Husband: William Adams II
Born: Dec- 8-1839 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,2,3
Died: Dec-17-1916 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4 (see note 1)
Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 1,5
Resided: 1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 6
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 7
Father: William Adams (1805 - 1861)
Mother: Lucinda Wright (1809 - 1852)
Wife: Malissa A. Pearcy Married: Dec-23-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8
Born: Jan-20-1841 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2,3 Died: Aug-15-1913 1 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 1,5 Census: 1970, 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Joshua Pearcy (1807 - 1881) Mother: Prudence Williams (1812 - 1873)
M Child 1: Jackson Lee Adams Also known as: Jack L. Adams 9 Born: Apr-25-1863 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,10,11 Died: Sep-13-1900 in Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 12,1 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Cause of death: surgical operation for neurosis of rib, acute nephritis (run over by a wagon) 12,14 Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1886 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 10,12 Wife: Katy White b. Jul-17-1866 d. Aug- 1-1922 Census name: Katie Married: Sep- 2-1886 in Lewis Co, WV 15
F Child 2: Rosa Belle Adams Census name: Belle Adams Born: Sep-18-1872 in West Virginia 16,17,18 Died: May- 9-1917 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16,19,18 Buried: in Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 16,5 Cause of death: infected gall bladder, appendicitis 16,19 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Porter Maxwell b. Mar-18-1864 d. Dec- 6-1934 Married: Sep-18-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (4) Obituary - Hospital. (5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 239. (7) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as William Adams, 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of William & Lucinda; and Melissa A. Pearcy, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Joshua & Prudence. Married Dec 23 1861. (9) Death record of son. (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (11) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (12) Ohio County Death Records, Wheeling, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5733894&Type=Death. (13) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: J. L. Adams. (14) West Union Record, 9/21/1900. (15) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, MR p. 127, Line 52 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10713656&Type=Marriage. (16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (18) Headstone (year only) (19) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045635&Type=Death. Event Notes Note (1) Although his death record entry indicates a death date of Dec 12 1916, his obituary specifies that he died on "Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17, at 2:45 at Kessler Hospital, Clarksburg." That date in 1916 did fall on a Sunday.