Brief Life History of George
When George Adams was born in 1803, in Bullskin Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Adams Sr, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth Poe, was 26. He married Sarah Huey about 1828, in Saltlick Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 14 August 1881, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78.
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- John Addams, "United States Census, 1850"
- George Adams, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- George Adams in entry for Simon Adams, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
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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