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Josephine FREEMAN

Josephine FREEMAN

Female 1853 - 1926  (73 years)

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  • Name Josephine FREEMAN 
    Born 1853  Crawford Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1855. But age 7 in the 1860 Census put it at about 1853, and the date on her headstone is also 1853.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Cussewago Twp, Crawford Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 10 1880:
      C. N. Maxson, 36, b. NY (both parents b. NY), farmer; wife Mary S, 31, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.); father H. W. Maxson, 68, b. NY (both parents b. NY), widowed; sister-in-law Josephine Williams, 27, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.), single; servant Isaac Goldsboro, 9, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); servant S. B. Wiliams, 5, b. Kansas (both parents b. Pa.).
      NOTE: Starr Bernard Williams was a son of Josephine Freeman Williams. Isaac G. Maxson (1870-1939) shares a headstone with Charles N. & Mary S. Maxson in Fresno, CA. Isaac Goldsborough was born Mar 9 1871 (sic) in Taylor Co, WV, a son of T. Goldsborough and Elisabeth Gould.
    Residence 1885  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Fresno Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 29 Dec 1926  Fresno Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Buried Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I50564  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2019 

    Father Manning T. FREEMAN,   b. 9 Aug 1825, Crawford Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1908, Cussewago Twp, Crawford Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Julia A. STELLE,   b. 1823, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1868  (Age 45 years) 
    Family ID F35364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 ___ WILLIAMS,   d. Bef Jun 1885  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Starr Bernard WILLIAMS,   b. 15 Apr 1875, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1944, San Joaquin Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F20884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Wesley LOWTHER,   b. CA 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1940, Fresno Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 11 Jun 1885  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Documents
    43848_LOWTHER_WilliamW_1900Census_FresnoCoCA_28Jun1900.jpg    		43848_LOWTHER_WilliamW_1900Census_FresnoCoCA_28Jun1900.jpg
    Family ID F20883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    50564_JosephineFreeman-Williams_son-LeeBLowther_MountainViewCem_FresnoCA.jpg    		50564_JosephineFreeman-Williams_son-LeeBLowther_MountainViewCem_FresnoCA.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 57, Line 34 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539062&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 57, Line 34 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539062&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Wm. W. Lowther, single, 30, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, farmer; and Josephine Williams, widow, 31, b. Crawford Co Pennsylvania, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jun 11 1885 in Ritchie County, officiated by U. Prebble.