Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Faynetta ADAMS

Faynetta ADAMS

Female 1883 - 1972  (89 years)


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  • Name Faynetta ADAMS
    Birth 29 Oct 1883  Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Residence 1942  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 24 Dec 1972  [1, 2] 
    Burial Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I20024  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 May 2022

    Father Lewis A. ADAMS,   b. 21 Dec 1855, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1905 (Age 49 years)
    Mother Margaret CLEVENGER,   b. 3 Jan 1849, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1932, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F24061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1  
    Children 
     1. (Male) ADAMS,   b. 11 Mar 1901, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F55199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John Marshall SWANN,   b. 8 Oct 1879, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1942, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [3]
    Marriage 27 Feb 1910  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated in April 1910:
      John M. Swann, 31, farmer; wife Faynetta, 27, no children; mother-in-law Margrett Adams, 61, widowed, mother of 6 children (3 still living).

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      John M. Swan, 48; wife Fay N, 36; son Thomas C, 7; dau Margaret S, 5; son Lewis M, 3; niece Margaret A. Shaw, 11.
    Children 
    >1. Cecil Thomas SWANN,   b. 13 Feb 1912, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +2. Margaret Saphira SWANN,   b. 11 May 1913   d. 25 Oct 1990 (Age 77 years)
    +3. Lewis Marshall SWANN,   b. 10 Apr 1916, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1971, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F7369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    4. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).