Bluford Adams

Brief Life History of Bluford

When Bluford Adams was born on 8 October 1865, his father, Abe Low Adams, was 47 and his mother, Gemima Adams, was 37. He married Mattie Lou Taylor on 30 September 1886, in Casey, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died on 26 March 1950, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in New Crown Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bluford Adams
1865–1950
Mattie Lou Taylor
1869–1934
Marriage: 30 September 1886
James Kelly Adams
1886–1967
Joseph Calvin Adams
1889–1942
Sallie Ann Adams
1893–1977
Mary Jane Adams
1895–
Burrell Adams
1898–
Eva Myrtle Adams
1902–1990
Flora Adams
1904–
Georgie M Adams
1907–1911
Lillie Belle Adams
1909–1947
Georgia Adams
1910–1928
Charles Austin Adams
1911–1974

Sources (20)

  • Blue Adams, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Blue Adams, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Blue Adams, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1874

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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