Randall Richard Adams

Brief Life History of Randall Richard

When Randall Richard Adams was born on 17 June 1835, in Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States, his father, Ellington Adams, was 30 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Gordon, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Northcutt on 16 March 1858, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Christian, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 July 1897, in Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Westside Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Randall Richard Adams
1835–1897
Mary Elizabeth Northcutt
1840–1907
Marriage: 16 March 1858
Andrew Ellington Adams
1858–1949
Aden Leonard Adams
1860–1931
Thompson Bates Adams
1861–1862
George Bates Adams
1867–1948
Anna Laura Adams
1869–1963
Illinois Pearl Adams
1871–1953
Mary Bettie Adams
1873–1892
Maud Gertrude Adams
1875–1893
Jessie Northcutt Adams
1876–1955
Salina Fairalee Adams
1882–1965

Sources (26)

  • Richardson Adams in household of Ellington Adams, "United States Census, 1850"
  • R. N. Adams, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
  • Randall R Adams, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839

Historical Boundaries: 1839: Dane, Illinois, United States* 1840: Christian, Illinois, United States *Renamed Christian in 1840

1852

Historical Boundaries: 1852: Shelby, Illinois, United States

Name Meaning

English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .

Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.

History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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