Individual Details

John Craig Adair

(13 Nov 1845 - 27 Dec 1906)

"Of the Adair children, John was the oldest. He was in his early "teens" when Jacob Colvin died. He soon grew to be a youth of inestimable worth, developing the maniest of characters, and proving exceedingly helpful to his widowed mother, and his young brothers and sisters." Betty Hughes

Events

Birth13 Nov 1845Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States
MarriageBef 14 Aug 1870Theodosia E. Tindel
Census14 Aug 1870Athens PO, Henderson, Texas, United States
Census1880District 4, Henderson, Texas, United States
MarriageAbt 1888Mary Elizabeth Cranford
Census (family)18 Jun 19004 J Pct., Henderson, Texas, United States - Mary Elizabeth Cranford
Death27 Dec 1906Henderson, Texas, United States
BurialLeagueville Cemetery, Murchison, Henderson, Texas, United States

Families

SpouseTheodosia E. Tindel (1856 - 1877)
ChildLittleton William Adair (1872 - 1923)
ChildArmel Sebern Adair (1875 - 1885)
ChildJohn Robert Adair (1877 - 1964)
SpouseMary Elizabeth Cranford (1869 - 1908)
ChildPrice Eugene Adair (1890 - 1962)
ChildBurrell R. "Burl" Adair (1893 - 1936)
ChildMyrtle Adair (1895 - )
ChildLuther Holiman Adair (1897 - 1976)
ChildMabel Adair (1899 - )
FatherDr. Armel F. Adair (1812 - 1853)
MotherEliza Jane Craig (1824 - 1894)
SiblingWilliam Wesley "Will" Adair (1847 - 1907)
SiblingMary S. Pauline Adair (1852 - )

Notes

Birth

abt 1846 is calculated from the 1860 census.

Census

In the 1870 census Smith Co. Tx., Eliza is listed with Elizabeth (13 yrs.) and Eudora (7 years). Also listed with them were John C. Adair, Theodosia Adair (she was John C.'s wife), Mary S. (18 years), Sarah C. Craig (31 years) and a Burrell Gibson (8 years). My ancestor William Wesley Adair had married Almeda Watkins and was listed elsewhere in the same census. (Barbara)

Athens PO, Precinct # 4
242, 242 Colvin, Eliza J 46 Keeping house, 80, 290, Alabama
Elizabeth 13 TX, attended school
Eudora 7 TX
Adair, John C. 24 Farm labor, MS
Theodosia E. 14 TX
Mary S. 18 TX
Craig, Sarah C. 30 AL
Gibson, Burrell 8 TX

Census

They are a few houses apart from William Adair, his brother.

Household Record 1880 United States Census

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John ADAIR Self W Male W 35 MS Farmer TN AL
Littleton ADAIR Son S Male W 9 TX MS TX
Sebern ADAIR Son S Male W 6 TX MS TX
Johnie ADAIR Son S Male W 3 TX MS TX

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Source Information:
Census Place District 4, Henderson, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255310
NA Film Number T9-1310
Page Number 162D

Census (family)

149, 158 Adair, John C., Head WM, Nov 1845, 54. Married 12 yrs, MS SC AL, Farmer, Own Free Farm.
Mary E, Wife, WF, Dec 1869, 29, M-12, 7 children 5 living, MS GA AL
Price E., Son, WM, Dec 1890, 9, Single, TX
Burrell R., Son, WM, July 1894, 5, Single, TX
Myrtle, Daughter, WF, June 1895, 4, Single, TX
Luther, Son, WM, May 1896, 3, Single, TX
Mabel, Daughter, WF, Feb 1899, 1, Single, TX
150, 159, Adair, Littleton, Head, WM, Apr 1872, 28, Married 1 yr, TX MS TX, Farmer, Rent Farm
Roxie E, Wife, WF, Aug 1883, 17, M-1, 1 child born & living, TX GA AL
Willie C., Son, WM, Aug 1899, 9/12, single, TX

Burial

Pvt. John C. Adair
Co C
37 Texas Cav
CSA

Endnotes

1. Crenwelge, Roy & Barbara, "Family history of Eliza Jane Craig," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov. 1999..

2. Anderson, Norma Walker, "Family research on Craigs & Barfield's," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, April 1999.

3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 census.

4. Crenwelge, Roy & Barbara, "Family history of Eliza Jane Craig," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov. 1999..

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > TEXAS > HENDERSON > ATHENS P O Series: M593 Roll: 1591 Page: 308.

6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).

7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census - married 12 yrs..

8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > TEXAS > HENDERSON > 4 J-PCT Series: T623 Roll: 1644 Page: 125.

9. Anderson, Norma Walker, "Family research on Craigs & Barfield's," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, April 1999.