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Louie Dow LAW

Louie Dow LAW

Male 1883 - 1942  (59 years)

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  • Name Louie Dow LAW 
    Born 3 Apr 1883  Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1911  Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1920  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4
    farm manager 
    Died 15 Jun 1942  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I15987  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2011 

    Father David Guthrie LAW,   b. 3 Apr 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1921  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Celia M. BARTLETT,   b. 18 Oct 1858, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1939, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F5720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bessie Pearl BEE,   b. Mar 1893, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1984, Monterey Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married 30 May 1911  Waverly, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Divorced Bef Apr 1930  [5
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Feb 5 1920:
      L. D. Law, 36, b. W.Va, manager of farm; wife Bessie, 27, b. W.Va; dau Thelma, 5, b. W.Va; son Darwin, 3 yr 1 mo, b. W.Va.

      1930 Census, Monterey Co, California (City of Monterey), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
      Bess Law, 38, b. Ohio, seamstress at cleaners, age 19 at time of first marriage, divorced; dau Thelma, 15, b. W.Va; son Darwin, 13, b. Ohio, newspaper carrier.
    Children 
     1. Thelma V. LAW,   b. 18 May 1914, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1982, Monterey Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Darwin LAW,   b. CA 1917
    Family ID F5722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Myrtle HADDOX,   b. 1888, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1961  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 31 Jan 1940  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F23109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1576] The Barrett-Law and Related Families of West Virginia, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Michael-Barrett/index.html).

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

    3. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV.

    4. [S2115] 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    5. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    6. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).
      Identified as Louie D. Law, divorced, 56, of Ritchie Co, son of David G. & Celia M.; and Myrtle Goff, widowed, 51, of Ritchie Co, dau of Jonathan A. & Frances L. Haddox. Married Jan 31 1940.