Doddridge County Roots


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Ellen B. COX

Ellen B. COX

Female 1837 - 1875  (37 years)


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  • Name Ellen B. COX
    Birth 7 Nov 1837  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Jan 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I40972  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2011

    Father Levi COX,   b. CA 1811, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years)
    Mother Phebe P. SUTTLE,   b. CA 1811, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1887, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F12700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Allison NICHOLSON,   b. 26 Nov 1831, Madison Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1914, Burnsville, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 16 Dec 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 25 1860:
      Wm A Nickleson, 28, farmer; Hellen, 22; A. J. (male), 3.
      (Note: The adjacent household was that of Levi & Phebe Cox, parents of Eleanor/Ellen/Hellen Cox Nicholson.)

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp):
      Wm. A. Nicholson, 38, farmer; Ellen, 32; Andrew J., 12; Cremora A, 10; Olive M F, 8; Sidina A, 4; Mary A, 1.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      William A. Nicholson, 68, b. Nov 1831, married 17 yrs; wife Nancy, 59, b. Nov 1840, mother of no children.

      1910 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Salt Lick District), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      William A. Nicholson, 78, farmer, married 26 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Nancy, 69, married 26 yrs (1st marriage).
    Children 
    +1. Andrew Jackson NICHOLSON,   b. 10 Dec 1857, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Cremora A. NICHOLSON,   b. CA 1860
    +3. Olive Manda F. NICHOLSON,   b. 19 Mar 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1914 (Age 51 years)
     4. Sidina A. NICHOLSON,   b. CA 1866
     5. Mary A. NICHOLSON,   b. 9 Dec 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. John S. NICHOLSON,   b. 19 Mar 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F16404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 24.
      Identified as Ellen B. Nicholson, white female, wife of Wm. A. Nicholson, born in Lewis Co, dau of Levi & Phebe P. Cox; died Jan 24 1875 in Doddridge County, age 37y 2m 17d, cause of death childbirth. Informant: Wm. A. Nicholson, husband.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
      There are two records for this marriage, one presumably for the license, the other for the ceremony itself. (1) MR p. 17. Identified as Wm. A. Nichelson, 25, son of David Nicholson; and Ellen Cox, 19, dau of Levi Cox. The entry is dated Dec 16 1856. (2) MR p. 118. Identified as Wm. A. Nicholson, single, 25, b. Madison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of D. Nicholson & Mary; and E. Cox, single, 19, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of L. Cox & Salle. Married Dec 16 1856 in Doddridge County. (Note: Basis for identification of wife's mother as Salle is not known. All other references to her have been as Phebe or some variation.)