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Captain Joseph Adams Sr. was born on February 9, 1626 at Kingweston in Somerset, Somerset County, England United Kingdom, and was the father of Joseph G. Adams Jr. and Captain John Adams. Captain Adams died at age 68 years old on December 6, 1694 at Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Captain Joseph Adams Sr..
Joseph G. Adams Jr. was born on December 24, 1654 at Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts United States to Captain Joseph Adams Sr., and had a brother Captain John Adams. He was in a relationship with Hannah (Bass) Adams, and had children Revere Joseph Adams and John "Deacon" Adams Sr.. Joseph Adams died at age 81 years old on February 12, 1736 at Braintree in Braintree. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph G. Adams Jr..
Captain John Adams was born on December 20, 1661 at Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts United States to Captain Joseph Adams Sr., and had a brother Joseph G. Adams Jr.. Captain Adams died at age 40 years old on November 2, 1702 at Boston in Boston. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Captain John Adams.
Hannah (Bass) Adams was born on June 22, 1667 at Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts United States. She was in a relationship with Joseph G. Adams Jr., and had children Revere Joseph Adams and John "Deacon" Adams Sr.. Hannah Adams died at age 38 years old on October 24, 1705 at Braintree in Braintree. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hannah (Bass) Adams.
Revere Joseph Adams was born on January 4, 1688 at Braintree in Braintree, Massachusetts United States to Joseph G. Adams Jr. and Hannah (Bass) Adams, and had a brother John "Deacon" Adams Sr.. Revere Adams died at age 95 years old on May 20, 1783 at Newington in Newington, NH. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Revere Joseph Adams.
John Adams Sr. of Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts United States was born on February 8, 1691 in Braintree to Joseph G. Adams Jr. and Hannah (Bass) Adams. He had a brother Revere Joseph Adams. John was baptized on March 15, 1691 in Braintree. He was in a relationship with Susanna (Boylston) Adams, and had a child John Adams. John Adams died at age 70 years old on May 25, 1761 in Quincy, and was buried in 1761 at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
Anna Barbara (Adams) Kuhn was born on July 27, 1698 in Schlaitdorf, Stuttgart County, BW Germany, and died at age 70 years old in 1768 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna Barbara Kuhn.
Daniel Adams III was born in 1706 at Simsbury, Hartford, CT, and died at age 72 years old on May 21, 1779 at Simsbury, Hartford, CT. Daniel Adams was buried at Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Adams III.
Susanna (Boylston) Adams was born on March 5, 1708 at Brookline in Brookline, Massachusetts United States, and died at age 89 years old on April 17, 1797 at Quincy in Quincy. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Susanna (Boylston) Adams.
Joseph Adams was born on June 12, 1715, and died at age 65 years old on December 6, 1780. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember 2nd Lieut. Joseph Adams.
John Adams
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts USA, and died at age 90 years old on July 4, 1826 at Braintree, Massachusetts 78865 - 78665, in Quincy, United States County. John Adams was buried in 1826 at Entombed in the Unitarian Universalist Church in Quincy, Ma. in USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Adams.
Abigail (Smith) Adams was born on November 11, 1744 at Weymouth in Weymouth, Massachusetts United States. She was married to John Adams in 1764, and they were together until Abigail's death on October 28, 1818. Abigail Adams had children Abigail "Nabby" (Adams) Smith, John Quincy Adams, Grace Susanna Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, and Elizabeth Adams. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Abigail (Smith) Adams.

