Adams, Adam

Born: 1811-XX-XX Maryland

Died: 1894-11-03 Ogle County, Illinois

Flourished: Ogle County, Illinois

Adam Adams was a farmer in Ogle County, Illinois. In January 1833, he married Susan Newcomer in Washington County, Maryland. The couple would have at least three children. In 1850, he was farming in Pine Tree Township near Grand Detour and owned real property valued at $3,000. By 1860, the value of his real property had increased to $8,000, and he had a personal estate of $2,000.

Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850, 5 January 1833, Washington County (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2004); U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Ogle County, IL, 5; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Ogle County, IL, 362; Gravestone, Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery, Ogle County, IL.