Elias was a son of Ignatius & Mary Anna (Hoffman) Adams. He married Matilda Weirich April 21, 1840, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was the father of:
Ignatius Francis (b. 07/28/41),
Mary Magdalena Elizabeth (b. 02/09/43),
Sarah Jane (b. 07/04/44 - married John Wolf),
Vincent Athasuis (b. 06/11/46),
Josephine (b. 1847),
Peter Jerome (b. 09/01/49),
Mary Louise (b. 08/09/51),
Matilda (b. 06/26/5),
Elias Joseph (b. 12/17/59), and
Francis Ignatius (b. 08/17/61).
In 1860 he was a laborer living in Oxford Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, although the 1860 census for that township does not exist. He stood 5' 6" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
In 1890, he was living in Conewago Township, Adams County. His death is also reported as occurring in East Berlin, Adams County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
Pennsylvania Church and Town records give Conewago Chapel as his burial place:
Elias Adams
Burial
January 29, 1893
Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Roman Catholic
Sacred Heart Basilica
Elias was a Civil War veteran. He was drafted at the age of forty-three in Adams County on October 16, 1862. He mustered into federal service at Gettysburg on November 6 as a private with Co. H, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and was honorably discharged with his company on July 28, 1863. His brother Peter Hoffman Adams served in the same regiment but in Co. H.
Ignatius Francis (b. 07/28/41),
Mary Magdalena Elizabeth (b. 02/09/43),
Sarah Jane (b. 07/04/44 - married John Wolf),
Vincent Athasuis (b. 06/11/46),
Josephine (b. 1847),
Peter Jerome (b. 09/01/49),
Mary Louise (b. 08/09/51),
Matilda (b. 06/26/5),
Elias Joseph (b. 12/17/59), and
Francis Ignatius (b. 08/17/61).
In 1860 he was a laborer living in Oxford Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, although the 1860 census for that township does not exist. He stood 5' 6" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
In 1890, he was living in Conewago Township, Adams County. His death is also reported as occurring in East Berlin, Adams County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
Pennsylvania Church and Town records give Conewago Chapel as his burial place:
Elias Adams
Burial
January 29, 1893
Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Roman Catholic
Sacred Heart Basilica
Elias was a Civil War veteran. He was drafted at the age of forty-three in Adams County on October 16, 1862. He mustered into federal service at Gettysburg on November 6 as a private with Co. H, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and was honorably discharged with his company on July 28, 1863. His brother Peter Hoffman Adams served in the same regiment but in Co. H.
Elias was a son of Ignatius & Mary Anna (Hoffman) Adams. He married Matilda Weirich April 21, 1840, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was the father of:
Ignatius Francis (b. 07/28/41),
Mary Magdalena Elizabeth (b. 02/09/43),
Sarah Jane (b. 07/04/44 - married John Wolf),
Vincent Athasuis (b. 06/11/46),
Josephine (b. 1847),
Peter Jerome (b. 09/01/49),
Mary Louise (b. 08/09/51),
Matilda (b. 06/26/5),
Elias Joseph (b. 12/17/59), and
Francis Ignatius (b. 08/17/61).
In 1860 he was a laborer living in Oxford Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, although the 1860 census for that township does not exist. He stood 5' 6" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
In 1890, he was living in Conewago Township, Adams County. His death is also reported as occurring in East Berlin, Adams County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
Pennsylvania Church and Town records give Conewago Chapel as his burial place:
Elias Adams
Burial
January 29, 1893
Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Roman Catholic
Sacred Heart Basilica
Elias was a Civil War veteran. He was drafted at the age of forty-three in Adams County on October 16, 1862. He mustered into federal service at Gettysburg on November 6 as a private with Co. H, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and was honorably discharged with his company on July 28, 1863. His brother Peter Hoffman Adams served in the same regiment but in Co. H.
Ignatius Francis (b. 07/28/41),
Mary Magdalena Elizabeth (b. 02/09/43),
Sarah Jane (b. 07/04/44 - married John Wolf),
Vincent Athasuis (b. 06/11/46),
Josephine (b. 1847),
Peter Jerome (b. 09/01/49),
Mary Louise (b. 08/09/51),
Matilda (b. 06/26/5),
Elias Joseph (b. 12/17/59), and
Francis Ignatius (b. 08/17/61).
In 1860 he was a laborer living in Oxford Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, although the 1860 census for that township does not exist. He stood 5' 6" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
In 1890, he was living in Conewago Township, Adams County. His death is also reported as occurring in East Berlin, Adams County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
Pennsylvania Church and Town records give Conewago Chapel as his burial place:
Elias Adams
Burial
January 29, 1893
Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Roman Catholic
Sacred Heart Basilica
Elias was a Civil War veteran. He was drafted at the age of forty-three in Adams County on October 16, 1862. He mustered into federal service at Gettysburg on November 6 as a private with Co. H, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and was honorably discharged with his company on July 28, 1863. His brother Peter Hoffman Adams served in the same regiment but in Co. H.
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