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Adams, John Isom

Male 1818 - 1863  (45 years)


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  • Name Adams, John Isom 
    Birth 10 Jan 1818  Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840  Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1840 Census Hopkins Co. KY #369 
    Death 10 Mar 1863  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • According to the interview of John Henderson Craft by Rev. John J. Dickey (the Dickey Diaries, 15 Jun 1898), John Adams died in an unusual accident. "John Adams wanted some gun powder to kill a squirrel for his sick wife, and that article being very scarce, he undertook to open a bomb that had been dropped by Gen. Humphrey Marshall's army, in order to get the powder. It exploded in his hands and blew him into atoms. His wife died in a few days."
    Burial Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2459  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2018 

    Father Adams, Benjamin,   b. 1794, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1855, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Holbrook, Nancy,   b. 1799, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1816  Owenton, Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Craft, Sarah,   b. 2 Apr 1821, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1863, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1838  Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Adams, Benjamin Burford,   b. 1840, Perry (Now Letcher), Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1914, Dalton, Chariton, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +2. Adams, James Wealth,   b. 17 Aug 1842, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1934, Morgan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +3. Adams, Nancy Jane,   b. 9 Aug 1845, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1929, Thornton, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     4. Adams, Jesse Pharoah,   b. 1847, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1885, Chariton, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    +5. Adams, Joseph Simpson,   b. 18 Dec 1851, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1923, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     6. Adams, Randolph Nehemiah,   b. 1 Sep 1854, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1925 (Age 70 years)
    +7. Adams, John Wash,   b. 8 Sep 1858, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1946, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +8. Adams, Archelaus Calhoun,   b. 8 Sep 1858, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1931, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jan 1818 - Floyd, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Aug 1838 - Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 Census Hopkins Co. KY #369 - 1840 - Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Mar 1863 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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