Newton LAW
1862 - 1925 (~ 63 years)
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Name Newton LAW Born Feb 1862 Ritchie Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1900, 1910, 1920 Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Residence Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV [3, 4] Died 25 Aug 1925 Ritchie Co, WV [2, 5] Buried IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV [6] Notes - Elected to West Virginia House of Delegates for the 1911 term. [3]
Person ID I5084 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 8 Feb 2009
Father Asby Poole LAW, b. 7 Apr 1823, d. 20 Feb 1868 (Age 44 years) Mother Deborah GASTON, b. 17 May 1827, Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV , d. 24 Feb 1916, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 88 years) Family ID F448 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Deskey V. ALLMAN, b. CA 1868, Lewis Co, WV , d. Bef Aug 1887 (Age ~ 19 years) Married 26 Oct 1884 Gilmer Co, WV [7] Children + 1. Jennings Virgil LAW, b. 17 Feb 1886, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 20 Apr 1920, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 34 years)Family ID F5714 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Serusia CLAYTON, b. 26 May 1865, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 8 Aug 1933, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 68 years) Married 4 Aug 1887 Ritchie Co, WV [8] Notes - 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
Newton Law, 38, b. Feb 1862, farmer, married 13 yrs; wife Serusia, 35, b. May 1865, mother of 6 children (all still living); dau Stella M, 11, b. Nov 1888; son Owen B, 10, b. Nov 1889; dau Della A, 7, b. Jun 1892; dau Tossie D, 5, b. Dec 1894; son Icen D, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Daltie (or Laltie) L, 2 months, b. Mar 1900; boarder Joseph Cunningham, 17, b. Jun 1882, farm laborer.
1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on May 3 1910 at Big Run:
Newton Law, 48, farmer, married 22 yrs (second marriage), farmer; wife Serusia, 43, married 22 yrs (first marriage), mother of 8 children (all still living); dau Stella, 21; son Owen, 20; dau Della, 18; dau Tossie, 15; son Dennis, 12; dau Letha, 10; son Glen, 8; dau Orpha, 5; boarder Henry Layfield, 24, single, teamster in oil field; boarder Harley Rexroad, 28, divorced, teamster in oil field; servant Mattie Boston, 25, single.
1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Feb 9 1920:
Newton Law, 57, farmer; wife Serusia, 53; dau Stella, 30; son Dennis Ison, 22; son Glenn C, 16; dau Orphia, 14.
Children 1. Stella M. LAW, b. Nov 1888, d. 1959 (Age ~ 70 years) 2. Owen B. LAW, b. Nov 1889 3. Della A. LAW, b. Jun 1892 4. Tossie Darlie LAW, b. Dec 1894 5. Icen Dennis LAW, b. Jul 1897 6. Leatha Lora LAW, b. 3 Mar 1900, d. 23 Feb 1914 (Age 13 years) 7. Glenn C. LAW, b. CA 1902 8. Orpha LAW, b. CA 1905 9. (Infant son) LAW, b. 6 May 1910, d. 6 May 1910 (Age 0 years) Family ID F1778 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
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Sources - [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 264.
- [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 381.
- [S1576] The Barrett-Law and Related Families of West Virginia, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Michael-Barrett/index.html).
- [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).
- [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
- [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
- [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).