Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Arpha Woofter Bush    
                Born: Aug- 2-1888          in Gilmer Co, WV  1,2,3
              Census: 1900                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: Allen K. Bush   (1853 - 1929) 
              Mother: Caroline C. Long   (1849 - 1936) 
                Wife: Zina Alfred   4  
             Married: Jun-13-1912          in Gilmer Co, WV  3
                Born: ca 1895              in Gilmer Co, WV  3
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Wilma Marie Bush      
                Born: Nov-16-1922          in Gilmer Co, WV  5
                Died: Jun-26-2000           6
              Buried: Feed Spring Cemetery near Dennison, Tuscarawas Co, OH  6
             Husband: Norman Orlando "Red" Adams  b. Aug- 5-1923  d. Dec- 4-2011  
             Married: Jul-10-1944          in Ritchie Co, WV  7

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). 
(3) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) 
(6) Obituary of husband. 
(7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as 
Norman Adams, 20, of Doddridge Co, son of Claude E. Adams & Edna Richards; and Wilma Marie Bush, 21, of Gilmer Co, dau 
of Arpha W. Bush & Zina Alfred.  Married Jul 10 1944.  Other research reveals that Doddridge County Marriage Record 
15-273 shows a marriage license applied for on June 30 1944 by Norman Adams (b. 8/5/1922 [sic] in Doddridge Co) and 
Wilma Bush (b. 11/16/1922 in Gilmer Co, WV).  But the application was voided and the license not 
issued. 







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