Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Adams Jr was born on 26 June 1845, in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Henry Adams Sr., was 28 and his mother, Martha Jennings, was 36. He married Melissa Jane Caldwell on 22 March 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Pleasant Grove Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 2 November 1921, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- William H Adams, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Henry Adams, "Utah Death Certificates, 1921"
- Wm. H. in entry for Burton Henry Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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