Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Adams was born on 6 October 1851, in Perry, Ohio, United States, her father, James Mordecai Adams, was 21 and her mother, Abi Curry, was 16. She married John Francis Snodgrass on 20 June 1870, in Webster, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Webster, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 August 1883, in Vernon, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Salem Ridge Cemetery, Webster, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Mary J Snodgrass in household of Joseph S Snodgrass, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Jane Adams - Government record: birth-name: Mary Jane Adams
- Mary Jane Adams, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
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1854 · The Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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