Individual Details
Sophia ADAMSON
(15 Sep 1805 - 1867)
Sophia probably married about 1826 - the first child born in 1828.
1850 Census. Dist 2, Union Co, Illinois, p.216, Hh 1006
Joseph Norton, age 43, farmer, b. Ohio
Sophia, age 43, b. TN
Children born in Indiana [abbreviated Ia. - not Iowa] were:
James 22, John 18, Rebecca 17, Mary 14, Wesley 11
Children born in Illinois:
Elizabeth 9, Martha 8, Isaac 6, Ruth 3, and Kissiah, age 1.
In the Mortality Census for Dist 2, Union Co is Aaron Norton who died at age 16 in June of 1849 of typhus fever. Likely another child.
A daughter Rachel, b. about 1830 between James and John, is shown in databases - she married in 1849 so wouldn't have been in the 1850 census with the family.
Other Nortons counted on the same page in this 1850 census included Hiram, age 33, born in Indiana, and his family; and John Norton, age 64, b. TN with wife Mary, age 62, b. KY. I would think John & Mary Norton may have been Joseph's parents.
1855. Illinois State Census, Union Co.
Joseph Norton. 1m under 10, 1m 10-20, 1m 40-50. 2f under 10, 3f 10-20, 1f 10-20, 1f 40-50
In 1860, the family was in Kansas. Washington Twp, Anderson Co, Post Office Garnett, Hh 361.
Joseph Norton, age 54, b. Ohio. Sophia, age 53, b. Tennessee
The children still at home, all born in Illinois: Martha age 18, Isaac 15, Ruth 14, Kesiah age 12.
25 Jul 1865 Kansas State Census. Washington Twp, Anderson, KS. P.O. Hyatt, Hh 316
Joseph Norton, 55, Farmer, b. TN
Sophiah, 55, b. TN
Isaac, 21, b. IL
Ruth, 18, b. IL
Kissiah, 16, b. IL
James Glen, 26, b. AR. Note says "Convict, attempted Murder"
Apparently Sophia died before 1870. Joseph Norton was living alone in Anderson Co, Kansas, age 64, b. Ohio. A FindAGrave entry states she died in 1867 and is buried Springfield Cemetery, Garnett, Anderson Co, Kansas.
Events
Families
Spouse | Joseph Norton (1807 - 1886) |
Child | James Marion Norton (1828 - 1860) |
Child | Rachel M. Norton (1830 - 1899) |
Child | John Norton (1832 - ) |
Child | Aaron Norton (1833 - 1849) |
Child | Rebecca Norton (1832 - ) |
Child | Mary Norton (1836 - ) |
Child | Wesley Norton (1838 - 1860) |
Child | Elizabeth Norton (1841 - ) |
Child | Martha Norton (1842 - ) |
Child | Isaac Norton (1843 - 1914) |
Child | Ruth Norton (1847 - 1910) |
Child | Keziah Norton (1849 - 1918) |
Father | JONATHAN ADAMSON (1771 - 1835) |
Mother | RUTH Williams (1774 - 1852) |
Sibling | DAVID ADAMSON (1793 - 1828) |
Sibling | Isaac ADAMSON (1795 - 1833) |
Sibling | Margaret ADAMSON (1797 - ) |
Sibling | Aaron ADAMSON (1799 - 1839) |
Sibling | Rachel ADAMSON (1801 - 1860) |
Sibling | Abigail ADAMSON (1803 - 1866) |
Sibling | Susannah ADAMSON (1806 - 1840) |
Sibling | Abel ADAMSON (1808 - 1833) |
Sibling | Hannah Adamson (1810 - 1878) |
Sibling | Rebecca ADAMSON (1813 - 1890) |
Sibling | Keziah ADAMSON (1815 - 1894) |
Sibling | Jonathan P. ADAMSON (1818 - 1890) |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940, 1850, Illinois, Union Co, p.216, Hh 1006.
2. Judy K. Dye, K.A.R.D. Files, Series of 14 Booklets of Adamson data. (Kent, WA: Self-published, 1981-1998), KARD Booklet #12, p.35.
3. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940, 1850, Illinois, Union Co, p.216, Hh 1006.