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Sarah Frances "Fannie" COX

Sarah Frances "Fannie" COX

Female 1878 - 1953  (75 years)


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  • Name Sarah Frances "Fannie" COX
    Census 1900, 10, 20, 30  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Birth 18 Apr 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 Aug 1953  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Snider Cemetery, jct Double Camp Rd & Meathouse Fork, near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Person ID I19628  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2018

    Father Silas B. COX,   b. 28 Apr 1843, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1932, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Elizabeth Caroline NICHOLSON,   b. 2 May 1856   d. Bef 1920 (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F14284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Calvin NICHOLSON,   b. 30 Dec 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1939, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Marriage 23 Dec 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • Obituary of daughter Irene Edith Nicholson Cox stated that she "was born Dec 16 1919 in Doddridge County, a daughter of the late Ambrose Nicholson and Sarah Frances Cox Nicholson." Ambrose Nicholson was actually her grandfather.
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Jun 19 1900:
      Calvin J. Nichelason, 30, b. Dec 1869, farmer, married 6 yrs; wife Sarrah A, 22, b, Apr 1878, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Clara B, 4, b. Jan 1896; dau Dortha L, 3, b. Apr 1897; dau Jenniva V, 1, b. Nov 1898.
      The next enumerated household was that of Calvin's father and stepmother:
      Ambrose B. Nickelason, 63, b. Sep 1836, farmer, married 14 yrs; wife Nancy M, 47, b. Mar 1853, married 14 yrs, no children; mother-in-law Sarrah Clark, 78, b. Jan 1822, widowed, mother of 1 child (still living).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      John C. Nicholson, 40, farm laborer (working out), married 16 yrs; wife Sarah F, married 16 yrs, mother of 9 children (all still living); dau Dortha L, 13; dau Jennie V, 11; dau Dovie E, 9; dau Margarett C, 7; dau Magie E, 6; dau Ruby H, 4; son Ambroice B, 2; dau Georgie D, 7 months.
      The next enumerated household was that of John's father and stepmother:
      Ambrose B. Nicholson, 73, farmer, married 24 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Nancy M, 56, married 24 yrs (2nd marriage), no children.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumeration date not given (probably January), enumerated at Beech Lick main road:
      John C. Nicholson, 50, tin plate labor gang; wife Sarrah F, 42; dau Carrie, 18; dau Maggie E, 16; dau Hazel, 14; son Ambrose B, 12; dau Georgia D, 10; dau Nina E, 8; dau Mary D, 6; dau Wavaline, 4; dau Edith A, 1.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbriet District), enumerated on Apr 12 1930:
      John C. Nicholson, 59, farmer, age 27 at time of first marriage; wife Sarah F, 50, age 15 at first marriage; son Ambrose B, 22, single, farm laborer; dau Wavelene, 13; dau Irene, 11; son John E, 8; grandson Fredrick Jenkins, 15; father-in-law Silas P. Cox, 86, widowed, age 30 at first marriage
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    Children 
    +1. Clara Bessie NICHOLSON,   b. 2 Jan 1896   d. 2 Feb 1971, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +2. Dortha Lenora NICHOLSON,   b. 11 Apr 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1919, Freemansburg, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
    +3. Jennie V. NICHOLSON,   b. 2 Oct 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1974 (Age 76 years)
    +4. Dovie Elizabeth NICHOLSON,   b. 8 Sep 1900, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1920, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
    >5. Carrie Margarett NICHOLSON,   b. 3 Jul 1902, Johnson Fork, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. Maggie E. NICHOLSON,   b. 22 Feb 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Ruby Hazel NICHOLSON,   b. 16 Dec 1905, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1923, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    +8. Ambrose Bailey NICHOLSON,   b. 30 Jul 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1989 (Age 82 years)
    +9. Georgia Ellen NICHOLSON,   b. Oct 1908   d. 10 Sep 1953, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)
    +10. Nina Ellen NICHOLSON,   b. 4 Mar 1911, Johnsons Creek, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1989 (Age 77 years)
     11. Ilas J. NICHOLSON,   b. 12 Dec 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     12. James Orville NICHOLSON,   b. 14 Jan 1914, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1920 (Age 5 years)
    +13. Wavelene Violet NICHOLSON,   b. 15 Feb 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1976 (Age 60 years)
    +14. Irene Edith NICHOLSON,   b. 16 Dec 1919, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1995, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +15. John Edward NICHOLSON,   b. 29 Mar 1922, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1971 (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F7217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2076] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    2. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S2082] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as J. C. Nicholson, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Sarah A. [sic] Cox, 16, of Doddridge Co. Married Dec 23 1893.

    7. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 375.