Individual Details

Enos ADAMSON

(Jan 1822 - Mar 1901)



Enos married Sarah Burgin. An online database gives his birth as 5 Mar 1819, but this cannot be correct, as his sister Elizabeth is in the Monthly Meeting records with a birth in September of 1819.

1860 Census. Buena Vista, Newton, Jasper Co Iowa
Enos Adamson, age 38, b. TN Sarah, age 39, b. VA
Children born in Missouri: John S. age 17, Dennis A. age 15, Thomas age 12, Nancy J. age 10
Children born in Iowa: Enos, age 7, Mary E., age 3, Letty, age 6 months

Son Dennis apparently died in service during the Civil War
Buried Adamson Grove Pioneer Cemetery
Dennis A. Adamson. Born 1845; Died 18 Feb 1862. Age 17 yrs 2 mos 18 days
110th Reg Iowa Volunteers

1870 Census. Buena Vista, Newton, Jasper Co Iowa
Enos Adamson, age 47, b. TN Sarah, age 48, b. VA
Nancy J. age 20, b. MO
L. E., age 18, [male], b. Iowa. Mary E., age 13, b. Iowa
L. E., age 10 [female], b. Iowa. Dennis L., age 8, b. Iowa.

1900 Census, Bayard Precinct, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Hh 20
Enos Adamson, b. Jan 1822, age 78. Married for 16 years, this marriage. Born Tennessee, as were his parents. A Farmer
Nancy, wife, b. Dec 1847, age 54, Had 8 children, 7 are living. She was born in Pennsylvania, her father in Ireland, her mother in Pennsylvania
Leonard, son, b. Apr 1879, age 21. Born Canada [?], father b. TN, mother b. PA.
Elisha, brother, b. Sept 1831, age 68, b. Indiana, a Vet. Surgeon.

Iowa State Democrat, Thursday, March 21, 1901
Enos Adamson, who settled in Adamson Grove over 50 years ago, we heard died at his home in western Nebraska some 10 days since.

Buried Adamson Grove Cemetery: Sarah Adamson, wife of Enos, b. 1820, d. 11 Nov 1883 age 63 years, 8 months, and 2 days.

Events

BirthJan 1822Tennessee
DeathMar 1901Nebraska

Families

FatherAbraham ADAMSON (1790 - 1863)
MotherEleanor "Nelly" Lewis (1792 - 1875)
SiblingEvan ADAMSON (1808 - 1899)
SiblingJohn ADAMSON (1815 - 1875)
SiblingBenjamin ADAMSON (1817 - 1900)
SiblingElizabeth ADAMSON (1819 - )
SiblingLewis ADAMSON (1822 - )
SiblingHenry ADAMSON (1826 - 1910)
SiblingIra ADAMSON (1829 - )
SiblingElisha ADAMSON (1831 - 1925)
SiblingRachel ADAMSON (1834 - )