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Watters Smith FARRIS

Watters Smith FARRIS

Male 1825 - Bef 1900  (~ 75 years)

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  • Name Watters Smith FARRIS 
    Born CA 1825  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Union District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Died Bef Jun 1900  [3] 
    Person ID I76583  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2020 

    Father James FARIS,   b. 19 Nov 1796, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1872, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" SMITH,   b. 25 Aug 1798, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1858, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F1951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Permelia Jane HELMICK,   b. May 1826 
    Marriage Bond 29 Nov 1847  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District, West Milford Post Office), enumerated in Aug 1870:
      Walters Faris, 46, farmer; Permelia, 45; George, 20; Harriet, 16; Mary, 13; Sarah, 10; William, 8; Saul, 6;

      1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 29 1880:
      Watters S. Ferris, 55, farmer, b. WVa, father b. Wes Pa, mother b. WVa; wife Permelia J, 54, b. WVa, both parents b. WVa; son Edward M, 12, b. WVa.

      1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
      Benjamin Stutler, 24, b. Mar 1876, farmer, single; sister Annie A. Stutler, 20, b. Apr 1880, single; brother Howard Stutler, 12; grandmother Permelia J. Faris, 74, b. May 1826, widowed, mother of 11 children (3 still living); cousin Via....(illegible) Blake, female, 21, b. May 1879.
      (Note: In the adjacent household was another of Permelia's grandsons, John D. Faris, 24, b. Jun 1875, farmer, married under one year; wife Emma, 19, b. Mar 1881, no children.) [5, 6]
    Children 
    +1. George T. FARRIS,   b. CA 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Harriet E. FARRIS,   b. CA 1856
     3. Mary Alice FARIS,   b. CA 1857, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Edward Marion FARRIS,   b. 17 Jul 1867, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1953, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F32699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    76583_WallaceFarris_PamelaJaneHelmick_MarriageBond_HarrisonCoVa_29Nov1847.jpg    		76583_WallaceFarris_PamelaJaneHelmick_MarriageBond_HarrisonCoVa_29Nov1847.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2040] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Union District).

    2. [S1987] 1870 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=23106&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.