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Francis Marion LAW

Francis Marion LAW

Male 1848 - 1916  (67 years)


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  • Name Francis Marion LAW
    Birth 15 Sep 1848  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Residence Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 18 Jul 1916  [1, 3] 
    Burial Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Name on headstone: F. M. Law.
    Person ID I13383  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2005

    Father Asby Poole LAW,   b. 7 Apr 1823   d. 20 Feb 1868 (Age 44 years)
    Mother Deborah GASTON,   b. 17 May 1827, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1916, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Phebe Rebecca MITCHELL,   b. 17 Feb 1850, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1900 (Age 50 years)  [5]
    Marriage 19 Sep 1869  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Olive Bell LAW,   b. 1870, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940 (Age 70 years)
    >2. Rose Luella LAW,   b. Oct 1872
    +3. Ora Alice LAW,   b. 1873   d. 17 May 1962, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +4. Alva A. LAW,   b. Jan 1876   d. 1950 (Age ~ 73 years)
    >5. Howard Gaston LAW,   b. 30 Aug 1880, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1961, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    >6. Anna LAW,   b. 1 Mar 1887   d. Jan 1980 (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F5709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hannah Etta BARR,   b. 3 Nov 1860, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1937, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 31 Mar 1901  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Audley Pall LAW,   b. 22 Jan 1902, Spruce Creek (Auburn), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1903 (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F4766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary, Ritchie Gazette, 7/28/1916.

    2. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S626] Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family, (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961).

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

    5. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Francis M. Law, 21, of Ritchie Co, son of Asby P & Deborah; and Phebe R. Mitchell, 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of Daniel & Nancy. Married Sep 13 1869. But husband's obituary gives marriage date as Sep 19 1869.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Francis Marion Law, widowed, 52, or Ritchie Co; and Etta Sharps, divorced, 40, of Ritchie Co. Married Mar 31 1901.

    8. [S626] Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family, (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961).
      Husband's obituary states marriage date as Mar 30 1901.