Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Adams was born on 22 October 1824, in Brooke, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel Adams V, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Irwin, was 28. She married William Hoover Cool on 23 February 1846, in Bristol, Morgan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Bristol, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Falls Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 17 May 1906, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.
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- Nancy Cool in household of William Cool, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy Adams, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Nancy Cool, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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