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Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON 1813–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Jul 1813

Birth Location: Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA

Death Date: 8 May 1882

Death Location: Clarksburg, Harrison, WV., USA

Father: John Jackson

Mother: Mary MEIGS

Spouse(s): Michael Gittings

Children(s): Columbia Gittings

The story of Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON began in 1813 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA. Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON married Michael Dorsey Gittings, and had children including Columbia Estelle Lummie Gittings. Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON passed away in 1882 in Clarksburg, Harrison, WV., USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON began in 1813 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA.
  • Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON married Michael Dorsey Gittings, and had children including Columbia Estelle Lummie Gittings.
  • Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON passed away in 1882 in Clarksburg, Harrison, WV., USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Jackson
1777–1825
Birth Location: Bushs Fort, Augusta, Virginia, United States
JJ
Mary MEIGS
1793–1863
Birth Location: Marietta, Washington Co., OH., USA
MM

Spouses(s)

Michael Gittings
1796–1877
Birth Location: Montgomery, Maryland, USA
MG

Children(s)

Columbia Gittings
1847–1920
Birth Location: Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA
CG

Sophia JACKSON's Ancestors

Self
Sophia JACKSON
1813–1882
Birth Place: Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA
Parents
John George Jackson
1777–1825
Bushs Fort, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Mary (Sophia) MEIGS
1793–1863
Marietta, Washington Co., OH., USA
Grandparents
Col (George Jackson, Built Jackson's Mill in Upshur Co., VA; Served with George Rogers Clark; Member of Virginia Assembly and the VA) Constitutional
1757–1831
Cecil County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Brake
1757–1812
Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA
Return (Jonathan Meigs) III
1764–1825
Middletown, Connecticut
Sophia WRIGHT
1765–1838
Colchester, New London, CT., USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sophia JACKSON's Descendants

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Sophia (Caroline Meigs) JACKSON (18 Jul 1813–8 May 1882) m. Michael (Dorsey) Gittings (21 Feb 1796–24 Feb 1877)
  1. 1. Columbia (Estelle (Lummie)) Gittings 1847–1920 m. John (Wesley "Jack") Thorn 1849–1893
    1. 1. Alice (L) Thorn 1879–1923 m. William (Hay) Lewis 1872–1950
      1. 1. John (Rawle LEWIS John Robert) Lewis 1902–1983 m. Alice (F) Richael 1903–1988
        1. 1. Edith (Lucille "Edie") LEWIS 1933–2007 m. Glade (Richard) FULLER 1928–2018 m. Joseph (Herman) AMELING 1910–1989
        2. 2. Robert (Lee) LEWIS 1925–2016
        3. 3. Ada (June) LEWIS 1929–2002

Sophia JACKSON's Timeline

2 Records

1813
18 Jul 1813
Birth of Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA
Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA
1882
8 May 1882
Age 69
Death of Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON in Clarksburg, Harrison, WV., USA
Clarksburg, Harrison, WV., USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Jul 1813
    Event Place: Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 May 1882
    Event Place: Clarksburg, Harrison, WV., USA
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