Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Adamson was born on 7 November 1817, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jesse Adamson, was 21 and his mother, Priscilla Wilson, was 22. He married Nancy Jane Farley about 1837. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Sonoma, California, United States in 1857 and Vallejo Township, Sonoma, California, United States in 1880. He died on 27 June 1880, in Vallejo, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Petaluma, Sonoma, California, United States.
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- Jacob Adamson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jacob Adamson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jacob Adamson, "California, Great Registers, 1866-1910"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son, meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland, where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America, this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Pioneers
There are stories that a Jacob and Nancy James Adamson came across with the Mormon pioneers with their son Edward Francis Adamson and William, Mary and Emily. It says this was June 1850-October 1850 …
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