Rachel (McKeown) Adams (1853 - 1934)

Born 20 Feb 1853 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Moore Adams — married 30 Sep 1880 in Sun Township, Louisa, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1934 at age 81 in Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States of America

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Biography

Rachel McKeown was born on 20 Feb 1853 in Iowa to Henry McKeown and Rebecca Paxton. She married James Moore Adams on 30 Sep 1880 in her home state of Iowa. Together with James's brother, John, they moved west to Nebraska in Covered wagons. 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 the 1900s James and Rachel moved to Sterling Kansas, where James was again an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Sterling. Rachel died on 12 Jun 1934 in Sterling.

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

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLM-63ZZ : 11 July 2016), Ella Rachael McKeown Adams, ; Burial, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States of America, Sterling Cemetery; citing record ID 83571386, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJXK-2L1 : 5 September 2017), James M. Adams and Rachel Mckeown, 30 Sep 1880, Morning Sun, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States; citing reference CN 186, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,675,642.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82V-XRS : 13 December 2017), Rachael Mc Keown in entry for Henry Mc Keown, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDJ1-5PK : 12 April 2016), Rachel Mcewen in household of Henry Mcewen, Iowa, United States; citing p. 2, family 12, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,887.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD2H-8YZ : 17 August 2017), Rachael Mckeown in household of Henry Mckeown, Yellow Springs, Des Moines, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 102, sheet 20B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0337; FHL microfilm 1,254,337.

• "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3FQ-XJX : 11 March 2018), Rachel Adams in entry for Jos M Adams, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 499,567.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3BF-9KC : accessed 3 July 2018), Rachel M Adams in household of 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, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2ZH-VY1 : accessed 3 July 2018), Rachel Adams in household of 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, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF6R-J37 : accessed 3 July 2018), Rachel Adams in household of James Adams, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States; citing ED 206, sheet 11A, line 48, 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, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X77Q-36K : accessed 3 July 2018), Rachel Adams in household of James M Adams, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 1A, line 29, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 717; FHL microfilm 2,340,452.