Jul-28-2018                   
                      Jonathan Adams    
            Military:                      Revolutionary War  1,2
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: William Adams 3     
                Born: Aug-30-1805          in Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV)  4,2,5
                Died: Jul-19-1861          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  6,1,7
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  1,8,9
      Cause of death:                      fever  7
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  10,11
                Wife: Lucinda Wright  b. 1809  d. bef 1852  
             Married: ca 1829               2
                Wife: Louisa Summers  b. Jul- 3-1830  d. Nov- 6-1910  
    Marriage license: Jan-26-1852          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  12
             Married: Feb- 1-1852          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  12

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 245. 
(3) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 67. 
(4) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, Age 55y10m19d calculates to a birth date of Aug 30 1805.  But "Ritchie 
County in History and Romance," p. 245, states birth date as Sep 1 1805. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 7, Line 12 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5051055&Type=Death. 
(8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(11) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 







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