Jul-28-2018
Husband: James Emery Amos
Born: Jul-11-1859 in Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Jul-24-1945 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,3 Buried: in Chevauxdefrise/Kendall Cemetery, CR 24, east of Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Father: Henry H. Amos (1817 - 1889) Mother: Malinda Rex (1822 - 1891)
Wife: Eliza J. Ward 4 Married: Sep- 1-1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: Jan-29-1856 4,6 Died: Feb-22-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV 6,4 Buried: in Chevauxdefrise/Kendall Cemetery, CR 24, east of Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Father: Martin Carr Ward (1821 - 1897) Mother: Mary Jane Gaston (1823 - 1908)
F Child 1: Esta E. Amos Born: Aug-15-1890 7 Died: Aug-22-1897 6
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as James E. Amos, 26, of Ritchie Co; and Eliza J. Ward, 28, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 1 1885. (NOTE: Minnie Kendall Lowther, RCHR p. 316, reports marriage date for Eliza J. Ward as Sep 1 1865, clearly a typographical error intended to be Sep 1 1885, as shown here.) (6) Headstone. (7) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. Event Notes Note (1) "Ritchie County Cemeteries," p. 500, reports birth date on headstone as July 11 1858. But age in marriage record would put birth in 1859, and death record shows birth date as Jul 11 1859.Name Index