Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1857 -

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Name	Andrew Jackson NICHOLSON
Birth	10 Dec 1857	Lewis Co, (W)VA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census	1870	New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Residence	1880	Doddridge Co, WV [2]
Residence	1887	Lewis Co, WV
Census	1900	Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation	farmer [2, 4]
Person ID	I76306	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

Father	William Allison NICHOLSON, b. 26 Nov 1831, Madison Co, VA d. 21 Jan 1914, Burnsville, Braxton Co, WV (Age 82 years)
Mother	Ellen B. COX, b. 7 Nov 1837, Lewis Co, (W)VA d. 24 Jan 1875, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 37 years)
Family ID	F16404	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Jane Elizabeth HEFNER, b. CA 1864, Harrison Co, WV d. Bef Oct 1902 (Age ~ 38 years)

Marriage 20 Jul 1887 Weston, Lewis Co, WV [6]

Children

+	1. William Allison NICHOLSON, b. 12 Jun 1891, Doddridge Co, WV

Family ID F62068 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, p. 238, Line 14 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=838210&frame=00149.
[S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).
[S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, p. 136, Line 52 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=825112&frame=00256.
[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, p. 238, Line 14 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=838210&frame=00149.
Identified as Andrew J. Nicholson, 22, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William A. & Ellen B.; and Eliza Jane Mayfield, widowed, 30, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, parents not given. Married 13 Jan 1880 in Doddridge County.
[S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, p. 136, Line 52 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=825112&frame=00256.
Identified as Andrew Jackson Nicholson, widower, 29, b. & res. in Lewis Co, son of William A. & Ellen Nicholson, farmer; and Jane Elizabeth Hefner, single, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co, dau of John & Maria Hefner. Married 20 July 1887 at Dr. Kunst's office in Weston, officiated by J. A. Lightburn.