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James Adams

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James Adams

Birth
Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA
Death
18 Jan 1894 (aged 70)
Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Crofton, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Husband of ElizabethJames (William?) Adams 1st married Sylvia Dunning Houston (d/o James and Damey Jennings Dunning) July 8, 1840 in Stewart Co., TN. They had 11 children: Mary Frances, Malinda S., Louis/Lewis Henry, Nancy Cordelia, Serena J., Thomas H., James Wilson "Buster", Charles William, Manerva J., John Breathitt, and Calbert J. After Sylvia's death in Aug. 1865, he married Elizabeth Adaline Alexander Woodruff (d/o James Madison and Nancy A. Dyer Alexander, SR) on Sept. 4, 1865 in Christian Co., KY. They had 3 known children: Benjamin Franklin, Leander H., and Amos. On the 1900 census Elizabeth is listed mother of 5 children with 4 still living and on 1910 census mother of 5 children with 3 still living.
Sylvia's first marriage to Fleming Houston in 1837 Caldwell Co., KY produced 2 known children: William R and Anne Eliza/Analiza.
Elizabeth's first marriage to R W B Woodruff on Oct. 27, 1863 Hopkins Co., KY. No known children.
Husband of ElizabethJames (William?) Adams 1st married Sylvia Dunning Houston (d/o James and Damey Jennings Dunning) July 8, 1840 in Stewart Co., TN. They had 11 children: Mary Frances, Malinda S., Louis/Lewis Henry, Nancy Cordelia, Serena J., Thomas H., James Wilson "Buster", Charles William, Manerva J., John Breathitt, and Calbert J. After Sylvia's death in Aug. 1865, he married Elizabeth Adaline Alexander Woodruff (d/o James Madison and Nancy A. Dyer Alexander, SR) on Sept. 4, 1865 in Christian Co., KY. They had 3 known children: Benjamin Franklin, Leander H., and Amos. On the 1900 census Elizabeth is listed mother of 5 children with 4 still living and on 1910 census mother of 5 children with 3 still living.
Sylvia's first marriage to Fleming Houston in 1837 Caldwell Co., KY produced 2 known children: William R and Anne Eliza/Analiza.
Elizabeth's first marriage to R W B Woodruff on Oct. 27, 1863 Hopkins Co., KY. No known children.


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  • Created by: Ellie Cox
  • Added: Jun 6, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37990301/james-adams: accessed ), memorial page for James Adams (12 Mar 1823–18 Jan 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37990301, citing Adams Cemetery #1, Crofton, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Ellie Cox (contributor 47044079).