On the 1850 Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found farmer James Adams 62; other Adams: SARAH, 58; Nancy, 20 plus William Peters, 13. James was born in PA and the rest in VA.
Sarah McCroskey was the wife of James Adams. (Her dates and parents were not listed). James and Sarah had children: Robert, John, Joseph, Hugh, Patsy, Mary Jane and Nancy and were born in Rockbridge Co., VA. Some of their family are also buried at this cemetery. See further data on her and her family in Henry Whittemore's The History of the Adams Family, With Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Descendants of the Several American Ancestors....., 1893 publication in NY, p 71-73.
On the 1850 Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found farmer James Adams 62; other Adams: SARAH, 58; Nancy, 20 plus William Peters, 13. James was born in PA and the rest in VA.
Sarah McCroskey was the wife of James Adams. (Her dates and parents were not listed). James and Sarah had children: Robert, John, Joseph, Hugh, Patsy, Mary Jane and Nancy and were born in Rockbridge Co., VA. Some of their family are also buried at this cemetery. See further data on her and her family in Henry Whittemore's The History of the Adams Family, With Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Descendants of the Several American Ancestors....., 1893 publication in NY, p 71-73.
Inscription
In
Memory of
SARAH ADAMS
Wife of Jas. Adams
who departed this life
Oct. 8th, 1851 in the
60th year of her age.
Death gives us more than
was in Eden Lost.
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