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Mary Ann H. MAXSON

Mary Ann H. MAXSON

Female 1840 - 1909  (69 years)

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  • Name Mary Ann H. MAXSON 
    Born 5 Jun 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Jun 1863  Buckeye Run, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence Oct 1866  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of daughter Viola and son-in-law Riley G. Davis; enumeration done in June 1900. Birth date given as Jun (or Jan?) 1839.
    Died 9 Aug 1909  West Edmeston, Madison Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 
    • "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 129, incorrectly reports death date as Aug 9 1900. Her headstone clearly shows it as Aug 9 1909.
    Buried West Edmeston Cemetery, Madison Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I50166  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2018 

    Father Gideon MAXSON,   b. 31 Oct 1815, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Catherine HUGHES,   b. 15 Apr 1820,   d. 28 Mar 1849  (Age 28 years) 
    Family ID F20691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Riley George DAVIS,   b. 4 Jan 1837, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1863, Greenland Gap, Grant Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 9 Dec 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 25 1860:
      R. G. Davis, 23, carpenter, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $25; Margaret (sic), 21; F. M. (male), 7 months. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: Riley G. Davis' wife was Mary Ann Maxson, mother of their son Francis Manville Davis. Her name being entered here as Margaret is an apparent clerical error.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 13 1870:
      Gideon Maxson, 55, farmer, value of real estate $748, value of personal estate $971; Mary A. Davis, 29, value of real estate $1000, value of personal estate $100; Manville Davis, 10; Viola Davis, 9.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      Mary A. Davis, 40, widowed; dau Viola H. Davis, 19, single; father Gideon Maxin, 65, widowed.
    Children 
     1. Francis Manville DAVIS,   b. 11 Nov 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Viola H. DAVIS,   b. 27 May 1861, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1939, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Leander DAVIS,   b. 6 Aug 1862,   d. 24 Oct 1862  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F20696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 129.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

    4. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as George Rily Davis, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jesse & Hulda; and Mary A. H. Maxon, 18, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Gideon & Katharine. Married Dec 9 1858.