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Elisha John MAXSON

Elisha John MAXSON

Male 1844 - 1942  (97 years)

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  • Name Elisha John MAXSON 
    Born 16 Aug 1844  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1869  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation tanner  [5] 
    Residence Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 1942  [2] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I9993  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2011 

    Father John MAXSON,   b. 25 Sep 1805,   d. 8 Jan 1851  (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Mary BEE,   b. 6 Jun 1807,   d. 12 Jul 1853, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Family ID F20679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Catherine LAW,   b. 1 Jan 1851,   d. 28 Dec 1922, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 10 Mar 1869  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated in Aug 1870:
      Elisha J. Maxon, 25, tanner; Margaret, 18; Genevra, 5 months; William H. H. Ringer, 29, common laborer. [7, 8]
    Children 
    +1. Genevra "Neva" MAXSON,   b. 26 Jan 1870,   d. 1955  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Elva MAXSON,   b. 17 Aug 1872, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1953, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. Enoch Dow MAXSON,   b. 1873,   d. 1942  (Age 69 years)
    +4. Nancy May MAXSON,   b. CA 1879
     5. Bessie Grace MAXSON,   b. 9 Dec 1889, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1951, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F3598  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. 110.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).

    4. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    6. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
      Identified as Elisha J. Maxon [sic], age 24, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Margaret E. [sic] Law, age 21. Married Mar 10 1869. The middle initial E is probably a transcription error from the handwritten original, and should be a C.

    7. [S1604] Death record of son.

    8. [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 >).