U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Adams, John J. (1837-1923) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 359-360 John J. Adams, son of Daniel C. Adams, of English and Irish descent, was born May 30, 1837, at Limestone. In 1858 he married Elegan, daughter of James J. Goff, of Preston County. His wife died in 1863, of spotted fever. From the 1st to the 19th of April, he saw laid in the grave his wife, two children, one sister, his mother, two of his wife's sisters and one brother, all having died of the same disease, except his mother. At sunset they would be as well as ever, and before midnight were no more. In his early life, J. J. Adams was a farmer. During the war he was a McClellan Democrat. He kept store in St. George, and was elected Recorder (County Clerk), and held the office two years; and at the end of that time was re-elected and was also elected clerk of the Circuit Court; both of which offices he has held up to the present time. He came to St. George in 1864. September 11, 1865, he married Angelica, daughter of William Ewin. Children: Savillia, Carrie, Addie, Anna Tilden, Angelica Ewin and Dove. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #16817 FULL-NAME: John Jackson Adams BIRTH-DATE: May 30, 1837 BIRTH-PLACE: Va - now W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 22, 1923 (at age 86y-6m-23d) DEATH-PLACE: St. George, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Daniel C. Adams (born in Va.) MOTHER: Ruth Kelley (born in Va. - now W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart Leak INFORMANT: Addie Adams Strieby (of Elkins, W.Va.) BURIAL: St. George Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------