Brief Life History of Joseph Samuel
When Joseph Samuel Adams was born on 19 September 1841, in Payson, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, Elias Adams, was 49 and his mother, Malinda Railey, was 26. He married Isabella Smith on 26 February 1876, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 13 October 1901, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Adams in household of Elias Adams, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph Samuel Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jos S in entry for Charles Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1842 · Relief Society Organized
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
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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