Brief Life History of John
When John Adams was born on 7 October 1878, in Fairview, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, Joshua Adams, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Criddle, was 20. He married Leuvenia Mayne Bishop on 23 January 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Box Elder Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 23 May 1961, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- John Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
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- John Adams, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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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.
1890 · The Tabernacle is Dedicated
On October 26, 1890, the Tabernacle was dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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