Husband: George Whitman Adams
Born: Apr-30-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: bef Sep 1936 3 Resided: aft 1885 in Nebraska 1 Resided: until 1885 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Hiram Adams (1822 - ) Mother: Susannah Simpson (1827 - 1880)
Wife: Rachel Laverna Waller 3
Married: Aug-20-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,1
Born: Apr- 9-1856 in Flemington, Taylor Co, WV 4,5,2
Died: Sep- 1-1936 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1
Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1910 in Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Father: Charles L. Waller (1829 - 1899)
Mother: Julia Ann Davis (1833 - 1919)
M Child 1: Howard Elanus Adams Born: May- 8-1877 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Died: Nov- 8-1949 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Buried: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: 1914, 1918 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 6,7 Census: 1910 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV 8 Wife: Sadie Spencer d. bef Apr 1910 Married: Aug-26-1902 Wife: Minnie Evelyn "Evie" Gatrell b. Feb-22-1885 d. Aug-26-1914 Also known as: Evelyn Gatrell 9,10 Married: Apr-18-1910 at Blue, Tyler Co, WV 9 Wife: Lena Leota Edwards b. Apr- -1878 Census name: Lenna L. Edwards 11 Married: Jul-14-1918 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12
F Child 2: Essie May Adams Born: Aug-27-1878 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Husband: Z. Y. Bates b. Mar-12-1874 d. Sep-27-1965 Married: Nov-30-1898 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 1
M Child 3: Americans (John) Adams 1 Census name: John Adams 13 Born: Feb-16-1880 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Died: Aug- 7-1973 in Colorado 1 Census: 1920 in Salem, WV Occupation: 1920 oil company foreman 13 Wife: Josie Isle Ashburn b. Mar- -1881 Married: Nov-23-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 14,1
F Child 4: Ada Adams Born: May-27-1882 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Died: Aug-31-1965 in Harris Co, TX 16 Resided: from 1918 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co, TX 15 Resided: 1907 in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV 17 Husband: Albert Jerome McNallen b. ca 1873 d. Mar-19-1956 Married: Sep-11-1907 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 18
Sources: (1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 319. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Death record of wife. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, Birth date incorrectly stated as Apr 15 1855, which would conflict with the birth date of brother Goff who was born in January 1855. Death record of Rachel Waller Adams shows her birth as Apr 9 1856 in Taylor County. p. 319. (6) Obituary of wife. (7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (8) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (9) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (10) Obituary. (11) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Howard E. Adams, widowed, 41, b. Ritchie Co, res. Clarksburg, son of George W. & Rachel L. Adams; and Lena Leota Edwards, single, 40, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of James & Columbia Edwards. Married Jul 14 1918 in Clarksburg. (13) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John Adams, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Josie Ashburn, 20, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 23 1901. (15) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 320. (16) Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Texas Dept of Health, Vital Statistics Unit. (17) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. (18) Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, Identified as A. J. McNallen, widower, 34, b. Butler Co Pa, res. Pine Grove W.Va; and Ada Adams, 25, b. Ritchie Co, res. Wilsonburg. Married Sep 11 1907 in New Martinsville. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 320, incorrectly reports marriage location as Gore, Ohio.), MR p. 300.