Brief Life History of Nathan William
When Nathan William Adams was born on 2 February 1832, in Bastard Township, Leeds, Canada West, British North America, his father, Arza Matson Adams, was 28 and his mother, Sabina Clark, was 19. He married Mary Melinda Plunkett on 15 February 1855, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1870 and Paria, Kane, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 26 December 1916, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Nathan Addams, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nathan William Adams - birth: 2 February 1832; Bastard Twp, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
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Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
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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Joshua Adams & Nathan Adams Travels with Alexander Williams Company (Early April to May 1853) from San Bernadino, CA to Utah
Seven people traveled in this small company from San Bernardino, California, to Utah with 2 wagons, 8 mules, and 6 horses. Not known why Joshua and Nathan Adams were with them, though other family sou …
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