Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Claude Ellsworth Adams    

                Born: May- 5-1889          in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV  1
                Died: May-28-1959          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1938                 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      oil worker & engineer, Hope Natural Gas Co  1 (see note 2)
              Father: George Washington Adams 
              Mother: Eva D. Wilson 

                Wife: Edna Richards     

                Born: Jul-16-1899          in Doddridge Co, WV  
                Died: Dec-19-1961          in Doddridge Co, WV  5,6
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Troy, Gilmer Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Alpheus Seymour Richards 
              Mother: Rulina Belle Gaston 

           M Child 1: Leo Carl Adams      
                Born: Oct-17-1917          in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Died: Apr-30-1943          in Calabasas, Los Angeles Co, CA  8

           M Child 2: Raymond Doyle Adams      
                Born: Aug- 1-1919          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,9
                Died: Aug-18-1979          in Rainelle, Greenbrier Co, WV  1,10

           M Child 3: Claude Lee Adams      
       Also known as: Lee Adams 11
                Born: Jun-24-1921          in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  12
                Died: Oct- 4-1967          in   3

           M Child 4: Norman Orlando Adams      
                Born: Aug- 5-1923          in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV  13

           F Child 5: Edith Irene (twin) Adams      
       Also known as: Irene E. Adams 14,11
                Born: May-28-1925          in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  15

           F Child 6: Edith Ilene (twin) Adams      
       Also known as: Ilene E. Adams 14,11
                Born: May-28-1925          in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  15
                Died: Nov- 4-2006          in Arlington, Arlington Co, VA  1

Notes 1 

           F Child 7: Arretta Georgie Adams   16   
       Also known as: Georgia Adams 17,11
                Born: Oct-11-1926          in Doddridge Co, WV  16

           F Child 8: Living      


Sources:
(1) Obituary. 
(2) Obituary - Hospital. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Death record of father. 
(5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 2-A. 
(6) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 
26101. 
(7) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Birthplace given in birth record as 
Blandville.  His obituary states birthplace as Porto Rico, which is a community 
encompassed by Blandville. BR Bk 4, p. 5. 
(8) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, 
http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. 
(9) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV. 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Obituary of brother. 
(12) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 6. 
(13) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 7. 
(14) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 1, and BR Bk 4, p. 29 
(duplicate entries) 
(16) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 2. 
(17) Obituary of father. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Porto Rico Road
Note (2) Birth record of twin daughters in 1925 gives father's occupation as "oil
worker," while birth record of daughter Dorothy in 1932 gives father's
occupation as Engineer.

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