Adams Corner Cemetery, Allendale, Wabash County IL
David Adams
David Adams Born: 14 Aug 1818 Died: 30 Jul 1886 Plot: JJ4
Where born: Brooks Co VA Son of: Samuel Adams (Sep 1797 Brooks Co. WVA-1876 Morgan Co. OH) & Nancy Irwin (d: 1827) Married: 21 Jan 1841 Mary/Margaret A. Fox* Lived at: 1840-50 Wabash 1860 Armstrong PO 1870-80 Wabash pct.; 10 ch: Sarah Jane (ca 1842 IL m: 1866 Absolam Nunley) & Frances E.* (ca 1844 m: David Swayze) & Louisiana (Aug 1846-14 Apr 1920 IL m: 1869 Henry E. Blood both buried Rose Hill) & Joanna (ca 1849) & Mary Susan (Apr 1851 m: 1883 Charles C. Runyon) & Laura T. (ca 1855 m: Lewis Wood) & Rachel* (1855) & Victoria I.* (1857) & Elisha Kent* (1860). Note: The village known as Adams' Corner was started by and named in honor of David Adams who gave the ground and encouraged the town in various ways. (Combined Histories of Edwards - Lawrence and Wabash Counties - Illinois. 1883 pg 300)
