James Moore Adams (1849 - 1932)

Born 1 Jan 1849 in Oak Grove, Pilot Knob Twp, Washington, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (McKeown) Adams — married 30 Sep 1880 in Sun Township, Louisa, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1932 at age 83 in Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States

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Biography

James Moore Adams was born in 1849 in Illinois, the oldest son of William Adams and Mary Getty. He married Rachel McKeown on 30 Sep 1880 in her home state of Iowa. Together with his brother, John, they moved west to Nebraska in Covered wagon. The families lived in dugouts there until housed could be build. James was an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church and the first service of the Nuckolls, Nebraska church was held in his house. While in Nebraska he and Rachel had nine children. In 1906 James and Rachel moved to Sterling Kansas, where James was again an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Sterling. In 1911 the sold their land to Sterling Collage and probably retired from farming, moving to a small house down the street. James passed away in 1932, at the age of 83, of a disease resulting from "hardening of the arteries".

Children:

• Mary Rebecca Adams born 1 Sep 1881, was a missionary to China and Japan
• William Henry Adams born 2 Oct 1882, married Sarah Jane Shaw
• Ida Pearl Adams born 14 Dec 1883, was a teacher
• James Renwick Adams born 17 Apr 1886, was a farmer in Sterling Kansas
• Richard Cameron Adams born 9 APR 1888, married Mary Belle Edgar and was a missionary to China then to Native Americans
• Hannah Moore Adams born 14 JUL 1890, married Alfred Heasty and was a missionary to Sudan
• Ella Rachel Adams born 8 Mar 1892, worked as a teacher and later as a nurse
• Clara Viola Adams born 23 Jun 1893, married Thomas Patton
• Andrew Calvin Adams born 23 Mar 1897, married Wilma Fay

Sources

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJJ9-GNT : 10 February 2018), James M Adams and Rachel Mckeown, 30 Sep 1880, Des Moines, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 178 no 186, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 956,352.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-MN7Z : 13 December 2015), James Moore Adams, ; Burial, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States of America, Sterling Cemetery; citing record ID 104784366, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X77Q-36V : accessed 18 August 2018), James M Adams, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 1A, line 28, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 717; FHL microfilm 2,340,452.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6R-J3Q : accessed 22 August 2018), James Adams, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States; citing ED 206, sheet 11A, line 47, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 547; FHL microfilm 1,820,547.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZH-VYB : accessed 22 August 2018), James M Adams, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 182, sheet 29B, family 710, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 454; FHL microfilm 1,374,467.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BF-9KH : accessed 22 August 2018), James M Adams, Alban & Bostwick Precincts, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 8A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,935.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YJ-FYD : 7 September 2017), James Adams, Alban, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 279, sheet 251C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0753; FHL microfilm 1,254,753.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WP-16L : 12 April 2016), James Adams in household of Will Adams, Illinois, United States; citing p. 8, family 53, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,786.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHP-P6W : 13 December 2017), James M Adams in entry for Wm Adams, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M857-L2J : 12 April 2016), James A Adams in household of William Adams, Washington county, Washington, Illinois, United States; citing family 234, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).