Family: Joseph S. ADAMS / Luella A. COTTRILL (F11778)
m. 26 Sep 1876-
Father | Male
Joseph S. ADAMS
Born 2 May 1858 Doddridge Co, (W)VA 
Died 6 Dec 1928 Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Married 26 Sep 1876 [1] Doddridge Co, WV [1] Father Joshua A. ADAMS | F5613 Group Sheet Mother Lovinia May LEESON | F5613 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Luella A. COTTRILL
Born 8 Jan 1858 Barbour Co, (W)VA Died 8 Dec 1932 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Father George Jefferson COTTRILL | F11779 Group Sheet Mother Nancy Lovinia GREATHOUSE | F11779 Group Sheet
Child 3 | Male
Leslie G. ADAMS
Born Oct 1893 Died 12 Mar 1969 Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
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Notes - 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on 4 June 1880:
Moses A. Greathouse, 69, shoe maker; wife Lucretia, 71; grandson [sic] Joseph S. Adams, 22, farmer; wife [sic] Luella A. Adams, 22; son [sic] James W. Adams, 2.
NOTE: The relationships of the three younger household members are not correct. Luella A. (Cottrill) Adams was Moses Greathouse's granddaughter, daughter of his daughter Nancy. Joseph S. Adams was Luella's husband. Their son, James Wilbert Adams, should have been entered as a great-grandson of Moses Greathouse.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
Joseph S. Adams, 42, b. May 1858, farmer, married 24 yrs; wife Luella, 42, b. Jan 1858, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Wilbert, 22, b. Oct 1877, single; dau Leona, 17, b. Nov 1882; son Leslie G, 6, b. Oct 1893; boarder Allen Lipscomb, 27, b. Jun 1872, single.
Note: Obituary of Luella Cottrill Adams states that she and Joseph were the parents of two children, Leonie and Leslie. Basis for omission of Wilbert, who was already deceased, is not known. [2]
- 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on 4 June 1880:
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Sources - [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792183&Type=Marriage.
MR Bk 1-A, p. 214:
Identified as Joseph Adams, 21, b. & res. Doddridge Co, farmer, son of Joshua & Levina Adams; and Luella A. Cottrill, 18, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of George J. & Nancy L. Cottrill. Married Nov 26 1876 in Doddridge County. - [S1588] Death record of wife.
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792183&Type=Marriage.