Charles Adams

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Adams was born on 16 September 1843, in Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, his father, William Adams, was 21 and his mother, Mary Ann Leech, was 21. He married Sarah Ann Davenport on 31 March 1863, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Iron City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1906. He died on 21 December 1927, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Adams
1843–1927
Sarah Ann Davenport
1847–1920
Marriage: 31 March 1863
Mary Ann Adams
1865–1865
Sarah Ann Adams
1865–1865
Charles Davenport Adams
1866–1930
Sarah Francella Adams
1868–1940
Thomas Davenport Adams
1870–1938
Minnie Miriam Adams
1873–1953
Samuel Adams
1874–1874
Marian Adams
1876–1931
William Leech Adams
1879–1959
Joseph Burrows Adams
1880–1950
Laura Pearl Adams
1884–1956
Lawrence James Adams
1886–1948

Sources (94)

  • Charles Adams in household of William Adams, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Charles Adams, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Charles Adams, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States

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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Life Story of Charles Adams (1843-1927)

Charles Adams (1843-1927) LIFE STORY OF CHARLES ADAMS Pioneer, Church & Civic Leader by Beatrice Adams Johnson I write this history of my grandfather Adams because he was one of Iron County's m …

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