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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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Dane, Illinois, United States* 1840: Christian, Illinois, United States *Renamed Christian in 1840
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Shelby, Illinois, United States
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.
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