When Priscilla Adamson was born on 5 November 1821, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac Adamson, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Garner, was 24. She married John Adamson in 1840, in Harrison Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 17 March 1882, in Harrison Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States.