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Sylvanus FRUM

Sylvanus FRUM

Male 1854 -

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  • Name Sylvanus FRUM 
    Born Jul 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 1880  [3] 
    farmer 
    Residence 1893  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marital status married, but wife not present with him and children.
    Occupation 1900  [1] 
    carpenter 
    Census 1910  Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    detective for Erie Railroad 
    Residence 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1916  Haywood, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I45989  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2017 

    Father Franklin FRUM,   b. 1 Feb 1825,   d. 16 Dec 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Rachel MCKINNEY,   b. 22 May 1825,   d. 25 Feb 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F14771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel Elisa VAN DYKE,   b. CA 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 3 Mar 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Clarence FRUM,   b. Dec 1878
     2. Ella FRUM,   b. Jun 1880
     3. Esker B. FRUM,   b. 8 Mar 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Myrta R. FRUM,   b. 25 Oct 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F18750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rebecca BOYCE,   b. 3 Jul 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1923, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)  [9] 
    Married 22 Jan 1893  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Divorced Y  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, Town of Salem), enumerated on May 3 1910:
      Bessie Frum, 39, boarding house keeper, married 17 yrs, mother of 3 children (2 still living); dau Eathel F, 16; dau Lena M, 11; son James W, 1.
      The remaining household members, all single and of no apparent relationship, were listed as boarders:
      Henry Halley, 21, team driver; Everet Gmut (?), 58, team driver; Harley Gaines, 25, team driver; Ezry Williams, 23, team driver; Windan Bunnell, 18, team driver; Will S. Gains, 38, proprietor of barn & teams; Solomon McIntyre, 24, team driver; Cornelius Goff, 39, roustabout in oil fields; Roy Cain, 19, team driver. All born in West Virginia except Evert Gmut, born in Pennsylvania.
      NOTE (1): We have found no other instance of Rebecca Boyce Frum going by the name Bessie. The count of her children should have been 4, with 3 still living, and her marital status should have been entered as divorced, and indicated in the 1900 Census, when they were enumerated separately. In the 1910 Census, Sylvanus was enumerated in Youngstown, Ohio.
      NOTE (2): The boarder listed as Will S. Gains appears to be the Waitman T. W. "William" Gain who Rebecca married in about 1914. Although no marriage record has been found for them, they appeared together as man and wife in the 1920 Census, and her headstone identifies her as the wife of W. T. Gain. The boarder listed as Harley Gaines was William Gain's brother. It seems that the various members of that family decided on their own spelling of their surname.
      NOTE (3): The natural father of Rebecca's son James W. Frum is not known. It is noted, however, that James' middle name was Waitman, same as the formal given name of the Will Gains in this household, who Rebecca later married.
    Children 
    +1. Eathel Mae FRUM,   b. 21 Mar 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Carson B. FRUM,   b. 29 Apr 1897,   d. 8 Aug 1900  (Age 3 years)
     3. Lena Merle FRUM,   b. 8 Aug 1898, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1976, Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. James Waitman FRUM,   b. 4 Jun 1909, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1968, St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Documents
    45989_SylvanusFrum_RebeccaBoyce_MarriageRecord_22Jan1893.jpg    		45989_SylvanusFrum_RebeccaBoyce_MarriageRecord_22Jan1893.jpg
    Family ID F23193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ethey L. HAWKINS,   b. CA 1875 
    Married 14 Nov 1916  Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Documents
    45989_SylvanusFrum_EthaHawkinsWright_MarriageRecord_14Nov1916.jpg    		45989_SylvanusFrum_EthaHawkinsWright_MarriageRecord_14Nov1916.jpg
    Family ID F27724  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

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

    5. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    6. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 224.
      Identified as Silvanus Frum, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Franklin & Rachel Frum; and Rachel E. Vandyke, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Martin & Rebecca Vandyke. Married Mar 3 1878.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 273.
      Identified as Sylvanus Frum, 38, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co; and Rebecca Boyce, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co. Married Jan 22 1893 "at the residence of W. A. Kiney." Informant for marriage license: F. M. Frum. (Note: W. A. Kiney is probably the William A. Kinney who married Sylvester Frum's sister Tabitha the following month.)

    11. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    12. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 71.
      Identified as Sylvanus Frum, widowed, 51, b. Doddridge Co, res. Haywood WV, son of Franklin & Rachel Frum; and Mrs. Etha Wright, widowed, 41(?), b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of William & Mary E. Hawkins. Married Nov 14 1916 at Jane Lew, Lewis County W. Va.