Amanda Melvina (Adams) Palmer (1839 - 1874)

Born 19 May 1839 in Montgomery County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Palmer — married 20 Feb 1862 in Montgomery County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1874 at age 35 in Montgomery County, Georgia, USA

Biography

Amanda M. Adams was born May 19, 1839, daughter of Asa Lemuel Adams, Sr. and Louisa Phillips Adams^[1]. In 1850^[2], and 1860^[3], she lived with her parents and siblings in Montgomery County, Georgia.

She married Joseph Palmer on February 20, 1862 in Montgomery County, Georgia^[4]

Joseph Palmer & Amanda M. Adams marriage license

Their children were Louisa Palmer, John Q. Palmer, George Wiley Palmer, Frances Isabel Palmer Moore, and Eliza Grace Palmer O'Conner^[1].

In 1870, she and Joseph lived in Georgia with their children Louisa, Jarrett I., an unnamed daughter and three black children, Clarissa, Lavina and Ruth Smith^[5].

She died 13 December 1874 and was buried in Adams Cemetery #3, Mount Vernon, Montgomery County, Georgia^[1][6].

She is mentioned on her the death record of her son, George W. Palmer^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #27676298
2. ↑ Mantha M Adams, United States Census, 1850
3. ↑ Martha M Adams, United States Census, 1860
4. ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950
5. ↑ United States Census 1870
6. ↑ Amanda M Adams, United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969
7. ↑ Melvina Adams, mentioned in the record of George W Palmer

Bibliography

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2018), memorial page for Amanda Melvina Adams Palmer (19 May 1839–13 Dec 1874), Find A Grave Memorial no. 27676298, citing Adams Cemetery #3, Mount Vernon, Montgomery County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Glenn Palmer (contributor 47512655) .
• United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYH-G9F : 12 April 2016), Mantha M Adams in household of Asa Adams, Montgomery county, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing family 92, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJV-2FZ : 4 November 2017), Joseph Palmer and Amanda M. Adams, 20 Feb 1862; citing Marriage, Montgomery, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 218,817.
• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3N-DVG : 12 April 2016), Melvina Palmer in household of Joseph Palmer, Georgia, United States; citing p. 69, family 354, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,665.
• Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLBJ-SPL9 : 6 July 2018), Melvina Adams in entry for George W Palmer, 19 Nov 1942; citing Kibbee, Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
• United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTX-KQXP : 13 November 2020), Amanda M Adams, 13 Dec 1874; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 004766103.

See also:

• Adams Genealogy