Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John I. Adams    
                Born: ca 1853              in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1880                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1875                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      miller - flour & sawmill  2
              Father: Hiram Adams   (1822 -     ) 
              Mother: Susannah Simpson   (1827 - 1880) 
                Wife: Mary Ellen Spurgeon     
       Also known as: Margie Ellen Spurgeon 3
             Married: Sep-30-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  4
                Born: ca 1852              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5
              Census: 1880                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Resided: 1875                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Father: Jeremiah Spurgeon   (1825 - 1853) 
              Mother: Rebecca Ann VanHorn   (1821 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Minnie Jane Adams      
                Born: Aug- 1-1876          in Gilmer Co, WV  6,7,8 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct-15-1949          at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV  6,8
              Buried:                      in Spurgeon (aka Pleasant Valley or Dunkard) Cem, Bear Fork (Co Rd 62/2), Doddridge/Gilmer Co, WV  9,6
             Resided: 1937                 at Linn, Gilmer Co, WV  10
              Census: 1880, 1900 10 20 30  in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Husband: Herbert Ison Keister  b. May- 7-1872  d. Jun-21-1937  
             Married: May- 6-1894          in Gilmer Co, WV  7
           M Child 2: Charles S. Adams      
                Born: ca 1879               2
              Census: 1880                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
           M Child 3: Newton S. Adams      
                Born: Aug-  -1881          in Gilmer Co, WV  8,1 (see note 2)
                Died: Nov- 8-1960          in Kincheloe (Jane Lew), Harrison Co, WV  11,8
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  11,12
             Resided: 1903                 in Gilmer Co, WV  1
          Occupation:                      farmer  11
                Wife: Patience E. Eakle  b. Mar-  -1884  d. Jun-28-1942  
             Married: Jan-11-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  1

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) 1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District) 
(3) Death record of daughter. 
(4) 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. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(8) Headstone (year only) 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) Death record of husband. 
(11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given as Aug 1875 in 1900 Census, but death record states Aug 1
1876.
Note (2) Birth date given in death record as Aug 15 1880.  But date on headstone is
1881, conforming to age 21 at time of Jan 1903 marriage.







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