David Cook Adams

Brief Life History of David Cook

When David Cook Adams was born on 25 August 1845, in Glendon, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Barclay Adams, was 31 and his mother, Mary Cook, was 32. He married Mary Eleanor Armstrong on 12 October 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 10 February 1904, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Cook Adams
1845–1904
Mary Eleanor Armstrong
1848–1937
Marriage: 12 October 1867
Mary Jane Adams
1868–1956
John David Adams
1871–1956
Rosa Eleanor Adams
1873–1943
Lydia Ann Adams
1875–1942
Ellen Stewart Adams
1877–1959
Josephine Adams
1879–1892
William James Adams
1882–1892
Joseph Armstrong Adams
1884–1884
Marcia Louise Adams
1886–1924
Clara Mabel Adams
1889–1889
Leona May Adams
1892–1970

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  • David Adams in household of David Adams, "United States Census, 1860"
  • David Cook Adams, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
  • Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Birth: Aug. 25, 1845 Glendon Northampton County Pennsylvania, USA Death: Feb. 10, 1904 Beaver Beaver County Utah, USA Son of David Barclay Adams and Mary Cook Married Mary Eleanor Armstrong, 12 Oct …

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