Clayborn Adams

Brief Life History of Clayborn

When Clayborn Adams was born about 1855, in Patrick, Virginia, United States, his father, Paul Clarence Adams, was 53 and his mother, Rachel Esther Pilson, was 49.

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Family Time Line

Paul Clarence Adams
1803–1882
Rachel Esther Pilson
1808–1873
William A. Adams
1828–1905
Clayborn Adams
1855–
Richard Adams
1830–
Josiah Adams
1833–1905
Elizabeth Jane 'Mary' Adams
1834–1866
Ruth E Adams
1836–
Nancy A. Adams
1838–
Mary J Adams
1841–
Sarah Ann Adams
1845–1935
John Henry Adams
1846–1916
Joseph W. Adams
1847–
Samuel G Adams
1848–
Louisa C. Adams
1850–1889
Moses Turner Adams
1854–

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    World Events (3)

    1861 · The Battle of Manassas

    The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    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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