Jesse Griffith Adams was born Dec 31, 1817 to Elijah S. Adams and Eva (Griffith) Adams in Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. As a toddler his parents moved to Wayne Co., Ohio when it was scarcely populated. He was one of eleven siblings, two daughters have yet to identified.
It has been said that Jesse had a step mother, and she had a daughter from a prior marriage. It was her plan that Jesse marry her daughter, but Jesse had his own plans to marry Rebecca Zuver, and he did. This may be why they moved to Holmes Co., Ohio after their marriage. Jesse's brother Thomas G. Adams, married Mary Ann V. Zuver, a sister of Rebecca in 1841, they also moved to Holmes Co., Ohio. Both couples moved to Jefferson Twp., Elkhart County, Indiana before 1850, and both eventually moved to Adams County, Nebraska. Both couples are buried next to each other in Juniata Cemetery.
It has been said that Jesse had a step mother, and she had a daughter from a prior marriage. It was her plan that Jesse marry her daughter, but Jesse had his own plans to marry Rebecca Zuver, and he did. This may be why they moved to Holmes Co., Ohio after their marriage. Jesse's brother Thomas G. Adams, married Mary Ann V. Zuver, a sister of Rebecca in 1841, they also moved to Holmes Co., Ohio. Both couples moved to Jefferson Twp., Elkhart County, Indiana before 1850, and both eventually moved to Adams County, Nebraska. Both couples are buried next to each other in Juniata Cemetery.
Jesse Griffith Adams was born Dec 31, 1817 to Elijah S. Adams and Eva (Griffith) Adams in Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. As a toddler his parents moved to Wayne Co., Ohio when it was scarcely populated. He was one of eleven siblings, two daughters have yet to identified.
It has been said that Jesse had a step mother, and she had a daughter from a prior marriage. It was her plan that Jesse marry her daughter, but Jesse had his own plans to marry Rebecca Zuver, and he did. This may be why they moved to Holmes Co., Ohio after their marriage. Jesse's brother Thomas G. Adams, married Mary Ann V. Zuver, a sister of Rebecca in 1841, they also moved to Holmes Co., Ohio. Both couples moved to Jefferson Twp., Elkhart County, Indiana before 1850, and both eventually moved to Adams County, Nebraska. Both couples are buried next to each other in Juniata Cemetery.
It has been said that Jesse had a step mother, and she had a daughter from a prior marriage. It was her plan that Jesse marry her daughter, but Jesse had his own plans to marry Rebecca Zuver, and he did. This may be why they moved to Holmes Co., Ohio after their marriage. Jesse's brother Thomas G. Adams, married Mary Ann V. Zuver, a sister of Rebecca in 1841, they also moved to Holmes Co., Ohio. Both couples moved to Jefferson Twp., Elkhart County, Indiana before 1850, and both eventually moved to Adams County, Nebraska. Both couples are buried next to each other in Juniata Cemetery.
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