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James Emery AMOS

James Emery AMOS

Male 1859 - 1945  (86 years)


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  • Name James Emery AMOS
    Birth 11 Jul 1859  Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "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.
    Gender Male
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 24 Jul 1945  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Burial Chevauxdefrise/Kendall Cemetery, CR 24, east of Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I9312  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2008

    Father Henry H. AMOS,   b. Jul 1817   d. 24 Jul 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Mother Malinda REX,   b. 14 Jul 1822   d. 7 Oct 1891, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F10744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza J. WARD,   b. 29 Jan 1856   d. 22 Feb 1932, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [3]
    Marriage 1 Sep 1885  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Esta E. AMOS,   b. 15 Aug 1890   d. 22 Aug 1897 (Age 7 years)
    Family ID F3347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S1783] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998)).

    3. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S1630] 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.)