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Henry S. Adams
Henry S. Adams was born on April 10, 1805 at Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and was the father of Robert Henry Adams. Henry Adams died at age 112 years old on March 27, 1918 at Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA, and was buried on April 3, 1918 at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, District Of Columbia USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry S. Adams.
Irene Esther Jean (Stephens) Adams was born to Rachel Leona (Tomes) and Raney Stephens, and is the mother of Melissa Hastings. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Irene (Stephens) .
Ralph Leonard Adams of Conway, South Carolina United States was born on June 22, 1965, and died at age 7 years old on May 9, 1973.
Benedict Francis Adams of Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa 50476, United States was born on December 14, 1902 in Meyer, Mitchell County, Iowa 50455, United States, and died at age 64 years old on March 7, 1967 in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa 50476, United States. Benedict Adams was buried at Visitation Cemetery in Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa 50476, United States.
Denise Lois (Adams) Bellezza was born on July 12, 1958 in Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia United States. Denise Bellezza got married to Richard Alan Bellezza in 1981 in Douglas, Coffee County, and has children Julie Rose Hemtree, Alicia Dawn Watts, and Adam John Bellezza. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Denise Lois Bellezza.
Donna Kay (Adams) Jett of Lewisburg, Tennessee United States was born on March 29, 1952, and died at age 66 years old on February 9, 2019 at Home in Lewisburg.
Josephte Adams of Longueuil, Montérégie County, QC Canada. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Josephte Adams.
Lillian Rose (Adams) Lording of Morn Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lillian Rose Adams Lording.
Bertha Adams was born to Mark Adams and Emily Hardgige Adams, and has siblings Walter Samuel Adams, Arthur Adams, Mabel Adams, Annie Adams, Alice Elsie Adams, Maud Adams, Eliza Edith Adams, Frank Adams, and Harold Adams. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bertha Adams.
Emily Hardgige (Hardgige) Adams of Templestow Australia was born in 1855 to Hardidge Samuel Lacey and Eliza Williams Lacey. She had siblings Hester Mary Hislop, Sarah Knee, and Amelia Eliza Lacey. She married Mark Adams, and had children Walter Samuel Adams, Arthur Adams, Mabel Adams, Annie Adams, Alice Elsie Adams, Maud Adams, Bertha Adams, Eliza Edith Adams, Frank Adams, and Harold Adams. Emily Adams died at age 79 years old on May 9, 1935 in Warrandyte, VIC, and was buried in Box Hill.
Eugene P. Adams was born on October 26, 1910 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 44 years old on March 9, 1955 in Altoona. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eugene P. Adams.
Gary Adams was born to Dorothy Mae (Behe) Adams and Eugene P. Adams. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gary Joseph Adams .
Elsie Amelia (Adams) Pettifer of Kyabram Australia was born in 1891 to David Adams and Mary Ann (Chaston) Adams. She had siblings David William Adams, John Robert Adams, and Philadelphia (Adams) Caught. She married Arthur Edgar Pettifer in 1918, and had children Iris Ethel Pettifer Harris, Evelyn Phyllis Pettifer, and Elinor Merle (Pettifer) Spearpoint. Elsie Pettifer died at age 74 years old in 1965.
Toy Levana (Dodd) Adams was born on February 21, 1936 in Virginia United States to Mary Ellen Henderson Dodd and Emmitt William Dodd, and has siblings Harold Emmitt Dodd Sr., Mary Garnet (Dodd) Mason, Ralph Lee Dodd, and Catherine Henderson (Dodd) Mylum. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Toy Levana (Dodd) Adams .
Hope Marie (Adams) Krystynak of 37 water tower lane, in Smithfield, Kentucky United States was born on March 23, 1971 in Louisville, Jefferson County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hope Marie Krystynak.
Annie Adams was born to Mark Adams and Emily Hardgige Adams, and has siblings Walter Samuel Adams, Arthur Adams, Mabel Adams, Alice Elsie Adams, Maud Adams, Bertha Adams, Eliza Edith Adams, Frank Adams, and Harold Adams. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Annie Adams.
Ridge Nicholas Adams was born to Angel Marie Qasem and Steve Allyn Adams, and has siblings Steve Allyn Adams and Gabriel Marie Qasem. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ridge Nicholas Adams.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Steve Allyn Adams.
Beatrice (Zepernick) Adams of Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Beatrice (Zepernick).

