Doddridge County Roots

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Laura A. DENNISON

Laura A. DENNISON

Female 1852 - 1926  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Laura A. DENNISON 
    Born Apr 1852  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 14 Jan 1926  Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1925, O'Neill, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 11 Sep 1870  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [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. [6]
    Children 
     1. John L. DAVIS,   b. 27 Nov 1871, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1936, Chiefton Mines, Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     2. Thomas Martin DAVIS,   b. 4 May 1874, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1944, Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Mary Ann DAVIS,   b. 26 May 1877, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1925, Grasselli (now Anmoore), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     4. Jasper N. "Bud" DAVIS,   b. Apr 1880, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sarah A. DAVIS,   b. Apr 1883, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Lucy DAVIS,   b. Aug 1885
     7. Cora May DAVIS,   b. 14 Jul 1891, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1926, Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F26574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jan 1926 - Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1604] Death record of son.