Notes for: Joshua A. Adams

Joshua Adams had six children by his first wife, Lovinia May Leeson; all six were boys and five of them were carpenters. Joshua built many houses himself. Joshua ran a general store that kept his team and driver on the road six days a week hauling supplies from Toll Gate.

1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 4 1880:
Joshua Adams, 44, carpenter; wife Sarah E, 29; Marshel (relationship illegible), 23, carpenter; son Alonzo, 16, farm worker, broken leg; son William E, 12, farm worker; dau Luella, 8; son Homer, 6; dau Mary R, 5; dau Hattie I, 3; Stella H, 1; servant James M. Russell, 19, farm worker.