Jetson Scott Adams

1899–1962 (Age 62)
Buena Vista Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States

The Life of Jetson Scott

When Jetson Scott Adams was born on 25 October 1899, in Buena Vista Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Francis Adams, was 38 and his mother, Pearl Maude Phillips, was 18. He married Jeanette Agnes Klyn on 1 January 1927, in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1905. He registered for military service in 1918. He died in October 1962, in Wapello, Louisa, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Sully, Jasper, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jetson Scott Adams
1899–1962
Jeanette Agnes Klyn
1905–1999
Marriage: 1 January 1927
Frieda I Adams
1928–2008
Charles Francis Adams
1929–2002

Spouse & Children

  • Jetson Scott Adams

    Male1899–1962Male

  • Jeanette Agnes Klyn

    Female1905–1999Female

MARRIAGE
1 January 1927
Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States
children

(2)

  • Frieda I Adams

    Female1928–2008Female

  • Charles Francis Adams

    Male1929–2002Male

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(5)

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 1

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

Age 14

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 17

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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 .)

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Jetson S Add* in household of Charles ? Add*, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Jetson S Adams, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
  • Jetson Adams, "United States Census, 1930"

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