Jesse Columbus Adams

1879–1948 (Age 68)
Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

The Life of Jesse Columbus

When Jesse Columbus Adams was born on 16 April 1879, in Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Jasper Adams, was 46 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wyatt, was 44. He married Mary Amanda Hamby on 7 September 1902, in Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Isoline, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Civil District 2, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 20 March 1948, in Cumberland, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Slate Springs Cemetery, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Columbus Adams
1879–1948
Mary Amanda Hamby
1884–1957
Marriage: 7 September 1902
William Lee Adams
1903–1959
Ruth Klanda Adams
1904–1905
Ralph Adams
1907–1956
Casto Taft Adams
1910–1983
Julius Baxter Adams
1912–1972
Lenah Rose Adams
1915–1985
Noah Reuben Adams
1920–1984
Josie Berneice Brewer
1924–1981

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
7 September 1902
Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
children

(8)

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Parents & Siblings

siblings

(9)

  • Nancy Jane Adams

    Female1856–1944Female

  • Dewern Calvin Adams

    Male1858–1912Male

  • Martha Ann Matilda Adams

    Female1860–1937Female

  • Mary Tennesse Adams

    Female1866–1946Female

  • James Richard Adams

    Male1868–1930Male

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 2

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 3

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 19

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands, and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In the U.S. this form has absorbed many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .)

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Jesse Adams, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jessie Adams, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jessie Adams, "United States Census, 1920"

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