Brief Life History of Elias
When Elias Adams Jr was born on 2 January 1843, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Elias Adams, was 50 and his mother, Malinda Railey, was 27. He married Elizabeth Rose Harris on 29 November 1863, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 29 August 1912, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Elias Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elias Adams - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 2 January 1843; Payson, Adams, Illinois, United States
- Elias Adams, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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