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William ADAMS, II

William ADAMS, II

Male 1839 - 1916  (77 years)

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  • Name William ADAMS 
    Suffix II 
    Born 8 Dec 1839  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Residence 1908  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 17 Dec 1916  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 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.
    Buried Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Person ID I23091  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2016 

    Father William ADAMS,   b. 30 Aug 1805, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Lucinda WRIGHT,   b. 1809, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1852  (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F3774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malissa A. PEARCY,   b. 20 Jan 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1913  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Jackson Lee ADAMS,   b. 25 Apr 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1900, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     2. Rosa Belle ADAMS,   b. 18 Sep 1872, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1917, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F16820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Dec 1916 - Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S2192] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    5. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 239.

    6. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    7. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S1774] 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.