LAW: Of Reedy.
William A. Law and his family being the first of this name making homes here, came here in year 1899.
The family tradition of ancestry is, that three brothers, Law, came from Ireland and landed in New York, in what year, or even decade is not known; one of these stayed in New York City, one set out for the Northwest, and one has made his way into the Monongahela Valley, his name David W. Law, or he there left a son, David W., within the decade 1840 to 1850.
David W. married in Harrison County Miss Hannah Dennison, about the year 1848, and there they made their home and reared one daughter and two sons whose names were Samantha, "Deed" and William Anderson.
William Anderson Law, the above, was born at or near Cherry Camp, Harrison County, Western Virginia, February 20, 1852, there grew up and married Miss Sarah A. Williams; they began their careers there, and there all their children but one were born. He became a minister of the Gospel; a Methodist first, later a member of the United Brethren Conference of West Virginia; filled many pulpits. They lived a short time in Colorado; returned and made their home with their family in Reedy, 1899, to time of death, 1920.
In Reedy he first began a general produce business and taught his sons general trading; established them and again entered the church ministry. The names and marriages of the sons and daughters of William Anderson Law are as follows: Amos D., Leonidas L., David W., Henry Clyde, Martha Allie, Sarah Elizabeth, "Lizzie," Jemima May, Ray C., Benjamin Stout, Guy Kidd. Marriages:
Amos D., 48, to Claudia Anderson, 25, August 8, 1922;
Leonidas L., 23, to Blanche Seaman, 17, January 1, 1898;
David W., 22, to Stella McGraw, 17, July 1, 1903;
Henry Clyde, 22, to Melvina Howell, 0, December 24, 1897;
Martha Allie, 22, to Lee B. Batten, 24, December 20, 1905;
Sarah Elizabeth, 35, to Walter W. McKinley, 41, October 20, 1912;
Jemima May, 20, to William R. Flesher, 19, December 24, 1898;
Ray Constantine, 32, to Stella Harris, 22, August 8, 1919;
Guy Kidd, of him, yet a young man, we do not know.
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 579-580
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999
