William Hamilton Adams (1866 - 1907)

Born 3 Aug 1866 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Mary (Knowles) Adams — married 14 Jun 1889 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1907 at age 41 in Monroe County, Florida, USA

Biography

William was born 3 August 1866 in Key West, Florida.^[1] He was the son of Randall W. Adams Jr. and Catherine Bethel.

He married Susan Mary Knowles on 14 June 1889 in Key West in a ceremony performed by J.H.B. Someillan, Pastor of Trinity M.E. Church South.^[2]

William died on 12 September 1907 in Monroe County, probably in the Upper Keys, and he is buried in the Key West City Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ William's full date of birth appears in his Find A Grave memorial; however, no source for the information is given. The month and year are confirmed in the 1900 census. The census taker appeared to write Florida for the place and then overwrote it with Bahamas, which was likely incorrect. Donna Jean Robinson, "William Hamilton Adams," Memorial no. 141880615, posted 28 January 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141880615&ref=acom : accessed August 2016). 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Seventh Precinct Key Largo, enumeration district 107, stamped page 192A, sheet 4, dwelling 88, family 89, William H. Adams household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00727/34161317?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29581638902/facts/citation/155142599758/edit/record : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174.
2. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 3: 149, William H. Adams and Susan Mary Knowles, 14 June 1889; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YZDF?i=132&cat=341167  : accessed August 2016).
3. ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "William Hamilton Adams," Memorial no. 141880615, posted 28 January 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141880615&ref=acom : accessed August 2016). The memorial includes his full date of death and states that William died in Key; however, it does not provide a source for this information. It probably comes from records of the City Cemetery.