Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Mont Tawney    
                Born: Jan-  -1859          in Lincoln Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Nov- 5-1947          in Boone Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Boone Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth Chambers     
             Married: ca 1880               2
                Born: 1867                  1 (see note 1)
                Died: 1943                  1
              Census: 1900                 in Boone Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Dora Tawney      
                Born: Apr-  -1883           2
              Census: 1900                 in Boone Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Sylvester Montgomery Tawney   3   
       Also known as: Sylvester Mont Tawney 4
                Born: Mar- 3-1884          in Danville, Boone Co, WV  4,2 (see note 2)
                Died: Oct- 4-1957          in Madison, Boone Co, WV  5
              Buried: Lick Creek Fam Cem   near Danville, Boone Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Danville, Boone Co, WV  5,4
              Census: 1900, 1930, 1940     in Boone Co, WV  
             Resided: 1923                 at Brush Creek (Danville), Boone Co, WV  4
          Occupation:                      farmer  6,7
                Wife: Roma Stewart  b. ca 1887  
       Also known as: Roma Stuart 4
             Married: Aug-27-1904          at Brush Creek (Danville), Boone Co, WV  4
                Wife: Trusbie Ellen Grimmett  b. Nov-25-1900  d. Nov- 7-1949  
       Also known as: Ellen Grimmett 8
             Married: Sep-20-1923          in Danville, Boone Co, WV  4
                Wife: Susanna Miller  b. Oct- 7-1884  
             Married: Mar- 4-1950          in Danville, Boone Co, WV  4
                Wife: Nianza Burgess  b. Aug-18-1898  d. Jan-  -1979  
             Married: Oct- 9-1954          in Ridgeview, Boone Co, WV  4
                Wife: Bonzine Meadows  b. May- 9-1933  d. Aug- 8-2001  
             Married: Oct-25-1955          at Jeffrey, Boone Co, WV  4
           F Child 3: Martha Tawney      
                Born: Dec-  -1885           2
              Census: 1900                 in Boone Co, WV  
           M Child 4: David Profit Tawney      
                Born: Feb-  -1888           2
                Died: 1968                  1
              Census: 1900                 in Boone Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Elben Tawney      
                Born: Feb-  -1890           2
              Census: 1900                 in Boone Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) 1900 Census, Boone County, WV. 
(3) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(4) Boone County Marriage Records, Madison, WV. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) 1930 Census, Boone County, WV. 
(7) 1940 Census, Boone County, WV. 
(8) Marriage record of daughter. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1868.
Note (2) Early marriage records gave his birth date as Mar 3 1884, later marriage
records as Mar 3 1886, and his death record as Sep 17th, year not stated.  The
1884 date is the most prevalent and is consistent with census records.







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