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Edward Marion FARRIS

Edward Marion FARRIS

Male 1867 - 1953  (85 years)


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  • Name Edward Marion FARRIS
    Birth 17 Jul 1867  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1891  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    merchant 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation store keeper  [1] 
    Residence West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 6 Mar 1953  West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Burial Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I76582  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022

    Father Watters Smith FARRIS,   b. CA 1825   d. Bef Jun 1900 (Age ~ 75 years)
    Mother Permelia Jane HELMICK,   b. May 1826
    Family ID F32699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith May POST,   b. 26 Jan 1868, Sycamore, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1941, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 7 May 1891  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated in Jun 1900:
      Eward M. Farris, 32, b. Jul 1867, merchant, married 9 yrs; wife Eda E, 32, b. Jun (Jan ?) 1868, mother of 5 children (all still living); dau Bessa Day, 13, b. Aug 1886; dau Lala D, 8, b. Jun 1892; son Charles W, 6, b. Oct 1893; dau Edney, 2, b. Sep 1897; dau Elsie, 2, b. Sep 1897.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated in May 1910:
      Edward M. Faris, 42, farmer, married 18 yrs (1st marriage); wife Edith M, 42, married 19 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 6 children (all still living); dau Lala D, 17; son Charles W, 16; dau Edna V, 12; dau Elsie P, 12; son Hiram O, 8.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      Edd M. Farris, 52, farmer; wife Edith M. Farris, 52; son Hiram O. Farris, 18, oil field roustabout, married; dau-in-law Maymie Farris, 21, married; granddau Evelyn G. Farris, under one month; granddau Clarice M. Farris, under one month.
    Children 
     1. Lala D. FARRIS,   b. Jun 1892
    +2. Charles Warner FARRIS,   b. 13 Oct 1893   d. 18 May 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    >3. Edna V. FARRIS,   b. Sep 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1968 (Age ~ 70 years)
    >4. Elsie P. FARRIS,   b. Sep 1897
    >5. Hiram Olin FARRIS,   b. 14 Aug 1901   d. 6 Nov 1978 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F32698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    76582_EdwardMFaris_EdithMPost_MarriageRecord_7May1891_MarriageRecord.jpg    		76582_EdwardMFaris_EdithMPost_MarriageRecord_7May1891_MarriageRecord.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2005] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).