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Jemima LAW

Jemima LAW

Female 1844 - 1913  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Jemima LAW 
    Born Apr 1844  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1913  [2] 
    Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I52110  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2011 

    Father David LAW,   b. 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1883  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Sarah DENNISON,   b. CA 1820,   d. 25 May 1869  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Family ID F21497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Henry DAVIS,   b. 1 Feb 1844,   d. 1 May 1905  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1864  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      Samuel H. Davis, 56, b. Feb 1844, b. W.Va., both parents b. Maryland, married 36 yrs; wife Jemima Davis, 56, b. Apr 1844, mother of no children; dau Martha Collins, 23, b. Jul 1876, widowed, mother of one child (still living); son Henry J. Davis, 21, b. May 1879; son Claud Davis, 13, b. May 1887; granddau Pearl Collins, 5, b. Feb 1895.
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann DAVIS,   b. 13 Nov 1865,   d. 16 May 1886  (Age 20 years)
    +2. Oliver Louther DAVIS,   b. 4 Jul 1869, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Schuyler Graves DAVIS,   b. Sep 1872, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1946  (Age ~ 73 years)
    +4. Martha E. DAVIS,   b. Jul 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Henry Jackson "Jack" DAVIS,   b. 27 May 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1947, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +6. Lola M. DAVIS,   b. 23 Feb 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1932, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     7. Bertha DAVIS,   b. 23 Sep 1884,   d. 10 Aug 1899  (Age 14 years)
    +8. Claud Sims DAVIS,   b. 30 May 1887, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1969, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F21499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    4. [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.