Individual Details
Hiram Adams
(25 Sep 1805 - 9 Oct 1887)
Events
| Birth | 25 Sep 1805 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1828 | Elizabeth "Betsey" Watson | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine |  | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Eagle, LaSalle, Illinois | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Aurora, Kane, Illinois | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | 144 South Lake Street, Aurora, Kane, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 9 Oct 1887 | Aurora, Kane, Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Old Tonica Cemetery, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Betsey" Watson (1808 - 1886) |
| Child | Lucretia Elizabeth Adams (1831 - 1855) |
| Child | Martha A. Adams (1834 - 1927) |
| Child | Hiram Adams Jr. (1837 - ) |
| Child | Jemima Adams (1839 - ) |
| Child | Harriet "Hattie" Adams (1841 - ) |
| Child | Lucy O. Adams (1846 - 1864) |
| Father | Dr. David Adams (1775 - 1820) |
| Mother | Jemima Mower (1777 - 1809) |
| Sibling | John G. Adams (1798 - 1839) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Adams (1802 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Barnard Mower Adams (1807 - 1837) |
Notes
Census
Hiram Adams was enumerated as head of household, age 45, male, shoe maker, owned real estate valued at $1200, and was born in Maine. Other members of his household were Betsey Adams, Lucretia Adams, Martha Adams, Hiram Adams Jr., Jemima Adams, Harriet Adams, and Lucy Adams. Also, James Dulen, Charles Williams, John Smith, David Tracy, Amos Adams, Andrew Cheeny, Mary A. Jordan, Rachel Jordan, David Hosmore, Fanny Hosmore, and George Hosmore.Census
Hiram Adams was enumerated as head of household, age 55, male, farmer, owned real estate valued at $2200 and personal estate valued at $2000, and was born in Maine. Other members of his household were Betsey Adams, Hiram Adams, Jemimah Adams, Harriet Adams and Lucy Adams.Census
H. Adams was enumerated as head of household, age 64, male, white, farmer, owned real estate valued at $4000 and personal estate valued at $3000, born in Maine, and a male citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards. Other members of his household were Betsey Adams, Hiram Adams, Jennie Adams and Harriet Adams.Census
Hiram Adams was enumerated as head of household, white, male, age 74, married, retired farmer, born in Maine, father born in Massachusetts, and mother born in Massachusetts. Other members of his household were Elizabeth Adams, Jenni Adams and Hattie Adams.Endnotes
1. FamilySearch, "Records of births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions, 1755-1925 (Greene, Maine)," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 5 August 2016), page 112, image 104 of 855; citing Town Clerk, Greene, Maine; LDS Film #007595552.
2. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 188.
3. 1850 U.S. Census, Lincoln County, Maine, population schedule, City of Lewiston, 396, dwelling 234, family 273, Hiram Adams household, line 3, Hiram Adams; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2018); NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
4. 1860 U.S. Census, LaSalle County, Illinois, population schedule, Town of Eagle, p. 585, dwelling 74, family 74, Hiram Adams household, line 18, Hiram Adams; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2018); NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
5. 1870 U.S. Census, Kane County, Illinois, population schedule, City of Aurora, 4th Ward, page 69, dwelling 76, family 76, H. Adams household, line 1, H. Adams; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2018); NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
6. 1880 U.S. Census, Kane County, Illinois, population schedule, City of Aurora, enumeration district (ED) 72, page 17, dwelling 167, family 185, Hiram Adams household, line 31, Hiram Adams; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.
7. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 30-1.
8. "Illinois, Select Death Index, 1877-1916," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2018), , "Hiram Adams," certificate no. 5413; Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916; Illinois State Archive.
9. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 October 2018), Memorial No. 138419194.