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Orpha ADAMS

Orpha ADAMS

Female 1892 - 1975  (83 years)

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  • Name Orpha ADAMS 
    Born 15 Jan 1892  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Died Jan 1975  [3] 
    Person ID I21053  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 May 2020 

    Father Joshua A. ADAMS,   b. 4 Jul 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1911, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth WOOFTER,   b. 10 Aug 1850, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1921, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F5612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Oliver A. FLESHER,   b. CA 1883, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 7 Feb 1917  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F11017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John HARDWAY 
    Married Y  [6, 7, 8] 
    Family ID F8006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk Del-1, p. 2-A.
      Identified as Orpha Adams, b. Jan 15 1892 in Doddridge Co, dau of Joshua Adams (age 57, farmer) and Sarah E. Woofter (age 42), this being the mother's 11th child. Delayed certificate filed Mar 21 1952 on basis of "1. Family Bible, 2. Voters registration, 3. Cert. copy of marriage."

    2. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    5. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).
      Participants identified as Oliver A. Flesher, age 33, b. Pleasants Co; and Orpha Adams, age 25, b. Doddridge Co. Married Feb 7 1917.

    6. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 67.

    7. [S1368] Obituary of wife's mother.

    8. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.