Individual Details

Jacob married Ruth Covey on 1 Jun 1815 in Jefferson Co TN - the same day his sister Lydia married Joshua Covey. He later married Mariah Gerwell in Platte Co MO.

1830 Census. Jefferson Co TN
Jacob ADAMSON 1m 5-10, 1m 10-15, 1m 30-40. 2f 5-10, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40.

WILLIAM BALES born Feb. 10, 1792, died Ray County, MO Jan. 16,
1882, married Jefferson County, TN about 1792 ELIZABETH ADAMSON daughter of Simon
and Eleanor [ROUTH] Adamson born Aug. 6, 1791, died Ray County, MO Jan. 16, 1879.
Their son Perry- PERRY BALES married Ray County, MO Mar. 26, 1837 ELIZABETH
ADAMSON daughter of Jacob and Ruth [Covey] Adamson. Jacob son of Simon Jr and
Eleanor [Routh] Adamson

In 1850, Jacob was living in Green Twp of Platte Co MO. He was age 50, b. TN. Living with him was Maria age 32, b. Ohio, and children Hester 4 and Joseph 2, both born in MO. Next door was Saml. Adamson, age 32 & b. TN, quite possibly a son of Jacob's from his first marriage. Living with Samuel was Mary age 30, Ruth 12, Rosann 10, Sarah 4, and Jeremiah 1; children all born in MO.

On the next page, Household 82, living next to Jacob's brothers Larkin and Levi is:
Kelsey Adamson, age 27, a Merchant, b. TN. Kelsey seems just a bit too old to be the son of either Levi or Larkin but he could very well be a son of Jacob by his first wife. Living with Kelsey was Rebecca age 25 and also born in TN with children, Samuel 8, Martha E, 5, Jacob who seems to be 21 [or age 2 with a random ink line...] and may have been another son of Jacob, and Levi 8 months. All these born in MO.

1855 Kansas State Census, Dist 16
Jacob Adamson, Farmer, 50, family all b. Germany
Maria, 30
Hester A.
J. W., male
Mary J.

Birth	Abt 1798	Tennessee
Marriage	1 Jun 1815	Jefferson County, Tennessee - Ruth Covey
Marriage	28 Dec 1840	Platte County, Missouri - Mariah Gurwell
Death	Aft 1855

Spouse	Ruth Covey (1797 - 1840)
Child	Elizabeth Adamson (1820 - )

Spouse	Mariah Gurwell (1819 - 1895)
Child	Hester Ann Adamson (1846 - 1936)

Father	Simon ADAMSON Jr. (1763 - 1814)
Mother	Eleanor Routh (1769 - 1860)
Sibling	Elizabeth ADAMSON (1791 - 1879)
Sibling	Martha "Patsy" ADAMSON (1792 - )
Sibling	Jesse ADAMSON (1794 - 1869)
Sibling	Lydia ADAMSON (1797 - 1855)
Sibling	Esther ADAMSON (1800 - 1875)
Sibling	Thomas H. ADAMSON (1803 - 1861)
Sibling	Susanah ADAMSON (1804 - )
Sibling	Larkin Adamson (1806 - 1872)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" ADAMSON (1808 - 1880)
Sibling	Levi ADAMSON (1810 - 1870)
Sibling	Eleanor "Ellen" ADAMSON (1813 - )