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Josiah Silas Marcum 1759–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 MAY 1759

Birth Location: Chestershire, Virginia

Death Date: MAR 1846

Death Location: Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States

Father: William Jr

Mother: Mary Wathen

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Josiah Silas Marcum was born in 1759 in Chestershire, Virginia, the child of William Markham Jr And Mary Walton Wathen. Josiah Silas Marcum passed away in 1846 in Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Josiah Silas Marcum was born in 1759 in Chestershire, Virginia, the child of William Markham Jr And Mary Walton Wathen.
  • Josiah Silas Marcum passed away in 1846 in Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.

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Josiah Marcum's Ancestors

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Josiah Marcum
1759–1846
Birth Place: Chestershire, Virginia
Parents
William Markham Jr
1715–1779
Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, United States
Mary (Walton) Wathen
1737–1782
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
William (Sr Markham) (Marcum)
1696–1717
Middlesex County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Wharton
1695–1783
Middlesex Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Lewis (Marcum)
1660–1713
Elizabeth Newton
1682–
Francis Wharton
1640–1700
Elizabeth Welbourne
1650–1706
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lewis Sr.
1636–1669
Jane Greenleaf
1640–1680
Thomas Wharton
1618–1695
Margaret Gilpin
1620–1679

Josiah Marcum's Timeline

2 Records

1759
2 MAY 1759
Birth of Josiah Silas Marcum in Chestershire, Virginia
Chestershire, Virginia
1846
MAR 1846
Age 87
Death of Josiah Silas Marcum in Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 MAY 1759
    Event Place: Chestershire, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: MAR 1846
    Event Place: Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States

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