Alexander Adams (brother of Jennie Adams who married William Orr) is believed to have come to the U.S. after his sister and husband. (1900 Census says he came in 1839, but that would be wrong as sons John, Robert, and William were born in Ireland in 1840, 1843, and 1846 and Thomas and Edwin were born in NY, in 1848 and 1851.) Alexander went first to Rochester, New York, where he and wife Mary Jane Peacock and four sons are on the 1850 census in the second ward; he is a miller. He then went to Missouri, where he lived in the vicinity of what is now Phelps, Lawrence County.
His first wife's maiden name was said to be Peacock (later verified on a son's death certificate), and her first name is taken from the 1850 Rochester, NY census. She may have died in New York, because she does not seem to have come to Missouri. His second wife is Matilda (maiden name Beckwith is from findagrave.com), as this was the first name of the wife with him on the 1860 Census for Lawrence County, MO, and she is buried with him. A son from his first marriage, John Adams, and his family ran Adams Mill in Jasper County for many years. It burned at the end of the 1800s or beginning of the 1900s. Another son from Alexander's first marriage, Thomas W. Adams, is featured in an article in Vol. II of the Ozark Region: its History and its People, which also mentions Alexander.
During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County. His granddaugher (Mrs. Margaret Adams Hill) said that he was once robbed of his clothes and horse, and given rags to wear. He was en route to visit Jennie Orr, who did not know him when she first saw him.
Alexander may have married a third time, as there is a record of an Alexander Adams marrying Emaline Easley on 4 Aug 1869, two years after Matilda died. He and she are shown on the Lawrence County Census for 1870 (Greene, Lawrence County, MO) with three of his sons from his mariage to Matilda. He appears to have married a fourth time, as an Alexander Adams married Mrs. Susan Baldwin on 27 Jan 1878, and Susan Adams is on the 1880 census with him and his sons Alonzo and Henry.
1880 Census index for Lincoln Township (Lawrence County) shows Alexander as born in Indiana, with parents born in Ireland, but this is an error. In 1900, at age 82, he is living with his daughter Jennie Adams Woods, her husband Edward (sic), and their children. On this census, his birth is listed as November 1817, Ireland. His grave marker says he was born in 1820, and the 1860 census implies 1819.
His first wife's maiden name was said to be Peacock (later verified on a son's death certificate), and her first name is taken from the 1850 Rochester, NY census. She may have died in New York, because she does not seem to have come to Missouri. His second wife is Matilda (maiden name Beckwith is from findagrave.com), as this was the first name of the wife with him on the 1860 Census for Lawrence County, MO, and she is buried with him. A son from his first marriage, John Adams, and his family ran Adams Mill in Jasper County for many years. It burned at the end of the 1800s or beginning of the 1900s. Another son from Alexander's first marriage, Thomas W. Adams, is featured in an article in Vol. II of the Ozark Region: its History and its People, which also mentions Alexander.
During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County. His granddaugher (Mrs. Margaret Adams Hill) said that he was once robbed of his clothes and horse, and given rags to wear. He was en route to visit Jennie Orr, who did not know him when she first saw him.
Alexander may have married a third time, as there is a record of an Alexander Adams marrying Emaline Easley on 4 Aug 1869, two years after Matilda died. He and she are shown on the Lawrence County Census for 1870 (Greene, Lawrence County, MO) with three of his sons from his mariage to Matilda. He appears to have married a fourth time, as an Alexander Adams married Mrs. Susan Baldwin on 27 Jan 1878, and Susan Adams is on the 1880 census with him and his sons Alonzo and Henry.
1880 Census index for Lincoln Township (Lawrence County) shows Alexander as born in Indiana, with parents born in Ireland, but this is an error. In 1900, at age 82, he is living with his daughter Jennie Adams Woods, her husband Edward (sic), and their children. On this census, his birth is listed as November 1817, Ireland. His grave marker says he was born in 1820, and the 1860 census implies 1819.
