Individual Details

Benjamin ADAMSON

(5 Mar 1817 - 17 Nov 1900)



Married Sarah Ann Williams.

1850 Census. Jasper Co Iowa Hh 167
Benjamin Adamson, age 28, b. Tenn.
Sarah, age 24, b. Indiana.
Margaret 17, b. Missouri [a sister of Benjamin? he isn't known to have a sister of this name...]
Rachel, age 1, born in Iowa.

1860 Census. Palo Alto, Jasper Co Iowa
Benjamin Adamson, age 40, b. TN Sarah A., age 34, b. IN
Alice age 6, Lee age 4, and Ida M. age 1.

1870 Census. Palo Alto, Jasper, Iowa, Hh 85
Benj. Adimson, 52, b. TN
Sarah, 44, b. IN
Annetta, 8, b. Iowa
Lillie, 6, b. Oregon
Allice Allen, 16, domestic servant, b. Iowa

Benjamin's grave marker at Adamson Grove Pioneer Cemetery, has the dates 1819-1900. Wife Sarah is also buried there. b. 22 Jul 1826, d 18 Nov 1880, age 54 years, 8 months, 6 days.

Margaret E., b. 1844, d. 1 Aug 1851 age 7 y 2 m 19 d; dau of B. & S. A. Adamson
Abigail, b. 1847, d. 16 Mar 1849, age 2 years, 2 months, 29 days - dau of B. & S. A. Adamson.
Rachel E., b. 1849, d. 16 Aug 1851, age 2 y 5 m 21 d, dau of B. & S. A. Adamson
Infant, dau of B. & S. A. Adamson, died 5 Aug 1851
John H. Adamson, b. 1852, d. 21 Sep 1852, age 1 mo, 14 days, son of B. & S. A. Adamson
Infant, age 21 days, son of B. & S. A. Adamson
Arlando, b. 1855, d. 3 Mar 1855; age 1 month 25 days, son of B. & S. A. Adamson
Austin L., b. 1856, d. 17 Oct 1860; age 4 y 8 m 1 d, son of B. & S. A. Adamson
Ida M., b. 1859, d. 13 Oct 1860, age 1 y 9 m 20 d; dau of B. & S. A. Adamson



Events

Birth5 Mar 1817Lost Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee
Death17 Nov 1900Jasper County, Iowa

Families

FatherAbraham ADAMSON (1790 - 1863)
MotherEleanor "Nelly" Lewis (1792 - 1875)
SiblingEvan ADAMSON (1808 - 1899)
SiblingJohn ADAMSON (1815 - 1875)
SiblingElizabeth ADAMSON (1819 - )
SiblingEnos ADAMSON (1822 - 1901)
SiblingLewis ADAMSON (1822 - )
SiblingHenry ADAMSON (1826 - 1910)
SiblingIra ADAMSON (1829 - )
SiblingElisha ADAMSON (1831 - 1925)
SiblingRachel ADAMSON (1834 - )