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Exey NICHOLSON

Exey NICHOLSON

Female 1845 - 1931  (~ 86 years)

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  • Name Exey NICHOLSON 
    Born May 1845  Madison Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in death record as May 6 1847. But age in both marriage records would put it in about 1844, while the 1900 Census shows it as May 1845.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Madison Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In 1880, along with daughter Alice, in household of sister Dianna (Nicholson) Cox and her family. Marital status married, but husband not present.
    Residence 1885  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Nov 1931  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried WEST MILFORD  [4] 
    Person ID I30906  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2017 

    Father Jesse Columbus NICHOLSON,   b. CA 1801,   d. 1857, Richmond Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Tabitha NICHOLSON,   b. CA 1808 
    Family ID F11588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William C. FOX, Jr.,   b. CA 1844, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1923, La Crosse, La Crosse Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1865  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Divorced Y  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Tillman Jacob FOX,   b. Jan 1867, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1946, Duval Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. Emma Grace FOX,   b. 11 Jul 1870,   d. 6 Nov 1935, Belington, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     3. Alice Tabitha FOX,   b. 22 Nov 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1919, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F11938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Michael WOLFE,   b. Oct 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1904, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married Jan 1885  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F47641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

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

    5. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 174, Line 8 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=256185&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Michael Wolf, widowed, 54, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Jacob & Martha S. Wolf, occupation farmer; and Excy J. Fox, divorced, 38, b. Madison Co Va, res. Harrison Co, dau of Jesse & Tabitha Nicholson. Married January 1885 in Harrison County, officiated by J. G. Dennison.
      NOTE: The date column in the handwritten ledger-style record contains only the month and year, with the space for the day left blank. The entries immediately before and after this one were dated Jan 18 and Jan 21 1885, respectively.