Family Group Sheet
NameJacob Wade, 1C4R
Birth21 Apr 1843, Floyd Co., Virginia15
Death2 Jan 1936, Virginia15
FatherHenry Wade (1799->1870)
MotherElizabeth ("Betsey") Cox (1802-1892)
Marriageabt 1869, Floyd Co., Virginia
SpouseMartha A. Dowdy
Birthabt 1848, Kanawha Co., Virginia
FatherNewton Dowdy (~1814-)
MotherElizabeth Smith ? (~1822-)
Children
1 MJackson Wade, 2C3R
BirthApr 1870, Floyd Co., Virginia
SpouseNancy Ellender (”Ellie”) Quesenberry , 3C3R
2 MWebb William Wade, 2C3R
SpouseMaude Elizabeth Coffelt
Census Notes for Martha A. Dowdy
1850 census of Kanawha Co., Virginia, district 29, enumerated 2 Aug, lists on p. 19 (left half) as family #234/237:
Newton, Dowdy, 36, grocer; Elizabeth, 28; Mary J., 8; Nancy E., 6; Sarah P., 4; Emely J., 2; Martha, 1. All born “Kana Va”. (This enumerator made J and I identical, so either of the two initial J’s above could be I’s.)
1860 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, enumerated 3 Aug, lists on p. 139 as family #1006/938:
Thos H. Smith, 65, farmer; Mary, 60; Sarah Dowdy, 14; Martha, 12; Lucy; 10; Riley W., 8. All born in Virginia.
Newton, Dowdy, 36, grocer; Elizabeth, 28; Mary J., 8; Nancy E., 6; Sarah P., 4; Emely J., 2; Martha, 1. All born “Kana Va”. (This enumerator made J and I identical, so either of the two initial J’s above could be I’s.)
1860 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, enumerated 3 Aug, lists on p. 139 as family #1006/938:
Thos H. Smith, 65, farmer; Mary, 60; Sarah Dowdy, 14; Martha, 12; Lucy; 10; Riley W., 8. All born in Virginia.
Census Notes for Jacob & Martha A. (Family)
1870 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Indian Valley township, enumerated 16 Aug, lists on p. 4 as family #22/21:
Henry Wade, 70, farmer; Elizabeth, 66; Jacob, 27; Martha, 22; Jackson, 2/12, b. April. All born in Virginia.
1880 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Indian Valley township, enumerated 10 June, lists on p. 24 as family #202/206:
Wade, Jacob, 36, farmer; Martha, 34, wife; Jackson, 9, son; Webb, 7, son; Hillie, 4, son; Liona, 1/12, b. May, dau; Dickerson, Leonard, 23, laborer. All born Va/Va/Va except Martha, for whom a little W was prefixed as an afterthought to the left of the birthplace column, changing it to W. Virginia.
1900 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Burks Fork district, enumerated 6 June, lists on p. 2A as family #22:
Wade, Jacob, 57, b. Apr 1843, Va/Va/Va, farmer; Martha, wife, 50, b. Feb 1850, WV/Va/Va, married 31 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Ona, dau, 20, b. May 1881, Va/Va/WV.
Kanawha Co. was in the part of Virginia that became West Virginia after the Civil War. It is considered incorrect by today’s standards to enter events that occurred prior to the founding of the state to be in WV, since records will always be found filed according to the jurisdiction at the time the event occurred. But apparently the census enumerators in 1880 and 1900 had different instructions.
Henry Wade, 70, farmer; Elizabeth, 66; Jacob, 27; Martha, 22; Jackson, 2/12, b. April. All born in Virginia.
1880 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Indian Valley township, enumerated 10 June, lists on p. 24 as family #202/206:
Wade, Jacob, 36, farmer; Martha, 34, wife; Jackson, 9, son; Webb, 7, son; Hillie, 4, son; Liona, 1/12, b. May, dau; Dickerson, Leonard, 23, laborer. All born Va/Va/Va except Martha, for whom a little W was prefixed as an afterthought to the left of the birthplace column, changing it to W. Virginia.
1900 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Burks Fork district, enumerated 6 June, lists on p. 2A as family #22:
Wade, Jacob, 57, b. Apr 1843, Va/Va/Va, farmer; Martha, wife, 50, b. Feb 1850, WV/Va/Va, married 31 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Ona, dau, 20, b. May 1881, Va/Va/WV.
Kanawha Co. was in the part of Virginia that became West Virginia after the Civil War. It is considered incorrect by today’s standards to enter events that occurred prior to the founding of the state to be in WV, since records will always be found filed according to the jurisdiction at the time the event occurred. But apparently the census enumerators in 1880 and 1900 had different instructions.
