Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Jay Morrison    
                Born: Apr- 4-1891          in Butler Co, PA  1,2,3
                Died: Dec-17-1941          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  1,3
             Resided:                      in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  2,1
          Occupation:                      dentist  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1,4
              Father: Charles A. Morrison 
              Mother: Mary E. Kelley 
                Wife: Alta C. Law     
             Married: Oct-29-1919          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2
                Born: Feb-10-1891          at Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6,2,3
                Died: Jul-21-1967          in Monongalia Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1953                 in Belington, Barbour Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1941                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1919                 at Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: William F. E. "Willy" Law   (1864 - 1932) 
              Mother: Ida Mae Goff   (1868 - 1945) 
Other spouse 2

Sources:
(1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(2) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Barbour County Marriage Records, Philippi, WV. 
(6) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(7) Monongalia County Death Records, Morgantown, WV, Identified as Alta Morrison Linger, 75, dau of Willie Law & Ida May 
Goff, died July 21 1967, cause of death acute myocardial infarction.  (Note:  "Ritchie County Cemeteries through 1993," 
p. 541, reports death date on headstone as June 21 1967.  But death record shows it as July 21 
1967.) 
(8) Death record of husband. 







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