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James Harvey ADAMS

James Harvey ADAMS

Male 1854 - 1932  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name James Harvey ADAMS 
    Born Jul 1854  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in in death record only as the year 1853. But the 1900 Census shows it as July 1854, consistent with his age in other records.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  Fairmont District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900, 1910  [1, 2] 
    farmer 
    Census 1920  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    janitor in bottle factory 
    Residence 1921  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1930  Grant Town, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Grant Town, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 2 Jul 1932  Grant Town, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Jones Cemetery, Bellview (Fairmont), Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I122202  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2018 

    Father John Q. ADAMS,   b. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth SIMMONS,   b. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F52621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Hanna COE,   b. Feb 1857, Marshall Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1913, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married CA 1877  [1, 2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Marion Co, WV (Fairmont District), enumerated on Jun 9 1900:
      Harry Adams, 45, b. Jul 1854, farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Sarah H, 43, b. Feb 1857, married 23 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau (notation could indicate son) Davey, 21, b. Feb 1879, single, coal miner; dau Rosina, 16, b. Jun 1884; dau Lizie, 16, b. Jun 1884; dau Lucy, 14, b. Apr 1886,

      1910 Census, Marion Co, WV (Fairmont District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910 on Barnesville Road:
      James H. Adams, 55, b. Pa. (father b. Va, mother b. Pa.), farmer, married 33 yrs; wife Sarah, 53, b. WVa (father b. NY, mother b. WVa), married 33 yrs, mother of 5 children (4 still living); grandson Harold Swiger, 5, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa); boarder Walter Price, 24, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), single, car repairman.

      1920 Census, Marion Co, WV (Town of Fairmont), enumerated on Jan 12 1920 at 201 Hampton Road:
      John H. Watson, 35, b. WVa (father b. England, mother b. Va.), mechanic for coal company; wife Elsie R, 35, b. WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa); dau Evelyn V, 14; dau Francis M, 10; son John R, 5; son James W, 3; dau Mildred C, 10 months; father-in-law James H. Adams, 65, b. Pa. (father b. Pa, mother b. Va.), widowed, janitor in bottle factory; nephew Harold H. Swiger, 15, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), single, laborer in glass house.

      On May 19 1921, James H. Adams, widower, 67, b. Greene Co Pa, married Myrtle Floyd, widow, 53, b. Marion Co WVa (sic), in Fairmont.

      1930 Census, Marion Co, WV (Paw Paw District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930 in Grant Town:
      James H. Adams, 75, b. Pa. (both parents b. Pa.), no occupation; wife Myrtle, 62, b. Illinois (both parents b. WVa). [3]
    Children 
    +1. Estella Eliza ADAMS,   b. 20 Jun 1884, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1908  (Age 24 years)
     2. Elsie Rosina ADAMS,   b. 20 Jun 1884, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1935, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F52617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Myrtle ___,   b. CA 1868 
    Married 19 May 1921  Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F52619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    122202_ADAMS_James-Harvey_1854-1932_DeathCertificate.jpg    		122202_ADAMS_James-Harvey_1854-1932_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2246] 1900 Census, Marion County, WV.

    2. [S2245] 1910 Census, Marion County, WV.

    3. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    4. [S2121] 1920 Census, Marion County, WV.

    5. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12537789&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1945821&Type=Death.