Elizabeth Jane (Thompson) Adams (1831-1878)

Elizabeth Jane (Eliza) Adams formerly Thompson aka Wedding

Born 16 Dec 1831 in Union, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of John M Thompson and Mariah Ann (Mattingly) Thompson

Sister of John Henry Thompson, Frances Elizabeth Thompson, Samuel H. Thompson, Jeremiah Thompson, Mary Ann Thompson, Minerva Jane Thompson, John Rowen Thompson, William Horace Thompson, Willis R Thompson [half], Sarah Ellen Thompson, Martin Henry Thompson, Samuel Phillip Thompson [half], Isabella Thompson [half], Thomas L. Hardin Thompson [half], Benjamin J Bay Thompson [half], Robert Thompson [half], William Franklin Thompson [half] and Julia Catherine (Thompson) Kibby [half]

Wife of George Henry Wedding Sr. — married 15 Aug 1849 in Union Co., Kentucky, United States

Wife of Henry Adams — married 30 Mar 1875 in Union Co., Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Mother of John Thomas Wedding, Eliza Ellen Wedding, George Henry Wedding Jr., James Parker Wedding, James Nathaniel Wedding, Mary Frances Wedding, Catherine Ann (Wedding) Johnson, Mariah Jane Wedding, Robert Edward Wedding Sr and Sarah Elizabeth Wedding

Died 10 Feb 1878 at age 46 in Union, Kentucky, United States

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- 2.1 Notes

Biography

Eliza Jane THOMPSON is one of the oldest children of John M. Thompson and his first wife, Mariah Ann Mattingly. She died 10 Feb 1878.^[1]

Eliza Jane married George Henry WEDDING on 15 Aug 1849 in Union Co., KY. They had at least 9 children:

John Thomas, b. 1850

Eliza Ellen

George Henry Jr., b. 1854, m. Susan Victoria DICKENS

James N., b. 1859

Mary Frances "Frank"

Catherine Ann "Kate", b. 1862, m. Samuel Joseph JOHNSON

Mariah or Mary Jane, b. 1864, b. 1864; m. John HALL

Robert Edward Sr, b. 1867, m. Susan Elizabeth DICKENS

Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie", m. Price GIBSON

After her first husband (George WEDDING) died, Eliza Jane married Henry ADAMS on 29 Mar 1875 in Union Co., KY. There appear to be no children from this marriage. Henry ADAMS had been previously married.

Eliza's youngest daughter Sallie WEDDING married Price GIBSON. Eliza's younger half brother, Thomas Hardin Thompson, married Price GIBSON's sister, Laura Adaline GIBSON.

Census

Date: 2 AUG 1850

Place: Daviess Co., KY

Note: Wedding, Eliza J., wife, 18

Christening

Date: 22 JAN 1832

Place: St Vincent, Union Co, KY

Note: Mary Thompson godparent

Cause

Pneumonia

Second Marriage

Husband: Henry Adams

Wife: Eliza Jane Thompson

Marriage:

Date: 30 MAR 1875

Place: Union Co., KY

Note: Second marriage for Eliza Jane^[2]

User ID: FF4A44CA483949F9ADD7518CEB7B22DFE2D9

Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965[1]

Name: George H Weddon
Gender:Male
Marriage Date:20 Aug 1849
Marriage Place:Union, Kentucky, USA
Spouse:Eliza Jane Thompson daughter of John Thompson
Film Number:000562199

Residence

Year: 1870; Census Place: Wallers Precinct, Union, Kentucky; Roll: M593_501; Page: 419A; Family History Library Film: 552000 ^[3]

George Wedding 45/m, farmer, $2500 $1600, KY
Eliza J Wedding 27/f, keeping house, KY
John T Wedding 19/m, farm hand, KY
George Wedding 15/m, farm hand, KY
Eliga E Wedding 17/m, KY
James Wedding 11/m, KY
Mary F Wedding 8/f, KY
Catharine Wedding 7/f, KY
Mariah Wedding 6/f, KY
Robert Wedding 2/m, KY
Sarah E Wedding 11/12/f, (July) KY

Sources

↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102411244
↑ Source: #S396
↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Wallers Precinct, Union, Kentucky; Roll: M593_501; Page: 419A; Family History Library Film: 552000; "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4W-S11 : 12 April 2016), George Wedding, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 15, family 95, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,000.

Notes

Sallie Gibson's mother is listed as “Sarah Thompson” on her death certificate.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Eliza: