Dorothy Roush ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Dorothy was "Dolly" Roush.¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Mason County, VA on 30 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 819, Family 689, Roll 959
Mason, Virginia, United States
Dorothy Weaver..38..OH

(Living with husband and 8 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Jun 1812, then her age should have been 37 instead of 38.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 370B, District 99, Family 45, Roll 1408
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Dortha Weaver..Wife..67..Ohio

(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried in 1899 in the Graham Cemetery in , Mason, West Virginia, United States.

Find a Grave Memorial 85702479
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Dorothy married Nicholas Weaver, son of Nicholas Weaver and Margaret Ann Roush, on 30 November 1830 in , Meigs County, OH.^{1 2} (Nicholas Weaver was born on 9 November 1803 in Pennsylvania,⁵ died in 1887 in New Haven, WV ⁵ and was buried in 1887 in Graham Cemetery, Mason County, WV ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 30 November 1830, in , Meigs County, OH. ¹

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Mason County, VA on 30 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 819, Family 689, Roll 959
Mason, Virginia, United States
Nicholas Weaver..47..PA..Farmer
Dorothy Weaver..38..OH
Eliza Weaver..18..OH
Margaret Weaver..16..OH
Decatur Weaver..14..OH
Levina Weaver..12..OH
Hamilton Weaver..10..OH
Lydia Weaver..6..OH
Elizabeth Weaver..4..OH
Nicholas Weaver..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Graham District, Mason, WV on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 370B, District 99, Family 45, Roll 1408
Graham District, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Nicholus Weaver..Head..77..PA
Dortha Weaver..Wife..67..Ohio
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Nicholas Weaver
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Dolly Roush
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Nov 1820
Marriage Place: Meigs, Ohio, United States
Marriage Place (Original): Meigs, Ohio, United States
Source County: Meigs

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ2V-S6J : 29 September 2021), Nicholas Weaver and Dolly Roush, 1820.

NOTE - The dates in the marriage register are confusing. The entry states that they were "joined together in the holy state of matrimony on the 30th day of Nov. 1820...as witness my hand and seal this 11th day of Dec. 1820...I certify the above to be a true copy of the original March 20, 1831." Note the years of 1820 and 1831. Many of the other marriages recorded in this area of the register are for ceremonies performed in 1830 and 1831. According to this entry in the register, supposedly their marriage was performed 10 years earlier in 1820 and was just recorded in 1831. This would mean that Nicholas was 17 years old at the time of the marriage while Dorothy was only 8 years old. If they were actually married in 1820, then their first child was not born until 1831. Those 11 years until the first child was born just does not make any sense. I believe any references to the year of 1820 are a mistake and should be 1830 instead.
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