Harriet (Rice) Adams (1853 - 1940)

Born 15 Jul 1853 in Mississippi, United States

Wife of George W Adams — married 1871 in Mississippi, United States

Died 22 Apr 1940 at age 86 in Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Harriet (Rice) Adams is a part of US Black heritage.

Harriet was born in 1853. ^[1] She and her husband lived together in Attala County until he died in 1921. She passed away in mid-1940, but she was still alive in April 1940 when the census was done. In the 1940 census, Harret (age 86) was the widowed mother-in-law of Charlie Pullum in Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi.^[2] Harriet was mentioned on a memorial in Buffalo Cemetery, Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, United States with a death date of 22 April 1940.^[3]

Research Notes

Harriet's enslaved last name name of Rice is suggested by family researchers. There is some evidence to corroborate this hypothesis.^[4]

Also, the 1900 census enumerated Harriet as having had nine children, four of which were living. This fact may reveal why so many of the family's children's names cannot be found from one census decade to the next. Some of Harriet's children may have been born and died in between the census counts.

1. 1880 - listed children were Talula (b 1873), David (b 1875) and Kate (b 1877).
2. 1900 - listed children were Nina (b June 1886) and Pinta (b July 1892)
3. 1910 - listed children were Tennie (b 1893) and Emma (b 1880)
4. 1940 - Harriet was shown living the daughter Ruth Pullum (b 1902)

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi; Roll: 641; Page: 16b; Enumeration District: 012
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #8353498 (accessed 24 March 2024)
   David Adams (5), single son, Homeworker, in household of George Adams (30) in Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi, USA. Born in Mississippi.
2. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02008; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 4-4
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #120000767 (accessed 26 March 2024)
   Harret Adams (86), widowed mother-in-law, in household of Charlie Pullum (40) in Kosciusko, Attala, Mississippi. Born in Mississippi.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #26951490 (accessed 24 March 2024)
   Memorial page for Harriet Adams (15 Jul 1853-22 Apr 1940), citing Buffalo Cemetery, Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Geep99 (contributor 46985720).
4. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   Mississippi > Attala > Township 15 Range 8
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 24 March 2024)