1900 US Census - Clay District, Ritchie County, West Virginia (Dwelling #43):
Mapel, Jorden (age 37) Farmer - born March 1863 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - PA)
........... Mary M. (age 35) - born April 1865 in West Virginia (Father - WV; Mother - WV)
........... William (age 16) - born October 1883 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Elzy (age 14) - born November 1885 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Charles U. (age 10) - born June 1889 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Goldie M. (age 8) - born December 1891 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... John (age 6) - born February 1894 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Delbert (age 3) - born October 1896 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Leisure (age 1) - born May 1899 in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
5 June 1917 - John Biggins Maple registered for the World War 1 draft in Ritchie County, West Virginia.[1] The registration form states that John was born 2 February 1894 near Mole Hill, West Virginia, and it gives the name of his father, Jordan Maple.
1920 US Census - Clay District, Ritchie County, West Virginia (Family #238):
Maple, Jordan (age 56) Farmer - born in Pennsylvania (Father - PA; Mother - PA)
........... Mary (age 54) - born in West Virginia (Father - WV; Mother - WV)
........... Ferman (age 17) - born in West Virginia (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Laurence (age 14) - born in West Virginia (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Shirl (age 13) - born in West Virginia (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Jeril (age 10) - born in West Virginia (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... John (age 26) - born in West Virginia (Father - PA; Mother - WV)
........... Nettie (age 26) Daughter in law - born in West Virginia (Father - WV; Mother - WV)
........... Mary Lee (age 1 8/12) Granddaughter - born in West Virginia (Father - WV; Mother - WV)
BURIAL
Middlebourne Cemetery
Middlebourne, Tyler County, West Virginia, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Bruce Maple :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1b-BY63743, FTDNA kit #N175517 +
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R1b-BY135865