Brief Life History of Jerome Jefferson
When Jerome Jefferson Adams was born on 7 February 1835, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, William Jefferson Adams, was 22 and his mother, Jane Eastwood, was 22. He married Mary Angeline Frost on 29 January 1854, in Sidney Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Yavapai, Arizona, United States in 1880. He died on 5 May 1902, in Colonia Díaz, Ascensión, Chihuahua, Mexico, at the age of 67, and was buried in Colonia Díaz, Ascensión, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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- Jeome J Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Jeromo J. Adams, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Anastasio Bustamante becomes president, initiating a process of centralization.
1853
Santa Anna returns to Mexico and becomes president. Sells additional territory to United States under Gadsden Purchase.
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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Life of Jefferson Jerome Adams
Life of Jefferson Jerome Adams Jefferson Jerome Adams was born February 7, 1835 or 1836 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He was the son of William J. Adams and Jane Eastwood. His father, William …
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