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Alexander ADAMS

Alexander ADAMS

Male 1855 - Bef 1929  (73 years)


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  • Name Alexander ADAMS
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 20  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 25 May 1855  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1854. But birth record shows that he was born on May 25 1855 at Straight Fork of Hughes River, Doddridge County.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Death Bef 1929  [3] 
    Person ID I1403  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2016

    Father William ADAMS,   b. 30 Aug 1805, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    Mother Louisa SUMMERS,   b. 3 Jul 1830, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1910 (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F3775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Isabel "Bell" GASTON,   b. 29 Aug 1857, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1929, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Marriage 26 Nov 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Obituary of wife erroneously states marriage date as Nov 26 1875.
    Children 
    >1. Eliza Alice ADAMS,   b. Nov 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef May 1929 (Age ~ 53 years)
    +2. Emma Frances ADAMS,   b. 27 Dec 1877, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +3. Lenora Bird ADAMS,   b. 7 Aug 1880   d. 21 Oct 1917, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    +4. Ira Clinton ADAMS,   b. 7 Jun 1887, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1956, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +5. Worthy Eugene ADAMS,   b. 24 Aug 1889, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1957, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +6. Etta O'Dell "Addie" ADAMS,   b. 15 Nov 1891, Camp Run, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1971, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +7. Alva Wilmer ADAMS,   b. 17 Apr 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1947, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    3. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Alexander Adams, 20, of Doddridge Co; and Bell Gaston, 17, of Doddridge Co. Married Nov 26 1874.

    5. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).