Doddridge County Roots

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Family: Quintus DAWSON / Eliza J. FORRESTER (F43116)



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  • Quintus DAWSONFather | Male
    Quintus DAWSON

    Born  CA 1835  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Married     
    Other Spouse  Matilda Ann STEWART | F43115 
    Married  24 Jan 1878  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Eliza J. FORRESTERMother | Female
    Eliza J. FORRESTER

    Born  CA 1836   
    Died  13 May 1871   
    Buried     
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    Sophronia DAWSONChild 1 | Female
    + Sophronia DAWSON

    Born  CA 1855  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef Jun 1897   
    Buried     
    Spouse  James Squire SMITH | F46577 
    Married  7 Jan 1872  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Agnes DAWSONChild 2 | Female
    + Agnes DAWSON

    Born  16 Feb 1857  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Sep 1929  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairview Church Cemetery, Bearsville (Alma/Centerville), Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Robert Henry MCCUNE | F25601 
    Married  1875  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Samantha DAWSONChild 3 | Female
    + Samantha DAWSON

    Born  CA 1857  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Josephus KIRKPATRICK | F43114 
    Married  21 Apr 1882  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Joseph OWENS | F6836 
    Married  10 Mar 1896  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lloyd MORRIS | F43117 
    Married  28 Jul 1930  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 15 1860:
      Quintus Dawson, 26, farm hand, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $75; Eliza J, 24; Sophronia, 5; Agnes, 4; Samantha, 3; William, 1. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jul 21 1870:
      Q. C. Dawson, 39, farm laborer, can read, cannot write; Eliza J, 37, can read, cannot write; Saphronia, 15, cannot read/write; Samantha, 11, cannot read/write; William F, 9; Mary, 7; Harrison, 5; Jacob, 4; Elizabeth, 2; Jerry, 9 months.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      Quintus Dawson, 50, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Matilda, 48, cannot read/write; son Grant, 2 months, b. April; son David J, 7; son Jeremiah, 12; stepson Dan Rice Birch, 20, single, farmer, cannot read/write; stepson S. N. Birch, 18, cannot read/write, medical condition maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled; stepson Simon L. Birch, 15, cannot read/write; stepson Francis M. Birch, 12; stepson Isaiah Birch, 7; stepdau Ellen J. Birch, 6; son William Dawson, 21, single, cannot read/write; son Jacob Dawson, 17, cannot read/write; dau Samantha Dawson, 24, single, cannot read/write; dau Mary Ann Dawson, 25, single, cannot read/write; dau Elisabeth Dawson, 14; son Harrison, 9; dau Agnes Dawson, 22, single, cannot read/write.