Doddridge County Roots


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Thomas William LAW

Thomas William LAW

Male 1848 -


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  • Name Thomas William LAW
    Birth CA 1848  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1870  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  Weld Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [3] 
    sheep herder 
    Person ID I29758  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 May 2021

    Father Enoch T. LAW,   b. CA 1825   d. Bef 1858 (Age ~ 32 years)
    Mother Melvina VANHORN,   b. 25 Oct 1824, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F16665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Sebra ZINN,   b. CA 1850  [4]
    Marriage 28 Apr 1870  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Iantha J. LAW,   b. CA 1873
     2. Enoch L. LAW,   b. CA 1875
     3. Wesley J. LAW,   b. CA 1878
     4. Clara E. LAW,   b. Nov 1879, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F11394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2009] 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S1710] 1880 Census.

    4. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 239.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Thomas W. Law, 21, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Enoch & Melvina; and Elizabeth S. Zinn, 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of Wesley & Eliza. Married Apr 28 1870.