Popular Adams Biographies

John P. Adams
John P. Adams 6th President of the United States was born in 1865 in Braintree, Massachusetts US, and died at age 17 years old on February 23, 1848 at Speaker's Room inside the Capital Building in Washington, DC USA. John Adams was buried in February 1848 in Quincy. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John P. Adams.
Robert  Adams
Robert Thurston Adams was born on October 11, 1811. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Adams.
James Mercius Adams
James Mercius Adams was born on April 20, 1880. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Mercius Adams.
John Adams
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts USA, and died at age 90 years old on July 4, 1826 at Braintree, Massachusetts 78865 - 78665, in Quincy, United States County. John Adams was buried in 1826 at Entombed in the Unitarian Universalist Church in Quincy, Ma. in USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Adams.
Henry S. Adams
Henry S. Adams was born on April 10, 1805 at Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and was the father of Robert Henry Adams. Henry Adams died at age 112 years old on March 27, 1918 at Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA, and was buried on April 3, 1918 at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, District Of Columbia USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry S. Adams.
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts, to John and Abigail Adams. His parents were prominent figures in the American Revolution, with his father serving as the second President of the United States and his mother becoming known for her influential letters and political observations. John Adams, a lawyer by profession, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. Abigail Adams, known for her strong intellect and independent spirit, was a close advisor to her husband and one of America's earliest feminist voices. Growing up in a household of such distinguished leaders and scholars, John Quincy Adams inherited a legacy of public service and a commitment to education and political philosophy. His upbringing instilled in him a strong work ethic, a thirst for knowledge, and a sense of civic responsibility that would inform his entire life. Over the course of his career, John Quincy Adams would make significant contributions to American politics, diplomacy, and intellectual life, leaving a lasting mark on the nation's history.
Yvonne (Johnson) Adams of Jeanerette, Iberia Parish County, Louisiana United States was born in Jeanerette to Fredrick Johnson. She had a sister Evada J Thomas. She married James Adams Sr., and died on May 9, 1988 at Lafayette Hospital in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish County. Yvonne Adams was buried circa May 1988 at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Jeanerette, Iberia County.
Ida Mae (Adams) Devold was born on May 17, 1891. She was married to Oscar Andrew Devold, and they were together until death separated them. She had children Jeannette (DeVold) Larmour and Joyce Lorraine (DeVold) Slocum. Ida Devold died at age 34 years old on March 13, 1926. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ida Mae Devold.
Myrtie (Adams) Atha
Myrtie (Adams) Atha was born to Thomas Churchill Adams and Elizabeth Leah (Bradbury) Adams. Myrtie Atha was in a relationship with Noel "Cooper" Dolley Atha, and has a child Wilma Fay (Atha) Reed. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Myrtie (Adams) Atha.
Lorene Mona (Carter) Wilkerson Adams
Lorene Mona Adams of Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX was born on May 6, 1929, and died at age 72 years old on March 20, 2002 in Lubbock. Lorene Adams was buried in Lawton, Comanche County, OK.
Edie Adams
Edie Adams Born Edith Elizabeth Enke April 16, 1927 Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died October 15, 2008 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California Other names Edythe Adams Edith Adams Edith Candoli Alma mater Juilliard School Columbia University Actors Studio Occupation Businesswoman, singer, actress, comedienne Years active 1951–2004 Spouse(s) Ernie Kovacs (m. 1954; died 1962) Martin Mills (m. 1964; div. 1971) Pete Candoli (m. 1972; div. 1988) Children 2 Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke, April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswoman. She was an Emmy Award and Tony Award winner. Adams was well known for her impersonations of sexy stars on stage and television, especially Marilyn Monroe. She was the wife and frequent television partner of Ernie Kovacs until his death in a 1962 car accident. After Kovacs's death, Adams founded two beauty businesses: Edie Adams Cosmetics and Edie Adams Cut 'n' Curl. Adams was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, the