Husband: David D. Adams
Born: ca 1834 in Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) 1 Died: bef Aug 1901 2 Resided: 1857 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1 Father: David Adams (1798 - ) Mother: Nancy ___ (1796 - )
Wife: Viretta Williams
Married: Jun-10-1857 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 (see note 1)
Born: Nov- 9-1841 in Ohio 3,1 (see note 2)
Died: Jul-29-1914 near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Buried: in Mt. Zion EUB Cemetery, Co Rd 24/3, Chevauxdefrise (Five Forks), Ritchie Co, WV 5
Resided: 1857, 1901 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1
Census: 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA
Father: Jacob Williams (1818 - 1893)
Mother: Jane C. Wiseman
Other spouse 2
F Child 1: Hulda J. Adams Born: ca 1858 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 6 Husband: Alvin Tharp b. ca 1858 Married: Apr-11-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Husband: John E. Matheny b. ca 1850 Married: Nov- 5-1885 in Gilmer Co, WV 7
M Child 2: David F. Adams Born: Jan- -1861 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 8,6 Died: bef Aug 1930 Census: 1920 in Gassaway, Braxton Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Washington District, Calhoun Co, WV Resided: 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Wife: Ellen M. "Ella" Sommerville b. Apr-18-1863 d. Jan-21-1946 Married: Sep- 5-1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (2) Record of wife's remarriage. (3) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as David F. Adams, 25, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Ellen M. Sommerville, 22, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 5 1886. Event Notes Note (1) He was widowed. Her father was the only parent identified in both of her marriage records. Note (2) Birthplace given in 1857 marriage record as Adams County, Ohio, but in 1901 marriage record as Monongalia County, WV. Age 55 in 1901 marriage record puts birth in about 1846, but age 15 in 1857 puts it in about 1842.