Brief Life History of James
James McAdam was born in July 1833, in Ireland. He married Jane Allen on 31 August 1865, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salem Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States for about 30 years and Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died on 22 June 1924, in Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Waco, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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- James McAddams, "United States Census, 1870"
- James McAdam, "Find A Grave Index"
- James McAdams, Overland Pioneer Trails database
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan.
Scottish and Irish: Gaelic ‘son of Adam ’, in which the Biblical personal name has not been Gaelicized. Compare McGaw , which is derived from a Gaelicized form of the personal name. In Ireland, this name has also been adopted as a surname by bearers of the names McCadden (in County Armagh) and McCaw (in County Cavan), as well as by bearers of a number of unrelated names including Barry (a Norman surname in County Cork).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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