only daughter of Sheldon Alonzo Enke and his wife, Ada Dorothy (née Adams). She had an elder brother, Sheldon Adams Enke. The family moved to nearby areas such as Shavertown, Grove City and Trucksville and spent a year in New York City before settling in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she attended Tenafly High School. Ada Enke taught her daughter singing and piano; mother and daughter were members of the Grove City Presbyterian church choir. Adams's grandmother, a seamstress, taught her how to sew. She made her own clothing beginning in the sixth grade and Adams would later have her own designer line of clothing, called Bonham, Inc. She earned a vocal degree from Juilliard and then graduated from Columbia School of Drama. She studied at the Actors Studio in New York and at the Traphagen School of Fashion Design. Initially, Adams could not decide whether to pursue a career in fashion design or music, so she tossed a coin, and music won. In 1950, she won the "Miss U.S. Television" beauty contest, which led to an appearance with Milton Berle on his television show. Her earliest television work billed her as Edith Adams. One of her early appearances was on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. She was seen by the producer of the Ernie Kovacs show Three to Get Ready (in Philadelphia), who invited her to audition. Adams had very little experience with popular music and could perform only three songs. She later stated: "I sang them all during the audition, and if they had asked to hear another, I never would have made it." She became part of the show in July 1951. Adams had never seen the program she was hired for. When he saw his daughter on the show, Adams's father was upset to find her role involved trying to avoid pies in the face. In one of his last interviews, Kovacs looked back on the early days, saying, "I wish I could say I was the big shot that hired her, but it was my show in name only—the producer had all the say. Later on I did have something to say and I said it, 'Let's get married.'" Adams began working regularly on television with Kovacs and talk show pioneer Jack Paar. After a courtship that included mariachi bands and an unexpected diamond engagement ring, Adams and Kovacs eloped; they were married on September 12, 1954, in Mexico City. Adams was initially uncertain about marrying Kovacs. She went on a six-week European cruise, hoping to come to a decision. After three days away and many long distance phone calls, Adams returned home with an answer: yes. It was Kovacs's second marriage and lasted until his death in a car accident on January 13, 1962. Adams and Kovacs received Emmy nominations for best performances in a comedy series in 1957. In 1960, she and Kovacs played themselves in The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour final television special on CBS. After Kovacs's death, his network, ABC, gave Adams a chance with her own show, Here's Edie, which received five Emmy nominations but lasted one season, in 1963. Kovacs was a noted cigar smoker, and Adams did a long-running series of TV commercials for Muriel Cigars. She remained the pitch-lady for Muriel well after Kovacs's death, intoning in a Mae West style and sexy outfit, "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?" Another commercial for Muriel cigars, which cost ten cents, showed Adams singing, "Hey, big spender, spend a little dime with me" (based on the song "Big Spender" from the musical Sweet Charity). Adams's cigar commercials made her one of the top three recognizable television celebrities.In subsequent years, Adams made sporadic television appearances, including on Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, McMillan & Wife, Murder, She Wrote and Designing Women. Adams starred on Broadway in Wonderful Town (1953) opposite Rosalind Russell[18] (winning the Theatre World Award), and as Daisy Mae in Li'l Abner (1956), winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played the Fairy Godmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's original Cinderella broadcast in 1957. Adams was to play Daisy Mae in the film version of Li'l Abner but was unable to due to the late arrival of her daughter, Mia Susan Kovacs. Adams played supporting roles in several films in the 1960s, including the embittered secretary of two-timing Fred MacMurray in the Oscar-winning film The Apartment (1960). She was the wife of a presidential candidate (played by Cliff Robertson) in The Best Man (1964) and was reunited with Robertson for the comedy The Honey Pot (1967). In 2003, as one of the surviving headliners from the all-star comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, she joined actors Marvin Kaplan and Sid Caesar at a 40th anniversary celebration of the movie. She was also a successful nightclub