Laura A. DENNISON

1852 - 1926  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Laura A. DENNISON
  Birth	Apr 1852	Harrison Co, (W)VA   [1, 2, 3]
  	Birth date given in death record as Apr 10 1850. But the 1900 Census shows it as Apr 1852, and she was age 18 in the 1870 Census, also putting it in about 1852. In the 1860 Census, with her name listed as Lavinia Dennison, she was age 8.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1860	Harrison Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1900	Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
  Census	1910	Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1920	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
  Death	14 Jan 1926	Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV   [4]
  Burial	Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I63752	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	John W. DENNISON,   b. CA 1826
  Mother	Mary J. MATHEWS,   b. CA 1829
  Family ID	F26575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard J. DAVIS,   b. 6 Jul 1849, Harrison Co, (W)VA d. 24 Aug 1925, O'Neill, Harrison Co, WV (Age 76 years)  [6]
  Marriage	11 Sep 1870	Harrison Co, WV   [3]
  Notes	1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District), enumerated on Jun 26 1900: Richard Davis, 51, b. Sep 1848 in WVa (both parents b. Maryland), day laborer, married 30 yrs; wife Laura A, 48, b. Apr 1852 in WVa (both parents b. WVa), married 30 yrs, mother of 8 children (all still living); son James L, 22, b. Apr 1878, single; son Jasper N, 20, b. Apr 1880, single; dau Sarah A, 17, b. Apr 1883; dau Lucy, 14, b. Aug 1885; dau Cora M, 10, b. Jul 1889. 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 23 1910: Richard Davis, 62, farmer, married 35 (sic) yrs; wife Laura, 52, married 36 (sic) yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); son Jasper N, 22, single, tool dresser in oil field; dau Cara (Cora ?) M, 18, single. servant for private family. In the 1920 Census, Richard and Laura were enumerated in West Union in the household of their daughter and son-in-law Mary & Asa W. Wilcox and their family.
  Children	+ 1. John L. DAVIS,   b. 27 Nov 1871, Harrison Co, WV d. 10 Jan 1936, Chiefton Mines, Coal District, Harrison Co, WV (Age 64 years) + 2. Thomas Martin DAVIS,   b. 4 May 1874, Harrison Co, WV d. 13 Sep 1944, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV (Age 70 years) + 3. Mary Ann DAVIS,   b. 26 May 1877, Harrison Co, WV d. 26 Mar 1925, Grasselli (now Anmoore), Harrison Co, WV (Age 47 years) + 4. Jasper N. "Bud" DAVIS,   b. Apr 1880, Harrison Co, WV > 5. Sarah A. DAVIS,   b. Apr 1883, Harrison Co, WV d. Bef Sep 1914 (Age ~ 31 years)   6. Lucy DAVIS,   b. Aug 1885 + 7. Cora May DAVIS,   b. 14 Jul 1891, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV d. 9 Jan 1926, Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F26574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S934] Findagrave.com. [S1604] Death record of son.