My husband's gg grandfather was Henry Adams, born in PA. He married Mary Clark in St. Clair County, Illinoi in 1853. According to the 1870 and 1880 Madison Co. Ill census, they were living in the Collinsville area. They had children by the names of William Henry (my husband's g grandfather) born June 1859, son Thomas born about 1866-67, twin girls Julia & Mary born about 1870. I feel there were other children older than William Henry because of the year they married 1853 and Wh born in 1859. I haven't been able to look at an 1860 census to see if there were other children. Our William Henry married Martha Ellen Abbott inMadison Co in Feb 1879 at Henry Adams' home. I sure you know that Edwardsville is the county seat for Madison Co. WH & Martha Ellen's first two children were born in Madison Co 1880 and 1881. I don't know if there is a connection between Henry Adams, William Henry and your John or not, but would be interesting to find out, since they lived in the same area. Hope to hear from you soon. Ramona Adams email: ramona@piggott.net Rector, Arkansas -----Original Message----- From: Robert E Adams <adamsr3@home.com> To: ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com <ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 04, 1999 3:54 PM Subject: John Hicks Adams >I am looking for information about the family of John H Adams born in >Edwardsville, Illinois, on June 13, 1820. Was his fathers name John >Adams Sr. or did he have a different middle name? Was there a brother >and what was his name? Can anyone tell me where they came from before >settling in Ill. Thanks Robert E Adams adamsr3@home.com > > >==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== >Visit the Madison County Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmadiso/index.htm >Search the Rootsweb Resources Page for Madison County! >Includes several Madison Co search engines! >http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/IL/Madison/ >