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Adams, Absalom Drury[1]

Male Abt 1809 - Aft 1870  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name Adams, Absalom Drury 
    Birth Abt 1809  Pine Creek (Historic), Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  District, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1870  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Aft 1870 
    Person ID I3713  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2016 

    Father Adams, John Hobbs Jr.,   b. 1747, Fairfax, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1815, Pine Creek (Historic), Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Simpson, Lydia,   b. Abt 1771, Surry, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1845, Pine Creek, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 10 Aug 1789  Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frazier, Nancy,   b. Abt 1813, Floyd, Kentucky, 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 ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1832  Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Adams, Nancy,   b. 1834, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1900, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Adams, Joshua,   b. 1835, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1845, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
    +3. Adams, Sarah Elizabeth,   b. 15 Apr 1836, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1920, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     4. Adams, Frazier,   b. 1 Mar 1841, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1917, Knott, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +5. Adams, Solomon,   b. 14 Jun 1843, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1917, Isom, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +6. Adams, Randolph,   b. 3 Oct 1846, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1930, Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +7. Adams, Daniel Breck,   b. 6 May 1849, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1937, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     8. Adams, Elizabeth,   b. 4 Mar 1852, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. From 1910 to 1920, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F1472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1809 - Pine Creek (Historic), Floyd, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Nov 1832 - Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S8959] Absalom Adams in entry for Daniel Adams, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961".

    2. [S8960] Abslom Adams, "United States Census, 1860".

    3. [S285014] Nancy Frazure, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954".