) Mother: Mary Ella Hulderman (1867 - 1917)
M Child 1: James Phillips Law Born: Nov-27-1914 9 Died: Dec-16-1977 9 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 6 Census: 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Education: West Virginia Wesleyan College 10 Military: (enlisted 2/1/1945) Tec 5, US Army, World War II, Philippines 10 Wife: Ruth Freeman b. Jan- 2-1915 d. Dec- 7-2003 Married: ca 1937 11
M Child 2: Paul Winfield Law Born: Apr- 8-1917 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 8,5 Died: Dec- 2-1939 in Sutton, Braxton Co, WV 8,5 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 6,8 Census: 1920 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Death record of father. (3) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (4) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (7) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. (8) Findagrave.com. (9) Headstone. (10) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 448 (Harrison County) (11) Obituary of wife. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Gilmer County in marriage record, but Ritchie County in death record.Name Index