> OK Alli; > > Here goes!!!!!! > > For those of you who have read and re-read this, I apologize, but I am > reposting my ADAMS family information in the hopes that a new member might > recognize or think they recognize some of the information. In fact, with > the ADAMS > families as in many other lines, family names tend to be used repeatedly > through the generations, so please look for those kind of relationships > as you > read: > > I am looking for information on a James Adams who according to census > records, was born in Ireland in or near 1782. He is first shown for sure > in the > 1850 census in Monroe County, Salem Township, Ohio with a wife Sarah, who > was > born abt 1791 or 1792, also from Ireland. > > I do not know if the two came here as a married couple, or separately, met > and married later. Because I do not know if this James came to US as a > young > boy, I can't really search prior to 1840 because I don't know his father's > name. > > Now, this James and Sarah had a number of children: Jane Adams (Hill), > Letitia, Nancy, and James (Jr?) that I know of. James and Sarah lived in > Ohio > all their child rearing life, and are both buried at Sykes Ridge, in > Monroe > County near a place called Round Bottom, very near the Ohio River. I am > told > that this James worked on the National Road from the areas between > Washington, > PA and Wheeling, WV. > > Jane Adams shows up in 1860 with her 3 children, Benjamin F, James A, and > Sarah. Letitia married a John Morrow, and Nancy married a John Giffen. > James > married Hannah Sycks of the above named Sycks Ridge. > > James and Hannah married and moved to Sedalia, Mo right after the civil > war, > and by 1880 the whole family was separated. I have more info, but if any > of > the names or dates ring a bell to anyone, please, please, please, contact > me. > > I was interested in the Strike the Tend info because my brother took a DNA > test and matches with some Carolina Adams's which makes me think that when > they > came here to the US, some may have gone west, and others gone south. > > I anxiously await any and all responses. > > Sincerely, > Suzanne Adams Diaz >