Eliza Jane Adamson

Brief Life History of Eliza Jane

When Eliza Jane Adamson was born on 31 August 1822, in Perry Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac Adamson, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Garner, was 26. She married Moses Trader Shepherd on 22 March 1840, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 12 August 1897, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Trader Shepherd
1820–1866
Eliza Jane Adamson
1822–1897
Marriage: 22 March 1840
John Mack Shepherd
1840–1841
Priscilla Ann Shepherd
1842–1916
William Cummings Riley Shepherd
1844–1844
Nancy Shepherd
1846–1850
Aaron Adamson Shepherd
1849–1891
Peter Burr Shepherd
1852–1852
Eliza Jane Shepherd
1853–1935
Moses Andrew Shepherd
1855–1926
Benjamin Franklin Shepherd
1858–1912
Isaac Garner Shepherd
1861–1919
Mary Elizabeth Shepherd
1864–1945

Sources (62)

  • Eliza J Markham in household of Stephen Markham, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elizabeth Adamson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis

The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son, meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland, where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America, this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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