Edward James Adams

Brief Life History of Edward James

When Edward James Adams was born on 11 October 1895, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Lewis Andrew Adams, was 44 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Diggs, was 34. He married Allie Maybelle Lewis on 13 August 1919, in Anson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Morven Township, Anson, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 15 March 1934, in Morven, Anson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 38.

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Edward James Adams
1895–1934
Allie Maybelle Lewis
1893–1976
Marriage: 13 August 1919
Edna Earle Adams
1919–1973
Louise Adams
1926–1989
George Hurley Adams
1927–2008
Mary Jewel Adams Pratt
1929–2013
Jewel Adams
1930–

Sources (9)

  • Ed Adams in household of Louis Adams, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Edmond Adams, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Edward James Adams, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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