William Alfred Adams was born in June 1823, in Ohio, United States as the son of David Adams and Mary Webb. He married Emma Alvira Colvin on 27 April 1851, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lewis Township, Holt, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Lincoln Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 20 October 1901, in Iowa Point, Doniphan, Kansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Iowa Point Cemetery, Iowa Point, Doniphan, Kansas, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Adams, Illinois, United States
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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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