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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

In 1813, Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON entered the world in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA, born to John George Jackson and Mary Sophia MEIGS. 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

  • In 1813, Sophia Caroline Meigs JACKSON entered the world in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV., USA, born to John George Jackson and Mary Sophia MEIGS.
  • 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
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Mary MEIGS
1793 – 1863
Birth Location: Marietta, Washington Co., OH., USA
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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,
1757 – 1831
Cecil County, Maryland, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Brake
1757 – 1812
Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA
Return (Jonathan) Meigs
1764 – 1825
Middletown, Connecticut
Sophia WRIGHT
1765 – 1838
Colchester, New London, CT., USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sophia JACKSON's Descendants

1.
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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 – 11 Feb 1920) m. John (Wesley "Jack") Thorn (1849 – 26 Apr 1893)
    1. 1. Alice (L) Thorn (20 Apr 1879 – 12 Jul 1923) m. William (Hay) Lewis (22 May 1872 – 29 Nov 1950)
      1. 1. John (Rawle) LEWIS (7 Apr 1902 – 31 Jul 1983) m. Alice (F.) Hunt (15 Oct 1903 – About 1988)
        1. 1. Robert (Lee) LEWIS (21 Nov 1925 – 27 Jan 2016)
        2. 2. Ada (June) LEWIS (9 Oct 1929 – 8 Jul 2002)
        3. 3. Edith (Lucille "Edie") LEWIS (19 Aug 1933 – 10 Jan 2007) m. Glade (Richard) FULLER (29 Jan 1928 – 23 Sep 2018) m. Joseph (Herman) AMELING (11 Apr 1910 – 6 Jun 1989)

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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