headliner. Shortly after her husband's death, Adams won a "nasty custody battle" with Kovacs's ex-wife over her stepdaughters. His ex-wife had previously kidnapped the girls during a visit; Adams and Kovacs worked tirelessly to locate his daughters and return them to their father's custody. Another court battle began for Adams in the same year, this time with her mother-in-law, who refused to believe there were more debts than assets in her son's estate. Mary Kovacs accused her daughter-in-law of mismanaging the estate and petitioned for custody of her granddaughters. The dispute lasted for years with Adams remaining the administrator of her husband's estate and guardianship of the three girls. She worked for years to pay her late husband's tax debt to the IRS. The couple's celebrity friends planned a TV special benefit for Edie and her family, but she declined, saying, "I can take care of my own children." She spent the next year working practically non-stop. Adams started her own businesses, Edie Adams Cosmetics, which sold door-to-door, and Edie Adams Cut 'n' Curl beauty salons, which she began in 1967. She once owned a 160-acre (65 ha) California almond farm and was the spokeswoman for Sun Giant nuts.[42] Because of her 20 years of commercials for Muriel cigars (retiring in 1976) and her successful business ventures, Adams went from being mired in debt after Kovacs's fatal accident in 1962 to being a millionaire in 1989. After Kovacs's death, Adams was married two more times. In 1964, she married photographer Martin Mills. In 1972, she married trumpeter Pete Candoli, with whom she appeared in a touring production of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. In addition to raising stepdaughters Bette and Kippie from her marriage to Kovacs, Adams gave birth to daughter Mia Susan Kovacs (killed in an automobile accident in 1982), and son Joshua Mills. Edie was also an early advocate of civil rights, frequently lending her support to the movement at celebrity events and on her own television show during the early sixties. She insisted that her duet with Sammy Davis Jr. on her variety show "Here's Edie" be staged so that they were seated next to each other - as equals. Prior to that, entertainers of different races and sexes were unable to perform next to one another, so that one had to be in front of or behind the other.
George B Adams
George B Adams was born in 1833. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George B Adams.
Teresa Gail (Adams) Clippard
Teresa Gail (Adams) Clippard of Vicco, Perry County, Kentucky US was born on September 17, 1972 at Hazard ARH in Hazard to William Bobby Adams and Jewelene Clark Adams. Teresa Clippard has siblings Tonya Kaye Adams Joseph, Lisa Gail (Adams) Lawson, and Martha Michelle Adams Caldwell Cornett. She married Harold Clippard. She also married Lee Henry Halcomb, and they had children William Brandon Halcomb and Matthew Glen Halcomb. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Gail (Adams) Clippard.
Wilhelmina VanTassel  Adams
Wilhelmina Vantassel (Weisbrodt) Adams was born in 1924. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilhelmina VanTassel Adams.
Lisa Gail (Adams) Lawson
Lisa Gail (Adams) Lawson of Slemp, Perry County, Kentucky United States was born on November 24, 1969 at Mary Breckenridge hospital in Hyden, Leslie county to William Bobby Adams and Jewelene Clark Adams. Lisa Lawson has siblings Tonya Kaye Adams Joseph, Teresa Gail (Adams) Clippard, and Martha Michelle Adams Caldwell Cornett. She married Don Lawson. She would also marry Henry Johnson, and they had children Henry Johnson Jr and Jewelene Elizabeth Johnson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lisa Gail (Adams) Lawson.
Dora Adams
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dora Adams.
Yvonne (Turnbo) Adams
Yvonne Turnbo was born on July 3, 1950 in Bell, Texas, USA to parents Oran Anderson Turnbo and Bessie Evelyn Chamberlain. She attended Lampasas High School in Lampasas, Texas, USA in the late 1960's. On September 5, 1970, after recently graduating from high school she married Billy E Adams in Lampasas, Texas, USA.
Jewelene Clark Adams
She loved her kids and 2Grandkids and also to fish and hunt she loved going to church and thanksgiving and Christmas being with all the family.
Charles E Adams Jr
Charles E Adams Jr was born on September 14, 1938 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, and died at age 23 years old on May 20, 1915 at Washington, Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA. Charles Adams was buried on June 10, 1954 at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, Massachusetts USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles E Adams Jr.
Verda Adams
Verda Adams was born in 1892. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Verda Adams.

