Joseph Smith Adams

Brief Life History of Joseph Smith

When Joseph Smith Adams was born on 14 December 1846, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Arza Matson Adams, was 42 and his mother, Sabina Clark, was 34. He married Karen Caroline Hansen on 8 March 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 July 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Smith Adams
1846–1917
Karen Caroline Hansen
1849–1934
Marriage: 8 March 1869
Sabina Ann Adams
1869–1900
Mary Ellen Adams
1871–1874
Julia Adams
1873–1961
Joseph Franklin Adams
1876–1930
Maude Adams
1878–1960
Orpha Elzetta Adams
1881–1963
Warren Barnabas Adams
1883–1946
Inger Dot Adams
1885–1966
Stephen Reno Adams
1888–1950
Leonard Alphonzo Adams
1892–1980

Sources (30)

  • Joseph Adams, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph Adams, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Joseph Adams, "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966"

World Events (8)

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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When Joseph Smith Adams was born on 14 December 1846, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Arza Matson Adams, was 42 and his mother, Sabina Clark, was 34. He married Karen Caroline Han …

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