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John Alexander “Alex” Adams

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John Alexander “Alex” Adams

Birth
Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
Death
12 Apr 1921 (aged 60)
Broad Creek, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Carteret County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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John Alexander Adams was the son of Caroline E. Harrington and James Samuel Adams.

He was born in Carteret County, North Carolina, August 14, 1860; died at Broad Creek, Carteret Co, NC, April 12, 1921; buried at Broad Creek, Carteret Co., NC.

Alex married in Carteret County, North Carolina, March 25, 1886 (1875), Tabitha Garner Rowe, daughter of Mary Jane "Polly" Roberts and Elijah Garner, and widow of William Benjamin Rowe (1855-1881). Tabitha was born in North Carolina August 22, 1862; died at Broad Creek, Carteret Co., NC, December 14, 1935.

John and Tabitha donated the land for the Broad Creek community cemetery on March 25, 1886.

They had five children:
(1) Dollie Adams, b. NC Mar. 1887, m. William Riley Lewis
(2) Bessie Adams, b. NC Jan. 1889, m. Clem Fulcher
(3) Etha (Eather) Adams, b. NC Nov 1893, m. Solomon Lewis
(4) Lizzie Adams, b. NC Sep. 1895, m. 1st Leonard Lewis, m. 2nd Louie Frost
(5) Maggie Adams, b. NC Nov. 1897, m. John Buck

From LDS Family Search and the Adams Family History.
John Alexander Adams was the son of Caroline E. Harrington and James Samuel Adams.

He was born in Carteret County, North Carolina, August 14, 1860; died at Broad Creek, Carteret Co, NC, April 12, 1921; buried at Broad Creek, Carteret Co., NC.

Alex married in Carteret County, North Carolina, March 25, 1886 (1875), Tabitha Garner Rowe, daughter of Mary Jane "Polly" Roberts and Elijah Garner, and widow of William Benjamin Rowe (1855-1881). Tabitha was born in North Carolina August 22, 1862; died at Broad Creek, Carteret Co., NC, December 14, 1935.

John and Tabitha donated the land for the Broad Creek community cemetery on March 25, 1886.

They had five children:
(1) Dollie Adams, b. NC Mar. 1887, m. William Riley Lewis
(2) Bessie Adams, b. NC Jan. 1889, m. Clem Fulcher
(3) Etha (Eather) Adams, b. NC Nov 1893, m. Solomon Lewis
(4) Lizzie Adams, b. NC Sep. 1895, m. 1st Leonard Lewis, m. 2nd Louie Frost
(5) Maggie Adams, b. NC Nov. 1897, m. John Buck

From LDS Family Search and the Adams Family History.


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