Adams Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Adams family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 155,330 people with the last name Adams that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

Oldest Adamses

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Will Adams of Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama was born on August 20, 1850, and died at age 121 years old in November 1971.
121 years
Christophe Adams was born on March 21, 1863, and died at age 114 years old in January 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christophe Adams.
114 years
Richard Adams was born on July 2, 1867, and died at age 113 years old in June 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard Adams.
113 years
John Adams of Pasadena, Harris County, Texas was born on December 15, 1868, and died at age 113 years old in January 1982.
113 years
Henry S. Adams
Henry S. Adams was born on April 10, 1805 at Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and was the father of Robert Henry Adams. Henry Adams died at age 112 years old on March 27, 1918 at Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA, and was buried on April 3, 1918 at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, District Of Columbia USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry S. Adams.
112 years
Minnie C Adams of Yazoo City, Yazoo County, MS was born on September 3, 1901, and died at age 109 years old on January 15, 2011.
109 years
Maggie B Adams of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on August 12, 1878, and died at age 109 years old on July 11, 1988.
109 years
Mabel C Adams of Glen Rose, Somervell County, TX was born on December 30, 1889, and died at age 109 years old on May 30, 1999.
109 years
Hannah Adams of Atchison, Atchison County, KS was born on August 4, 1892, and died at age 109 years old on April 3, 2002.
109 years
Faye G Adams of East Lansing, Ingham County, MI was born on December 2, 1893, and died at age 108 years old on March 26, 2002.
108 years
Annie B Adams of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC was born on June 11, 1888, and died at age 109 years old on June 18, 1997.
109 years
George A Adams of Leon, Decatur County, IA was born on February 4, 1880, and died at age 109 years old on March 31, 1989.
109 years
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Hello, nice to meet another cousin
My husband's Paternal Grandmother was born Rosa Angeline Adams, in Brownbranch Mo. In 1895. Her father was Issac Franklin Adams, and his wife was born Fannie Mae Palmer.
The earliest Adams I can trace from ancestory.com was James H. Adams. He was born sometime in 1820 in the Darlington area of SC. He married a Marry Ann Wright. His death occurred sometime around 1904 in the Darlington, Ebenezer area of SC. His children included Samuel J. Adams, John Walter Adams, Mary W. Adams, and William C. Adams.

Samuel J. Adams is my ggg grandfather. He was born in 21 July 1846 in South Carolina and died 10 October 1914 in Darlington County, South Carolina. He married a Carolyn Ellen King and had 7 children: Adger Lloyd Adams, King Junious Adams, James Conrad Adams, Rosa Lee Adams, Letha Adams, Florence Alberta Adams, and Bella Adams.

King J. Adams is my gg grandfather. He was born on October 20th, 1884 and died January 28, 1961, He married a Mamie Mangum and their daughter was Alice Bernice Adams. She, my g grandmother, married a Thomas Lennie Rowe. They had 2 children Audrey H. Rowe and Maurine Rowe. Audrey H. Rowe is my grandmother. She married Charles Dilke O'Connor Sr. and lived in VA. They had my father Charles D. O'Connor Jr. Charles Jr. married my mom and had me. We live in VA.

King is buried in SC, Samuel J. Adams is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Florence, SC (along with James Adams, Rosa, Letha, and Florence)

