Jul-28-2018
Husband: Hiram Adams
Born: Jul- -1822 1 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Susannah Simpson 2,3 Also known as: Sue Simpson 4
Born: ca 1827 5 Died: bef Jun 1880 6 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Arzanna Adams Born: Nov- -1850 7,8 Died: Nov-16-1923 9 Census: 1900 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Johnson D. Fleming b. Nov-19-1848 d. Nov-22-1932 Census name: J. D. Fleming Married: Mar-20-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
M Child 2: John I. Adams Born: ca 1853 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11 Census: 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: miller - flour & sawmill 12 Wife: Mary Ellen Spurgeon b. ca 1852 Also known as: Margie Ellen Spurgeon 4 Married: Sep-30-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 3: Simpson L. Adams Born: Sep- -1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,14 Census: 1870, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Angeline C. Williams b. Feb- -1862 Census name: Angia 1 Married: Mar- 2-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 4: George Whitman Adams Born: Apr-30-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 15,16 Died: bef Sep 1936 17 Resided: aft 1885 in Nebraska 15 Resided: until 1885 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Wife: Rachel Laverna Waller b. Apr- 9-1856 d. Sep- 1-1936 Married: Aug-20-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,15
F Child 5: Dorah M. Adams Born: ca 1865 18 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 6: Lilly F. Adams Also known as: Lillie F. Adams 3,19 Born: Jun-25-1869 19,18 (see note 1) Died: Sep-28-1951 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 19 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV 19 Resided: in Lewis Co, WV 19 (see note 2) Census: 1870, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Never married: 19
Sources: (1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (2) Marriage record of daughter. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) Death record of daughter. (5) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (6) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (9) Obituary of husband. (10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as J. D. Fleming, age 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Edward & Mary; and Arzanna [sic] Adams, age 19, of Ritchie Co, dau of Hiram & Susanna. Married Mar 20 1870. (11) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (12) 1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District) (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as John I. Adams, widowed, 22, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Hiram & Susannah Adams; and Mary E. Spurgeon, single, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Jeremiah & Rebecca Spurgeon. Married Sep 30 1875 in Doddridge County, ceremony by Eli M. Gaston. MR p. 206. (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (15) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 319. (16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (17) Death record of wife. (18) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (19) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jun 1871, but she appeared in 1870 Census, age one, and death record states Jun 25 1869. Note (2) near Linn, which is in Gilmer CountyName Index