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Asa Edwin Adams Sr.

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Asa Edwin Adams Sr.

Birth
Genesee County, New York, USA
Death
18 Aug 1920 (aged 84)
Bishop, Inyo County, California, USA
Burial
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section P
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Asa-8 Edwin was the son of H.-7 Eber Adams and his wife Freelove Dunham (1804-1881).

8 ADAMS siblings.

Asa Edwin Adams (9/26/1835-8/20/1920); married Cyrene Statley Shields (1847-1916) B~1847 KY in Lassan Co., CA in 1864.

3 ADAMS children:

1. Matilda "Mattie" Adams (1867-1929). Never married. Born and died in CA at 67 years of age.

2. Carrie Adams B~1869 CA. Nothing more known.

3. Asa Edwin Adams Jr. (1877-1894). Born and died in CA at 17 years of age. [Not mentioned in census below.]
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"Asa and Cyrene had each traveled overland to California during the 1850's, but about 4 years apart, completely separate from each other and in altogether different wagon groups; they only first met years later in California during the Civil War years, and were married in Lassen County in 1864."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
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Reference:

1850 Atlas, Genesee, MI:
Heber Adams M 48 New York [Ebenezer]
Freelove Adams F 45 New York
Oscar C. Adams M 19 New York
Mary L. Adams F 17 New York
Edwin Adams M 15 New York [Asa Edwin]
Almira Adams F 13 Michigan
Henry Adams M 10 Michigan
John Q. Adams M 8 Michigan
Clarissa Adams F 6 Michigan
Sarah F. Adams F 3 Michigan
Joseph Lynch M 17 Michigan

1870 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA:
Eber Adams M 68y New York
Freeline Adams F 65y New York [Freelove]
Henry Adams M 30y Michigan
[Next entry is Asa Edwin Adams...]

1870 Santa Barbara Co., CA:
-->Asa Adams 34 Butcher NY
Siren Adams 23 KY [Cyrene]
Mattie Adams 3 CA
Carrie Adams 1 CA
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"Asa Edwin Adams (b. 1835, NY-1920, CA) and Cyrene Stately Shields (b. 1847, KY - 1916, CA) were my great-grandparents. I grew up hearing stories about their pioneer experiences from my grandmother, stories which prompted an ever-increasing curiosity as I became older, concerning the times in which they had lived ... I wondered what had become of their families, whom they had left back home in Michigan and Kentucky ..."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
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Census and Research: Fraya Weiss, 2011, 2013.
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Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011, 2013.
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WARNER lineage: Asa-8 Edwin Adams Sr., H. Eber-7 Adams, Polly-6 (Warner) Adams, David-5 C. Warner Sr., Jesse-4 Warner Sr., Samuel-3 Warner Sr., Daniel-2 Warner Sr., Andrew-1 WARNER, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
Asa-8 Edwin was the son of H.-7 Eber Adams and his wife Freelove Dunham (1804-1881).

8 ADAMS siblings.

Asa Edwin Adams (9/26/1835-8/20/1920); married Cyrene Statley Shields (1847-1916) B~1847 KY in Lassan Co., CA in 1864.

3 ADAMS children:

1. Matilda "Mattie" Adams (1867-1929). Never married. Born and died in CA at 67 years of age.

2. Carrie Adams B~1869 CA. Nothing more known.

3. Asa Edwin Adams Jr. (1877-1894). Born and died in CA at 17 years of age. [Not mentioned in census below.]
__________
"Asa and Cyrene had each traveled overland to California during the 1850's, but about 4 years apart, completely separate from each other and in altogether different wagon groups; they only first met years later in California during the Civil War years, and were married in Lassen County in 1864."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
__________
Reference:

1850 Atlas, Genesee, MI:
Heber Adams M 48 New York [Ebenezer]
Freelove Adams F 45 New York
Oscar C. Adams M 19 New York
Mary L. Adams F 17 New York
Edwin Adams M 15 New York [Asa Edwin]
Almira Adams F 13 Michigan
Henry Adams M 10 Michigan
John Q. Adams M 8 Michigan
Clarissa Adams F 6 Michigan
Sarah F. Adams F 3 Michigan
Joseph Lynch M 17 Michigan

1870 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA:
Eber Adams M 68y New York
Freeline Adams F 65y New York [Freelove]
Henry Adams M 30y Michigan
[Next entry is Asa Edwin Adams...]

1870 Santa Barbara Co., CA:
-->Asa Adams 34 Butcher NY
Siren Adams 23 KY [Cyrene]
Mattie Adams 3 CA
Carrie Adams 1 CA
__________
"Asa Edwin Adams (b. 1835, NY-1920, CA) and Cyrene Stately Shields (b. 1847, KY - 1916, CA) were my great-grandparents. I grew up hearing stories about their pioneer experiences from my grandmother, stories which prompted an ever-increasing curiosity as I became older, concerning the times in which they had lived ... I wondered what had become of their families, whom they had left back home in Michigan and Kentucky ..."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
_________
Census and Research: Fraya Weiss, 2011, 2013.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011, 2013.
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WARNER lineage: Asa-8 Edwin Adams Sr., H. Eber-7 Adams, Polly-6 (Warner) Adams, David-5 C. Warner Sr., Jesse-4 Warner Sr., Samuel-3 Warner Sr., Daniel-2 Warner Sr., Andrew-1 WARNER, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.

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  • Maintained by: J_Devine
  • Originally Created by: TLS
  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80423053/asa_edwin-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Asa Edwin Adams Sr. (26 Sep 1835–18 Aug 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80423053, citing Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by J_Devine (contributor 47517850).