William T. Adams b. 10 Aug 1834 Tennessee, USA d. 19 Dec 1882: Our Family History

1834 - 1882 (48 years)

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Documents » Slide Show		Loose marriage certificate, William T. Adams-Mary Jane Benson, 1856, Dallas County, Arkansas Dallas County, Arkansas, marriage records, loose certificate of marriage, William T. Adams-Mary Jane Benson, 18 December 1856; digital image, "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 January 2015); citing FHL film no. 985892; original records, Dallas County Clerk, Fordyce. [url:…
		Marriage registration, William T. Adams-Mary Jane Benson, 1856, Dallas County, Arkansas Dallas County, Arkansas, Marriage Book B: 34, no. 268, Wm T. Adams-Mary Jane Benson, 18 December 1856; digital image, "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 January 2015); citing FHL film no. 984,226; original records, County Clerk, Fordyce. [url:…
		William T. Adams, 1870 Dallas County, Arkansas, census 1870 U.S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Saline township, p. 3 (penned), p. 456 (stamped, recto), dwelling 20, family 19, Wm T. Adams household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 52.
		William T. Adams, 1860 Dallas County, Arkansas, census 1860 U.S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Saline township, p. 27 (penned), p. 969 (stamped, recto), dwelling 164, family 164, Wm. D. Adams [Wm. T. Adams] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 40.
		William T. Adams, 1880 Dallas County, Arkansas, census 1880 U. S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Princeton township, enumeration district (ED) 66, p. 3 (penned), p. 160 (stamped, recto), dwelling 23, family 29, William T. Adams household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 42.

Name	William T. Adams [1]
Born	10 Aug 1834	Tennessee, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	1860	Como (post office), Saline township, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA [3]
	1. Adams, Wm. D. [Wm. T.], 25, male, white, farmer, real estate value $2000, personal $1000, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary J., 25, female, white, North Carolina 3. _____, Silvesta [Sylvester], 2, male, white, Arkansas 4. _____, Sarah, 1, female, white, Arkansas
Census	12 Jul 1870	Princeton (post office), Saliine township, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA [4]
	1. Adams, Wm. T., 36, male, white, farmer, real estate value $280, personal $550, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary J., 36, female, white, keeping house, Arkansas 3. _____, Sylvestus, 13, male, white, farm laborer, Arkansas, attending school 4. _____, Alice S., 11, female, white, at home, Arkansas, attending school 5. _____, Elias [S.?], 6, mae, white, Arkansas 6. _____, Boyd F., 4, male, white, Arkansas 7. _____, Collins, 8 months, male, white, Arkansas
Census	2 Jun 1880	Princeton township, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA [5]
	1. Adams, William T., white, male, 45, married, farmer, Tennessee, Georgia, Georgia 2. _____, Mary J., white, female, 45, wife, married, keeping house, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina 3. _____, Alice S., white, female, 21, daughter, single, at home, attending school, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina 4. _____, Elias S., white, male, 16, son, works on farm, attending school, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, 5. _____, Boyd F., white, male, 12, son, works on farm, attending school, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina 6. _____, Mary J., white, female, 8, daughter, attending school, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina 7. _____, Birdie W., white, female, 6, daughter, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina
Died	19 Dec 1882 [2]
Buried	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA [2]
Person ID	I4106	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

Father	Thomas Adams, b. Abt 1803, Virginia, USA , d. 2 Nov 1859, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 56 years)
Mother	Retha Walker, b. Abt 1799, Georgia, USA , d. Aft 1850 (Age ~ 52 years)
Married	Between 1823-1850 [7, 8]
	Ritha was "Ritha Turner" in 1823. She could have married Thomas Adams any time after that date and prior to the enumeration in 1850 Dallas County, Arkansas. If Thomas's children in the 1850 census were also Ritha's children, they were probably married prior to 1833, and they could have had an older child, as well. The family group sheet prepared by Esther Pratt has a notation that appears to indicate Retha's marriage to Thomas Adams in Humphreys County, in 1843. If this is the case, the children were Thomas's by a previous marriage. [6]
Family ID	F458	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Jane Benson, b. 8 Jul 1834, North Carolina, USA , d. 18 Mar 1883 (Age 48 years)

Married 18 Dec 1856 Dallas County, Arkansas, USA [9, 10]

Children

+	1. Sylvester M. Adams, b. 18 Aug 1857, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. 22 Dec 1941 (Age 84 years)
+	2. Alice Sarah Adams, b. Abt 1859, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. 20 Dec 1889, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 30 years)
	3. Steven Elias "S. E." Adams, b. Nov 1864, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. 29 Jan 1936, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 71 years)
+	4. Boyd F. Adams, b. Abt 1868, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. 14 Mar 1941, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 73 years)
	5. Collins Adams, b. Abt 1869, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. Before 1880, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 11 years)
	6. Mary J. Adams, b. Abt 1872, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA
	7. Birdie W. Adams, b. 1 Mar 1874, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. 24 Apr 1949, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA (Age 75 years)

Last Modified 1 Feb 2015

Family ID F2243 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S1292] Arkansas, Dallas - census 1850 (Ancestry.com), Arkansas, Dallas County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
This household is not properly indexed by Ancestry.com, and the search for Ritha or Thomas Adams in Dallas County will not bring them up. They are in my Ancestry shoebox, however.
[S4685] Stacy Ann Williams Heslop, creator, “William T. Adams,” database, Princeton Cemetery (Princeton, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA) memorial no. 107326098, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 4 February 2015). .
[S4676] 1860 U.S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Saline township, p. 27 (penned), p. 969 (stamped, recto), dwelling 164, family 164, Wm. D. Adams [Wm. T. Adams] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 40.
[S4675] 1870 U.S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Saline township, p. 3 (penned), p. 456 (stamped, recto), dwelling 20, family 19, Wm T. Adams household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 52.
[S4677] 1880 U. S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Princeton township, enumeration district (ED) 66, p. 3 (penned), p. 160 (stamped, recto), dwelling 23, family 29, William T. Adams household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 42.
[S1427] Esther Pratt (Nashville, Tenn.), [Unknown] Walker-Elizabeth Walker of Dickson County, Family Group sheet; from Walker file folder, Dickson County Archives, Charlotte, Tennessee; no sources cited on the sheet.
[S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.
[S1405] 1850 U.S. census, Dallas County, Arkansas, population schedule, Saline township, p. 42 (penned, recto), p. 21 (stamped, verso), dwelling 287, family 287, Thos. [Thomas] Adams household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 Jan 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 26.
[S4673] Dallas County, Arkansas, marriage records, loose papers, certificate of marriage, William T. Adams-Mary Jane Benson, 18 December 1856; digital image, "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 January 2015); citing FHL film no. 985892; original records, Dallas County Clerk, Fordyce. [url: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12165-221326-73?cc=1417439].
[S4674] Dallas County, Arkansas, Marriage Book B: 34, no. 268, Wm T. Adams-Mary Jane Benson, 18 December 1856; digital image, "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 January 2015); citing FHL film no. 984,226; original records, County Clerk, Fordyce. [url: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11063-52137-7?cc=1417439].