Brief Life History of Augusta
When Augusta Adams was born on 7 December 1802, in Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Adams, was 28 and her mother, Mary Ives, was 27. She married Henry Cobb on 25 December 1822, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1865 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 3 February 1886, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Augusta C Kent in household of Brigham Young, "United States Census, 1860"
- Augusta A C Young, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Augusta A Cobb, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
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.
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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