I've posted pictures of King, Mamie, and Bernice on my page. Other pictures are of, what I believe to be, Adger, James, Rosa, Letha, and Florence. However, I'm not sure. Any help will be appreciated.
Researching our family "roots" dug up information that is confusing as well as shocking. My ggrandfather, Thomas Jefferson Adams, was tried for murder in Kenton County, Kentucky at the Courthouse in Independence. At his second trial, he was acquitted. This was in 1890, the death of Mr. Steers having occurred probably 17 May 1890, in the store owned by his deceased father, William. A Ky Paper states that he was tried and the jury could not agree and he was retried and acquitted on a self defense defense. He was represented at the second trial at least, according to the Paper, by Senator Goebel and Colonel Weden O'Neal. Senator Goebel later became the governor of Kentucky and was assassinated in 1900. Colonel Weden O'Neal was a decorated Civil War Veteran. Our side of the family believed it was an accident, but it was rumored in other branches that it was over "a woman". Other than a small article in the paper and the death certificate of Mr. Steers stating he was accidentally shot, I have found nothing about the circumstances of the shooting.
My gggg grandfather was James Adams of County Derry Northern Ireland. His wife was Nannie Smith.James and Nannie had two sons-that we know of.Robert married Betty Culton and they had a son James b. 1796 d. 1877. James married Matilda(Matty) Millar and they had six children. Their daughter Mary born in 1832 was my great-grandmother.She married my ggrandfather Robert Morrison and they had sons Robert James Adams, Matilda Millar, and John (my grandfather)and a nother daughter Sarah Ellen.After Robert Sr. died Mary married Robt. Ferguson who had two children. In 1873 the combined families came to Aylwin, Quebec. Mary died in 1885, only twelve years after coming to Canada.There are many descendants, and once in a while we "find" someone else. My grandfather John Morrison married Mary McConnell, daughter of William and Sarah McConnell. William actually came from the same part of Ireland as the Morrisons and Adams Wm.'s first wife was another Mary Adams and most likely was related to the Mary who married Robert Morrison! What a puzzle to sort out.!
Born Myrtle Mary Thomas, Jan. 7, 1892 in Missouri (d. 5-15-1949 Sacto., CA)
(Her mother was Sara Townsend b. abt 1870 and her father was _____Thomas)
Myrtle had two sisters and two brothers.
1. Alfred Thomas
2. Albert Thomas
3. sister (name unknown)
4. sister (name unknown)

The story goes like this: She was in love with a young man named Samuel Adams, but they never married. She later married a man named ____Russell, and had a baby (but Samuel Adams was the father) shortly after her marriage to Mr. Russell. She gave the baby the last name of Russell (after her now husband). The baby was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas August 31, 1912 and his name William Theodore Russell. He later had 12 childred and two marriages.

Myrtle Mary (a couple yrs. later) married a Pete Smith. Pete had four children (3 daughters and one son?)
from a previous marriage. Children's names (only two known, Laura Smith and Truman Smith).

Myrtle Mary and Pete Smith had a daughter Lenore. Lenore married very young and died because of pregnancy complications. She is burried on Whidbey Island (Washington, near Seattle).

Although we never found William T. Russell's birth father (or any of his step sisters or brothers), his first wife and his mother were very close. She told the children and her daughter-in-law this story.

William T. Russell "Ted" married Elsie Marie Ducan(when they were both very young)They had 7 children:
Their first child was born in 1934.
1. William T. Russell Jr. b. 1934
2. Jeanine Russell b.1936 d. 1960
3. Terry Russell b.1938
4. Tom Russell b.1940
5. Judy Russell b.1944
6. Dennis Russell b.1945 d.1975
7. Tim Russell b.1947 d. 1966

William T. Russell became restless and went to California to be near his mother. He left his wife and kids behind and just moved on in 1948. Elsie Marie passed away in 1996. She lived most of her days in Kenniwick, WA.

In 1949 Myrtle Mary Died and William T.Russell (now "Russ") was living in California (left his wife and children).
In 1951 he met Etta May (Roberts) Harper. She was alone and pregnant
and working in a tomatoe field. Her husband had abandoned her and their five children to fend for themselves.
Etta had five small children and one on the way and was alone now.

(Chess L Harper (her astranged husband)
was a restless WWII victum and just could not stay home. Etta had 6 children by him. One was me.

Russ and Etta were married in 1954 in CA
Etta and "Russ" had five children:
1. Gregory Alan Russell
2. David William Russell
3. Linda Carol Russell
4. Mary Etta Russell
5. Penny Deane Russell

*I am told that William T. Russell was married three times:
The first time he had to have been a teenager, because he had a wife and three children before he married Marie Ducan. However, his third marriage to Etta, lasted 26 years (until his death in 1980). This family (RUSSELL) branch has always been a BIG mystery for us to solve. If you know anything about this family please e-mail me. Etta has 11 children (all living and well). She is happily married now and lives near the Pacific Ocean.

See Mystery photo under Russell: "Where's My Grandpa?"

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