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Sarah Elizabeth MAXWELL

Sarah Elizabeth MAXWELL

Female 1851 - 1923  (~ 72 years)

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  • Name Sarah Elizabeth MAXWELL 
    Born CA 1851  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given as Doddridge County in 1874 marriage record, as Harrison County in 1888 marriage record, and as Ritchie County in 1894 marriage record.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Jan 1923  League, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Glendale (Cairo), near Pike at Twin Oaks (Co Rd 50-13), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I23082  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2010 

    Father Lamar MAXWELL,   b. CA 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1900, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Margaret E. COTTRILL,   b. CA 1831,   d. Bef Oct 1891  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Family ID F8622  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John WATSON,   b. CA 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1888  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Laverna WATSON,   b. 28 Feb 1875,   d. 3 May 1876  (Age 1 years)
     2. Sarah C. WATSON,   b. CA 1875
     3. Joseph WATSON,   b. CA 1877
     4. Morgan Robert WATSON,   b. 2 Aug 1878, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1943, Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +5. Laura Jane WATSON,   b. 18 Feb 1882, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1969, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +6. Dora Bell WATSON,   b. Sep 1884, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Mary WATSON
    Family ID F8621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Samuel R. COTTRILL,   b. CA 1817, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Jan 1888  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F29346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Eli C. BOWIE,   b. 1839, Noble Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1922, Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 8 Mar 1894  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Eli C. Bowie, 54, b. Nov 1845 in Ohio, farmer, married 6 yrs; wife Sarah E. Bowie, 57, b. Sep 1842 in W.Va, married 6 yrs, mother of 7 children (6 still living); dau Dora B. Watson, 15, b. Sep 1884 in W.Va; son Michael Bowie, 20, b. Sep 1879 in Ohio; son Neacy, 17, b. Sep 1882 in W.Va.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 19 1910 at North Western Pike:
      Eli C. Bowie, 66, b. Ohio, farmer, married 16 yrs (second marriage); wife Sarah E, 68, b. W.Va, married 16 yrs (third marriage), mother of 5 children (none living).
      (Note: The indication that she had no living children is an apparent error. She did not outlive all of her children.)

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Mar 17 1920:
      Eli C. Bowie, 80, b. Ohio, farmer; wife Sarah E, 82, b. Virginia.
    Family ID F29347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1880 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Union Dist, 24Jun1880    		23034_WATSON_John_1880Census_RitchieCoWV_UnionDist_24Jun1880.jpg
    23082_BOWIE_SarahElizabethMaxwell_DeathCertificate_17Jan1923.jpg    		23082_BOWIE_SarahElizabethMaxwell_DeathCertificate_17Jan1923.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 200.
      Identified as John Watson, 35, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah Maxwell, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 15 1874 in Doddridge County. (Note: Marital status not indicated. John Watson is presumed to have been widowed. He appears to have misstated his age to make it closer to that of his young bride.)

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 65.
      Identified as Samuel R. Cottrill, widower, occupation stone cutterr, age 70, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah Elizabeth Watson, widow, 32, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jan 11 1888 in Ritchie County.

    6. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 84.
      Identified as Eli C. Bowie, widower, 49, b. Noble Co Ohio, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah E. Cottrill, widow, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Mar 8 1894 in Ritchie County.