Alexander Adams (brother of Jennie Adams who married William Orr) is believed to have come to the U.S. after his sister and husband. (1900 Census says he came in 1839, but that would be wrong as sons John, Robert, and William were born in Ireland in 1840, 1843, and 1846 and Thomas and Edwin were born in NY, in 1848 and 1851.) Alexander went first to Rochester, New York, where he and wife Mary Jane Peacock and four sons are on the 1850 census in the second ward; he is a miller. He then went to Missouri, where he lived in the vicinity of what is now Phelps, Lawrence County.
His first wife's maiden name was said to be Peacock (later verified on a son's death certificate), and her first name is taken from the 1850 Rochester, NY census. She may have died in New York, because she does not seem to have come to Missouri. His second wife is Matilda (maiden name Beckwith is from findagrave.com), as this was the first name of the wife with him on the 1860 Census for Lawrence County, MO, and she is buried with him. A son from his first marriage, John Adams, and his family ran Adams Mill in Jasper County for many years. It burned at the end of the 1800s or beginning of the 1900s. Another son from Alexander's first marriage, Thomas W. Adams, is featured in an article in Vol. II of the Ozark Region: its History and its People, which also mentions Alexander.
During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County. His granddaugher (Mrs. Margaret Adams Hill) said that he was once robbed of his clothes and horse, and given rags to wear. He was en route to visit Jennie Orr, who did not know him when she first saw him.
Alexander may have married a third time, as there is a record of an Alexander Adams marrying Emaline Easley on 4 Aug 1869, two years after Matilda died. He and she are shown on the Lawrence County Census for 1870 (Greene, Lawrence County, MO) with three of his sons from his mariage to Matilda. He appears to have married a fourth time, as an Alexander Adams married Mrs. Susan Baldwin on 27 Jan 1878, and Susan Adams is on the 1880 census with him and his sons Alonzo and Henry.
1880 Census index for Lincoln Township (Lawrence County) shows Alexander as born in Indiana, with parents born in Ireland, but this is an error. In 1900, at age 82, he is living with his daughter Jennie Adams Woods, her husband Edward (sic), and their children. On this census, his birth is listed as November 1817, Ireland. His grave marker says he was born in 1820, and the 1860 census implies 1819.
His first wife's maiden name was said to be Peacock (later verified on a son's death certificate), and her first name is taken from the 1850 Rochester, NY census. She may have died in New York, because she does not seem to have come to Missouri. His second wife is Matilda (maiden name Beckwith is from findagrave.com), as this was the first name of the wife with him on the 1860 Census for Lawrence County, MO, and she is buried with him. A son from his first marriage, John Adams, and his family ran Adams Mill in Jasper County for many years. It burned at the end of the 1800s or beginning of the 1900s. Another son from Alexander's first marriage, Thomas W. Adams, is featured in an article in Vol. II of the Ozark Region: its History and its People, which also mentions Alexander.
During the Civil War, Alexander operated a mill at Newtonia in Newton County. His granddaugher (Mrs. Margaret Adams Hill) said that he was once robbed of his clothes and horse, and given rags to wear. He was en route to visit Jennie Orr, who did not know him when she first saw him.
Alexander may have married a third time, as there is a record of an Alexander Adams marrying Emaline Easley on 4 Aug 1869, two years after Matilda died. He and she are shown on the Lawrence County Census for 1870 (Greene, Lawrence County, MO) with three of his sons from his mariage to Matilda. He appears to have married a fourth time, as an Alexander Adams married Mrs. Susan Baldwin on 27 Jan 1878, and Susan Adams is on the 1880 census with him and his sons Alonzo and Henry.
1880 Census index for Lincoln Township (Lawrence County) shows Alexander as born in Indiana, with parents born in Ireland, but this is an error. In 1900, at age 82, he is living with his daughter Jennie Adams Woods, her husband Edward (sic), and their children. On this census, his birth is listed as November 1817, Ireland. His grave marker says he was born in 1820, and the 1860 census implies 1819.
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