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Margaret Catherine LAW

Margaret Catherine LAW

Female 1851 - 1922  (71 years)

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  • Name Margaret Catherine LAW 
    Born 1 Jan 1851  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    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 
    Residence Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 28 Dec 1922  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I9994  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2011 

    Father Thomas Thornhill LAW,   b. 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1910  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Nancy EAKLE,   b. 1822, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1898, Big Cove Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F17820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elisha John MAXSON,   b. 16 Aug 1844, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1942  (Age 97 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).
      Headstone gives birth date as 1851, and age 10 given at time of the June enumeration of the 1860 Census would support that. But age 21 at time of marriage in March 1869 would put birth at about 1847/48, while age 77y11m21d given on death record would put birth date at Jan 7 1845. The 1851 date is considered correct, with the age at marriage being misstated to avoid parental consent, and the age at death simply being an error.

    3. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).
      Identified as Marguerite Law Maxson, born in Gilmer Co, dau of Thomas T. & Nancy (Eakle) Law, died Dec 28 1922, age 77y11m21d.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    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 >).