When Aaron Porter Adair was born on 2 June 1850, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Adair, was 36 and his mother, Mary Vancil, was 29. He married Fanny Crosby in 1875, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 October 1911, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1854: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, a form of Edgar .
History: James Adair (c. 1709–83) was an ‘Indian trader’ in SC from 1735; he was born in Antrim, northern Ireland. Baron William Adair, from Scotland, also settled in SC at around the same period.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn the book Jacob Hamblin Peacemaker by Pearson H. Corbett on page 215, it talks of an Indain girl named Fanny married to Aaron Adair. Their daughter I assume Ellen graduated from Brigham Young Academ …
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