Serusia CLAYTON
1865 - 1933 (68 years)-
Name Serusia CLAYTON [1] Birth 26 May 1865 Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3, 4] - Death record states birth date as May 26 1866. But age 5 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1865, and the 1900 Census, enumerated on Jun 13 1900, shows er age as 35, birth date May 1865.
Gender Female Census 1870, 1880 Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census 1900, 1910, 1920 Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Death 8 Aug 1933 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV [1, 4] Burial IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV [1] Person ID I5194 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 22 Jul 2016
Father Alpheus Asbury CLAYTON, b. 8 Nov 1834 d. 5 Sep 1914 (Age 79 years) Mother Lurana BAKER, b. 6 Feb 1837 d. 13 May 1910 (Age 73 years) Family ID F15247 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Newton LAW, b. Feb 1862, Ritchie Co, (W)VA d. 25 Aug 1925, Ritchie Co, WV (Age ~ 63 years)Marriage 4 Aug 1887 Ritchie Co, WV [5] 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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Sources - [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
- [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).
- [S2449] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy Twp).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
- [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
