Thomas ADAMS & Mary DAVIS & Frances CORNELIUS

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Thomas ADAMS
Mary DAVIS
Frances CORNELIUS

Husband: Thomas ADAMS
Birth: 18 Mar 1788, Lincoln [possibly Madison] Co., KY
Death: 16 Feb 1882, Napa Co., CA
Father: James ADAMS
Mother: Agnes WILSON

Marriage-1: 15 Nov 1809, Christian Co., KY

Wife-1: Mary "Polly" DAVIS
Birth: ca. 1790, KY
Death: bef. 1826, Howard Co., MO
Father: James DAVIS
Mother: Hannah RAMSEY

Marriage-2: 2 Nov 1826, Howard Co., MO

Wife-2: Frances "Fanny" CORNELIUS — some say Sarah Frances, some say Frances B.
Birth: 8 Jun 1809, Christian Co., KY
Father: Jesse CORNELIUS
Mother: Frances "Fanny" __?__

Children with Polly DAVIS:

1. (Daughter A) ADAMS
2. Elizabeth ADAMS, b. 20 Jul 1811; d. 13 Jun 1880, Cornelius Plains, Washington Co., OR; m. 9 Nov 1826, Howard Co., MO, Benjamin CORNELIUS, s/o Jesse & Fanny (__?__) CORNELIUS.
3. Hannah Ramsey ADAMS, b. Feb 1820; d. 1905; m. 3 Jun 1850, Howard Co., MO, Lemuel P. BRASHEAR (b. 1819)

Either Daughter A did not survive or possibly Elizabeth's birthdate is off by a year, which is vary likely given her year of marriage.

Children with Frances CORNELIUS:

4. Mary Jane ADAMS, b. 19 Jan 1828; m. 19 Jan 1847, Washington Co., OR, Gabriel CHRISMAN (b. 1823)
5. Warren ADAMS, b. 1829
6. Sarah B. ADAMS, b. 1831/2; m. Madison HARBIN
7. John ADAMS, b. 16 Mar/Apr 1834
8. Missouri Ann ADAMS, b. 1838/9; m. James DALLAS
9. Charles ADAMS, b. 1840

Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Adams, Thomas Davis, Polly Nov 15, 1809 Christian Co.

The Polly DAVIS who married Thomas ADAMS has been assumed to be the daughter of James DAVIS & Hannah RAMSEY, but might she have been the widow of Clement DAVIS?

1b. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Missouri Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-227):

Adams, Thomas Cornelius, Fanny 2 Nov 1826 Howard Co.

1c. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

GABRIEL CHRISMAN
Spouse: MARY JANE ADAMS
Marriage: 19 Jan 1847, Washington, Oregon
Source: [patron submission]

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).

1810 Adams, Thomas KY Christian Co. p. 108 10010-0001000

These data should read:

00010-10010-00

which indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Thomas (b. 1788)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Mary (b. ca. 1790)

Is this really our couple? Is this census-taker error? Both Thomas and Mary should be in the next younger age category. Yet, they otherwise appear to be newlyweds with their first child.

3. Family Group Sheet of James DAVIS & Hannah RAMSEY by Anthony Lee Rockefeller, dated 27 Jan 1986 (purchased from Yates Publishing, Stevensville, MT). Mr. Rockefeller's database is now online at WorldConnect.

4. Anon. 1986. Family Histories, 1797-1986. Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY, p. 149. Biographical sketch of James DAVIS.

5. WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com).

6. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File (AF).

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