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JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM 1759–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 May 1759

Birth Location: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: March 1846

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

Father: William Markham

Mother: Mary Wathen

Spouse(s): Edie McDonald

Children(s): Jacob Marcum, Sarah Marcum, Stephen Marcum, Moses Marcum, Joshua Marcum, Thomas Marcum, Randall Marcum, Martin Marcum, William Marcum, Clara Marcum, Moses Marcum, William Marcum

The story of JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM began in 1759 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America. JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM married Edie Mae Eda Mcdonald, and had children including Clara Marcum, Jacob Marion Jingo Jake Marcum, Joshua Marcum, Martin Van Buren Marcum, Moses Marcum, Randall Marcum, Sarah Jane Marcum, Stephen F Marcum, Thomas Marcum, William Hurley Marcum, William Marcum. JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM passed away in 1846 in Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM began in 1759 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America.
  • JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM married Edie Mae Eda Mcdonald, and had children including Clara Marcum, Jacob Marion Jingo Jake Marcum, Joshua Marcum, Martin Van Buren Marcum, Moses Marcum, Randall Marcum, Sarah Jane Marcum, Stephen F Marcum, Thomas Marcum, William Hurley Marcum, William Marcum.
  • JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM passed away in 1846 in Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

JOSIAH MARCUM's Ancestors

Self
JOSIAH MARCUM
1759–1846
Birth Place: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
William Marcum - Markham
1715–1782
Middlesex, Virginia
Mary (Walton) Wathen
1737–1781
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Thomas (Williiam) Marcum
1671–1766
London, Middlesex, England
Robert Wathan\Walton
1717–1750
Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
Rebecca Hudson
1720–1783
Hanover, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Lewis II
1650–1713
Robert Walton
1700–1733
Frances Sherwood
1707–1780
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Walton
1667–1720
Elizabeth Mason
1670–1717

JOSIAH MARCUM's Descendants

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JOSIAH (SILAS) MARCUM (2 May 1759–March 1846) m. Edie (Mae 'Eda') McDonald (1767–1829)
  1. 1. Jacob (Marion "Jingo Jake") Marcum 1780–1872
    1. 1. Joseph (M.) Marcum 1808–1880 m. Mary (Polly) Branham 1804–1883
      1. 1. Rev. (Jacob) Marcum 1831–1880 m. Rhoda Spaulding 1832–1925
        1. 1. John (L 'Pinhook') Marcum 1867–1945 m. Anna Spaulding 1874–1930
  2. 2. Sarah (Jane) Marcum 1788–1815
  3. 3. Stephen (F) Marcum 1783–1838
  4. 4. Moses Marcum 1781–1790
  5. 5. Joshua Marcum 1779–1805
  6. 6. Thomas Marcum 1772–1861
  7. 7. Randall Marcum 1788–1823
  8. 8. Martin (Van Buren) Marcum 1780–1781
  9. 9. William Marcum 1780–1786
  10. 10. Clara Marcum 1780–
  11. 11. Moses Marcum 1785–1861
  12. 12. William (Hurley) Marcum 1784–1830

JOSIAH MARCUM's Timeline

3 Records

1759
2 May 1759
Birth of JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America
Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America
1815
10 Jan 1815
Age 56
JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM was married in Bedford
Bedford
1846
March 1846
Age 87
Death of JOSIAH SILAS MARCUM in Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States
Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 May 1759
    Event Place: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1815
    Event Place: Bedford

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 1846
    Event Place: Jennies Creek, Wayne, West Virginia, United States

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