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John Abram Marple
(1764-1847)
Barbara Anna Weaver
(1771-1858)
John Weaver Marple
(1805-1880)
Ruth Reger
(1809-1892)
Columbia Helen Marple
(1848-1926)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elias Mifflin Lawson

Columbia Helen Marple 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 6 December 1848, , Lewis County, VA 2 3 4 6 8
  • Marriage (1): Elias Mifflin Lawson on 1 October 1868 1 2 3
  • Died: 9 April 1926, Gaston, WV at age 77 1 2 4
  • Buried: After 9 April 1926, , Lewis County, WV 2
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bullet  General Notes:


Died of pneumonia. (Lewis County, West Virginia Deaths 1906-1929, Vol. III, page 83) Name is incorrectly listed as Lawson, Harley Columbia. (Cemeteries of Lewis County, West Virginia and Adjacent Counties, Vol. IV, page 92) (Page 93, Lewis County West Virginia Obituaries, 1920-1929, by Ann and Jay Newman)
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Lewis County, VA on 17 July 1850. 8

1850 US Census
Page 25, Dwelling 331, Family 333, Roll 956
District 30, Lewis County, Virginia
Columbia H. Marple..1..VA
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Buckhannon District, Upshur County, WV on 15 June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 145A, District 126, Dwelling 103, Family 104, Roll 1414
Buckhannon District, Upshur County, West Virginia
C. H. Lawson..Wife..31..WV..Keep House
(Living with husband and 6 children.)
.

• She was buried after 9 April 1926 in the Peterson Cemetery in , Lewis County, WV.


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Columbia married Elias Mifflin Lawson on 1 October 1868.1 2 3 (Elias Mifflin Lawson was born on 30 January 1847 in Laurel Lick Run, WV,1 2 3 4 died on 24 August 1933 in Gaston, WV 1 2 4 and was buried after 24 August 1933 in , Lewis County, WV 2.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Buckhannon District, Upshur County, WV on 15 June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 145A, District 126, Dwelling 103, Family 104, Roll 1414
Buckhannon District, Upshur County, West Virginia
E. M. Lawson..Self..33..WV..Farmer
C. H. Lawson..Wife..31..WV..Keep House
Roma F. Lawson..Son..9..WV..At Home
Okey Lawson..Son..7..WV..At Home
Leroy Lawson..Son..5..WV..At Home
John M. Lawson..Son..4..WV..At Home
Effie R. Lawson..Dau..2..WV..At Home
(No Name) Lawson..Dau..2m..WV..At Home..Mar
.


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Sources


1 Marian L. Post, World Family Tree Vol. 048, Ed. 1, Tree #1416 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: December 1999).

2 Marvin Blaire Wilson, "Binegar, Bibb, Cogar, Lawson, Myers, Smith, Wilson & Waggy."

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Buckhannon District, Upshur County, West Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 126, p. 145A, dwelling 103, family 104, Elias Mifflin Lawson and Columbia Helen Marple; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1414.

4 Marian L. Post, World Family Tree Vol. 052, Ed. 1, Tree #1624 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: February 2000).

5 Mary F. Shingleton, World Family Tree Vol. 001, Ed. 1, Tree #4417 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: November 29, 1995).

6 Katharine Williamson, "Benington/Arras/Marple/Williamson" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2648183; Updated: Sat Sep 20 13:45:49 2003).

7 Daniel C. Hyde, "REGER Family History" (http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/reger/; Updated December 31, 2001).

8 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, District 30, Lewis County, Virginia, p. 25, dwelling 331, family 333, John Weaver Marple and Ruth Reger; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Aug 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.


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