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Elizabeth "Betsy" ADAMS

Elizabeth "Betsy" ADAMS

Female 1832 - Bef 1880  (~ 48 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth "Betsy" ADAMS 
    Born CA 1832  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1855  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef Apr 1880  [2
    Person ID I23095  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2019 

    Father William ADAMS,   b. 30 Aug 1805, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Lucinda WRIGHT,   b. 1809, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1852  (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F3774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ashbell REED,   b. CA 1830,   d. Bef May 1855  (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Married Oct 1852  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F27165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Christopher C. LIPSCOMB,   b. CA 1829, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1891  (Age ~ 62 years)  [4, 5, 6
    Married 18 Jun 1855  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. William LIPSCOMB,   b. 17 May 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1939, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Eliza Alice LIPSCOMB,   b. 5 Apr 1859, Straight Fork, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1933, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Jackson LIPSCOMB,   b. 19 Jan 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1937, Linden, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. George LIPSCOMB,   b. CA 1862
     5. Godfrey D. LIPSCOMB,   b. 16 Dec 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1938, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     6. Mary Ellen LIPSCOMB,   b. CA 1866, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1950, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
     7. Caroline V. LIPSCOMB,   b. 18 Apr 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Benjamin Franklin LIPSCOMB,   b. 25 Sep 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1940, Chesapeake, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     9. Viola LIPSCOMB,   b. 2 Feb 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1963, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     10. Ruth "Rushie" PAYTON, Lipscomb,   b. CA 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1958, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
     11. Sophrona LIPSCOMB,   b. Aug 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1949, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     12. Myrtle May LIPSCOMB,   b. 24 Dec 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1922, Camden on Gauley, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F9182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
      Identified as Ashbell Reed, 22, res. Doddridge Co; and Elizabeth Adams, 15, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William Adams. Marriage license issued Oct 9 1852. The handwritten record has no provision for indicating the date of the marriage ceremony.

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 239.

    5. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    6. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
      There appear to be two entries for this marriage, both in handwritten ledgers. (1) MR p. 13: Christopher Lipscomb, 25, son of John Lipscomb; and Elizabeth Reed, 23, dau of William Adams; date of entry May 21 1855. (2) MR p. 114: Christopher Lipscomb, widowed, farmer, age 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William Lipscomb; and Elizabeth Reed, widowed, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William Adams; married Jun 18 1855 in Doddridge County. (Note: It is likely that the first entry is for a marriage bond or the issuance of the license, while the second entry is for the marriage itself. Wife's age given in the second entry is presumably a clerical error, as is identification of husband's father as William rather than John.)