Henry Adams
1877–1943 (Age 66)
Black Diamond, Miller, Arkansas, United States
The Life of Henry
When Henry Adams was born on 28 June 1877, in Black Diamond, Miller, Arkansas, United States, his father, Benjamin Bennett Wallace Adams, was 31 and his mother, Frances Spigner Whetstone, was 27. He lived in Sulphur Township, Miller, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 13 December 1943, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rondo Cemetery, Rondo, Miller, Arkansas, United States.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Benjamin Bennett Wallace Adams
1845–1925
Frances Spigner Whetstone
1849–1914
Mattie Adams
1875–
Mark Pomeroy Adams
1876–1886
Herbert Adams
1889–
Henry Adams
1877–1943
Maud Adams
1877–
Mena Adams
1878–1903
Emma Adams
1881–1991
Guy Morris Adams Sr
1887–1938
Bennett Adams
1889–1944
Parents & Siblings
- Benjamin Bennett Wallace Adams
1845–1925Male
1849–1914Female
siblings
(9)
- Mattie Adams
1875–Female
- Mark Pomeroy Adams
1876–1886Male
1877–1943Male
- Maud Adams
1877–Female
- Mena Adams
1878–1903Female
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
Age 6
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 19
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands, and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In the U.S. this form has absorbed many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .)
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Henry Adams in household of Benet Adams, "United States Census, 1880"- Henry W. Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
- 1880 Census, Arkansas, Miller County
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