Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Americans (John) Adams 1   
         Census name: John Adams 2
                Born: Feb-16-1880          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Died: Aug- 7-1973          in Colorado  1
              Census: 1920                 in Salem, WV  
          Occupation: 1920                 oil company foreman  2
              Father: George Whitman Adams   (1858 - 1936) 
              Mother: Rachel Laverna Waller   (1856 - 1936) 
                Wife: Josie Isle Ashburn     
             Married: Nov-23-1901          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,1
                Born: Mar-  -1881          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,5
              Census: 1920                 in Salem, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Aaron L. Ashburn   (1854 - 1910) 
              Mother: Mary Lavenia Davis   (1856 - 1953) 
           M Child 1: Cassel Clay Adams      
                Born: Dec-13-1902          in Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: May- 3-1994          in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO  6
              Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery  in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO  6
             Resided:                      in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO  6
              Census: 1920                 in Salem, WV  
          Occupation:                      Internal Revenue Service agent  6
           Education:                      Business College of Bowling Green (Kentucky)  6
                Wife: Y. Lula Davis  b. May-21-1896  d. Nov-26-1959  
             Married: May- 1-1927           1
                Wife: Josephine Otelia Hytrek  b. Mar-18-1913  
             Married: Sep-13-1961           1,7
           M Child 2: Cecil Ray Adams      
                Born: Nov-30-1903          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,5,9
                Died: Jan- 1-1991           9
             Resided:                      in Arkansas  10
              Census: 1930                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1926                 in Harrison Co, WV  5
              Census: 1920                 in Salem, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 oil field roustabout  11
                Wife: Mildred Keister  b. ca 1911  
             Married: Dec-18-1926          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Wife: Amanda Taylor  
             Married: May-  -1937           8
           F Child 3: Gaynell Adams      
                Born: ca 1912              in Colorado  2
              Census: 1920                 in Salem, WV  

Sources:
(1) 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. 
(2) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as John Adams, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Josie Ashburn, 20, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. 
Married Nov 23 1901. 
(4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) Obituary. 
(7) Obituary of husband. 
(8) 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. 320. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Arkansas before 1951. 
(11) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 







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