West Virginia Pioneers
Family: Adam J Flesher / Elizabeth 'Betsy' Staats (F2237)
m. 21 Feb 1792-
Father | Male
Adam J Flesher
Born 29 Jul 1764 Hardy Co, WVa 
Died 4 Nov 1854 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Buried Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Married 21 Feb 1792 [1, 2] Harrison County, West Virginia, USA [1, 2] Father Heinrich 'Henry' Flesher | F2115 Group Sheet Mother Elizabeth Susannah Butcher | F2115 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Staats
Born 22 Sep 1776 Died 22 May 1869 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Buried Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Father Joseph Staats | F2236 Group Sheet Mother Elizabeth Milam | F2236 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
George Adam Flesher
Born 11 Mar 1792 Virginia, USA Died 9 Aug 1878 Buried Roane County, West Virginia, USA Spouse Sally Connoly | F18468 Married 2 Jan 1816 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Child 2 | Male
John Flesher
Born CA 1805 Virginia, USA Died 20 May 1882 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Buried Spouse Elizabeth Edmonds | F18521 Married 5 Dec 1825 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Child 3 | Female
Mahala Flesher
Born 28 Dec 1805 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Died 17 Oct 1861 Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Spouse Jesse Allen | F3565 Married 20 Jan 1825 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Child 4 | Male
Isaac P Flesher
Born 9 Sep 1811 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Died 24 Aug 1854 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Buried Spouse Deborah Peterson | F18470 Married 10 Aug 1834 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Child 5 | Female
Elizabeth Flesher
Born CA 1814 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Peter Snider | F18473 Married 5 Jul 1855 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Child 6 | Male
Noah Flesher
Born CA 1814 Virginia, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Matilda Jane Bonnett | F18475 Married 14 Apr 1872 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
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Notes
1810 Harrison, VA
Adam Flesher
3m 0-10
3m 10-16
1m 16-26 [George]
1m 45+
3f 0-10 [Mahala]
4f 10-16
1f 26-45
1820 Lewis, VA
Flesher, Adam
3m 0-10 [Noah, John]
1m 10-16
1m 16-18
1m 16-26
1m 45+
2f 0-10 [Elizabeth]
2f 10-16 [Mahala]
1f 16-26
1f 26-45
2 in agri
1830 Lewis, VA
Flesher, Adam
1m 15-20
1m 20-30 [Noah]
1m 60-70
2f 10-15
1f 20-30
1f 50-60
1840 Lewis, VA
Adam Flesher
1m 0-5 [Van?]
1m 10-15
1m 20-30
1m 70-80
1f 15-20 {Rhu?]
1f 20-30 [Elizabeth]
1f 60-70
The 2 lines before are Elijah (40-50) and John (20-30) Flesher
1850 Lewis, VA #258-259
Noah Flesher 36
Adam 86
Elizabeth 73
Elizabeth 34
Rheuhanna 32
Van 12
Amanda 10
1860 Lewis, VA #1133
Noah Flesher 43 VA
Elizabeth 84 VA
Ruanna 42 VA
Amanda 18 VA
John Carpenter 6 VA
Christian Fauber 61 Switzerland
1870 Willey, Lewis, WV #314
Flesher, Noah 56 10,000 - 1500 VA
Carpenter, John 17 VA
Helmick, Barbary 47 VA
Rogers, Elizabeth 23? VA
Riffle, Rosanna 1 WV
Rogers, Birdie 7/12 WV
John House, Pioneers of Roane County:
Adam Flesher lived on the river two miles below Weston. He married Betsy Staats, a sister of Abraham Staats of Mill Creek. Another sister (or cousin, some say) married a Sleethe, and after his death became the second wife of Charles Parsons, Sr.
Adam and Betsy Staats Flesher had a large family. Their children's names were:
Dempsey married Elizabeth Jones.
Elijah married Nancy Lewis. He was a blacksmith and lived in Weston.
George married Sally Connoly.
John.
Adam married when old, and move "away off".
Noah lived on the old home place.
Elizabeth never married. Went west.
Margaret married Salathiel Goff.
Ruanna, "kept the old folks".
Mahala married Jesse Allen, and lived on Mill Creek. She was born in 19806 and died in 1861.
Another record adds a son, Isaac, born in 1810. His son, Crayton, was in the Union Army.
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