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James Albert Adams

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James Albert Adams

Birth
Giles County, Virginia, USA
Death
26 Nov 1950 (aged 91)
Pound, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Burial
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The father of nineteen children. Proud moonshiner. His father was a Confederate Soldier in the Civil War (he died in a bar fight in 1862 (family story)). He was raised by his grandmother after being abandoned by his newly remarried mother at the age of two or three.

His children:

i. Mabel (1880-1954), m. George Delbert Davis

ii. Edna Inis Jane (1881-1982), m. Bert "Bertie" McCown

iii. Oscar (1881-1884)

iv. Gertrude Tabitha (1885-1989), m. 1st Floyd E. Thomas, 2nd Albert Lentz

v. James Henderson "Hen" (1887-1922), m. Ollie V. Countiss

vi. Everett Banner (1889-1921), m. Susan Savannah Mullins

vii. Eugene B. (1890-1891)

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viii. Verda Lucretia (1892-1984), m. John Sturgill

ix. Aubrey Lee (1885-1951), m. 1st Loucinda "Cinda" Short, 2nd Ethel Hubbard

x. Cassie E. (1897-1900), died of the flu.

xi. Margaret Genoa "Mag" (1900-1981), m. 1st John Virgil Kazee, 2nd Samuel "Sam" Sturgill

xii. Nora (1902-1905), died in tragic fireplace accident.

xiii. Kitty Lake (1904-1957), died in a tragic house fire. m. John R. Welch.

xiv. Earl "Tom" Desmone (1907-1926), died in car accident.

xv. Fanny Wolf (1909-2003), m. Ollie Salyer

xvi. Garnett "Duck" Darinda (1912-), m. 1st Ralph Barber, 2nd Norman George, 3rd Harold Alvers

xvii. Reba Brooks (1913-2008), m. Garnard "Buddy" Kincer

xviii. Richard "Dick" Cannell (1916-2008), m. Annie Marrion Dake

xix. Ota "Babie" Tarance (1918-2001), m. Marvin Williams

The father of nineteen children. Proud moonshiner. His father was a Confederate Soldier in the Civil War (he died in a bar fight in 1862 (family story)). He was raised by his grandmother after being abandoned by his newly remarried mother at the age of two or three.

His children:

i. Mabel (1880-1954), m. George Delbert Davis

ii. Edna Inis Jane (1881-1982), m. Bert "Bertie" McCown

iii. Oscar (1881-1884)

iv. Gertrude Tabitha (1885-1989), m. 1st Floyd E. Thomas, 2nd Albert Lentz

v. James Henderson "Hen" (1887-1922), m. Ollie V. Countiss

vi. Everett Banner (1889-1921), m. Susan Savannah Mullins

vii. Eugene B. (1890-1891)

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viii. Verda Lucretia (1892-1984), m. John Sturgill

ix. Aubrey Lee (1885-1951), m. 1st Loucinda "Cinda" Short, 2nd Ethel Hubbard

x. Cassie E. (1897-1900), died of the flu.

xi. Margaret Genoa "Mag" (1900-1981), m. 1st John Virgil Kazee, 2nd Samuel "Sam" Sturgill

xii. Nora (1902-1905), died in tragic fireplace accident.

xiii. Kitty Lake (1904-1957), died in a tragic house fire. m. John R. Welch.

xiv. Earl "Tom" Desmone (1907-1926), died in car accident.

xv. Fanny Wolf (1909-2003), m. Ollie Salyer

xvi. Garnett "Duck" Darinda (1912-), m. 1st Ralph Barber, 2nd Norman George, 3rd Harold Alvers

xvii. Reba Brooks (1913-2008), m. Garnard "Buddy" Kincer

xviii. Richard "Dick" Cannell (1916-2008), m. Annie Marrion Dake

xix. Ota "Babie" Tarance (1918-2001), m. Marvin Williams

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