When Orson Bennett Adams was born on 9 March 1815, in Alexander, Alexander, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Elisha Bennett Adams, was 36 and his mother, Asenath Lucy Camp, was 31. He married Margaret Jane Carter on 20 November 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1850. In 1844, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as farmer in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. He died on 4 February 1901, in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Leeds, Washington, Utah, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
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.
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Possible Related NamesQuestion: Did Orson Bennett Adams’ wife, Susannah, go with him in the Mormon Battalion? Answer: Orson Bennett Adams was born 9 March 1815 in New York. He was one of over a dozen children of Elisha B …
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