Brief Life History of John Quincy
When John Quincy Adams was born on 22 March 1856, in Sidney Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States, his father, Jerome Jefferson Adams, was 21 and his mother, Mary Angeline Frost, was 20. He married Elizabeth Anne Humphreys on 15 June 1877, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. He lived in Woodrow, Millard, Utah, United States in 1920 and Clark, Nevada, United States in 1930. He died on 2 May 1937, in Logandale, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Logandale, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- John Q. Adams, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Quincy Adams - Published information: birth-name: John Quincy Adams
- John Quincy Adams, "BillionGraves Index"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1865
Historical Boundaries: 1865: Pah-Ute, Arizona Territory, United States 1867: Lincoln, Nevada, United States 1909: Clark, Nevada, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
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.
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A Story of the John Quincy Adams Family
A STORY OF THE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS FAMILY (Parents of Mary Elizabeth Adams Thayne) By Minnie Adams Jenkins, Sept. 1963 I. THE MOVE TO OLD MEXICO I am writing this history with the thought in view of lea …
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