LUKE ADAMS
Luke Adams, b. ca.
1750 / 1760, d. 25 Sep 1840 in Franklin Co., Missouri
He had the following children:
- Margaret "Peggy" Adams,
b. ca. 1777, d. before 1805; md. on 29 Sep 1801 in Garrard Co., KY to Travis
Rodgers. One child: John Adams Rodgers, b. ca. 1802 in KY, d. aft. 1850 in
Franklin Co., MO; md. in Garrard Co., KY on 15 Jun 1822 to Sarah Gentry, Issue: 1- Luke
Adams Rodgers, b. 22 Mar 1823 in Garrard Co., KY, d. ?; 2- John James Rodgers, b. ca.
1824, d. before 1870; md. Lavinny Ellen Cain; 3- Elijah Rodgers, b. ? , d. ?; md. in
Franklin Co., MO on 16 Jun 1842 to Catherine Brown. Luke Adams Rodgers, b. 22 Mar
1823 in Garrard Co., KY, d. ?; md. 1st in Franklin Co., MO on 1 Sep 1844 to Emily
Greenstreet , Issue: 1- William Thomas Rodgers, b. ca. 1844 in Franklin Co., MO, went west
never heard from again; 2- Sarah E. Rodgers, b. ca. 1846 in Franklin Co., MO, d. before
1940; md. in Gasconade Co., MO on 27 Feb 1873 to Fred Schaeperkoetter. Luke
Adams Rodgers, b. 22 Mar 1823 in Garrard Co., KY; md. 2nd in Franklin Co., MO on 7 Feb
1852 to Lucinda Margaret Greenstreet Brown, a divorcee and Emily's sister, Issue by this
marriage: 1- Mary Rodgers, b. 1859 in Franklin Co., MO, d. 7 Sep 1940 in Gasconade Co. ,
MO; md. in Gasconade Co., MO on 29 Dec 1885 to George Boston; 2- Frances A. Rodgers, b.
1863 in Gasconade Co., MO, d. 1902 in Franklin Co., MO; md. in Gasconade Co., MO on 24 Nov
1884 to Goolsby M. Hutton; 3- Lavonia Emmeline Rodgers, b. 15 Oct 1865 in Gasconade Co.,
MO, d. 14 Sep 1905 in Franklin Co., MO; md. in Gasconade Co., MO on 8 Dec 1881 to James E.
Coulter; 4- Virginia Louella Rodgers, b. 19 Oct 1866 in Gasconade Co., MO, d. 25 Nov 1947
in Gasconade Co., MO; md. 17 Jan 1886 to George Elmer Adams. Luke Adams Rodgers, b.
22 Mar 1823 in Garrard Co., KY; md. 3rd to Lavinny Ellen Cain Rodgers. The widowed wife of
his brother John James Rodgers. (note Luke Adams Rodgers later dropped the s on Adams and
was known as Luke Adam Rodgers)
- Walter Adams, b. ca. 1778, d. 3
Aug 1825 in Garrard Co., KY; md. in Garrarrd Co., KY on 14 Jan 1800 to Judith
Adams, d/o Feathergail and Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith Adams, Their
children: 1- Elizabeth Adams, b. 18 Dec 1801 in Garrard Co., KY, d. 12 Jul 1886 in Knox
Co., MO; md. in Garrard Co., KY on 12 Jul 1819 to William Lear; 2- Feathergail Adams, b.
15 May 1803 in Garrard Co., KY, d. Oct 1869 in Garrard Co., KY; md. in Garrard Co., KY on
15 May 1832 to Clara Edmondson; 3- Nancy A. Adams, b. 30 Jan 1805 in Garrard Co., KY; md.
1st Hiram Beasley, md. 2nd Hugh Logan; 4- Luke Adams, b. 24 May 1806 in Garrard Co., KY,
d. 23 Apr 1884 in Knox Co., MO; md. in Garrard Co., KY on 2 Dec 1829 to Elizabeth Parker;
5- Walter Adams, b. 12 Nov 1808 in Garrard Co., KY, d. 15 Nov 1901 in Garrard Co., KY; md.
1st Nancy Jane Turpin, md. 2nd Parthena Jennings; 6- Zerelda Adams, b. 3 Jun 1810 in
Garrard Co., KY, d. 1866 in Garrard Co., KY; md. 1st Elijah Cooke, md. 2nd Jacob Robinson;
7- John Adams, b. 3 Jun 1812 in Garrard Co., KY, d. aft. 1880; md. 1st Margaret Anderson,
md. 2nd Nancy ___?; 8- Daniel S. Adams, b. ca. 1814 in Garrard Co., KY; md. in Garrard
Co., KY on 3 May 1827 to Nancy Duncan; 9- William Adams, b. ca. 1817 in Garrard Co., KY,
d. in Ft. Worth, Texas; 10- Mary "Polly Adams, b. 5 Mar 1819 in Garrard Co., KY, d.
18 Jan 1892 in Garrard Co., KY; md. in Garrard Co., KY on 11 Aug 1840 to David H. Arnold;
11- James R. Adams, 3 Mar 1822 in Garrard Co., KY, d. at Ft. Worth Texas; md. ca. 1840 to
Elizabeth ___?.
- Elijah Adams, b. ca. 1779, d. Sep
1842 in Franklin Co., MO; md. in Garrard Co., KY on 27 Sep 1813 Francis Tatum,
d/o Samuel and Sarah Tatum, Theri children: 1-Henry Adams, b. 1814 - 1815 in Garrard Co.,
KY, d. Aug 1841 in Franklin Co., MO; md. 1st on 14 Jul 1834 to Sarah Childers (2 children,
Joseph Milton Adams, great-great grandfather of Lucille Adams Smith and 2nd child Moses
Adams) after divorce Henry md. Louisa Shelton; 2- Nicholas Seawood Adams, b. ca. 1815 in
Garrard Co., KY, d. 21 Jan 1848; md. in Gasconade Co., MO on 11 Nov 1847 to Martha S.
Mosby ( note, served in military during the Mexican War); 3- Emily J. Adams, b. ca. 1825
in MO, d. before 1848 in Franklin Co., MO; md. with consent of her parents in Franklin
Co., MO on 9 Dec 1841 to Hamilton Shelton s/o James & Polly Bristow Shelton, Issue: 1-
Martin V. Shelton, b. ca. 1843; 2- Sarah E. Shelton, b. 27 Oct 1845 in Franklin, Co., MO,
d. 22 Apr 1902 in Gasconade, Co., MO; md. 1st Gerhard Lewenkamp, had one child Margaret
Mary Jane Lewenkamp; md. 2nd William Riley Williams, four children: (Generva Ann Williams,
b. 24 Jul 1869 in Gasconade Co., MO, d. 20 Mar 1952 in Franklin Co., MO; md. in Franklin
Co., MO on 26 Apr 1888 to George Milton Adams s/o Joseph and Lucy Ann Adams); (William J.
H. Williams, b. ca. 1870 - 1875 in Gasconade Co., MO); (James F. Williams, b. Jan 1876 in
Gasconade Co., MO); (Charles W. Williams, b. 19 Sep 1882 in Gasconade Co., MO, d. May 1964
in Franklin Co., MO; md. in Christian Co., MO in 1905 to Cora Ellen Biggs); 3- Louisa J.
Shelton, b. ca. 1847. (note, Sharah Shelton and William R. Williams are great-great
grandparents of Lucille Adams Smith); 4- Matthew Adams, b. ca. 1830; 5- Levina Adams, b.
ca. 1835.
- John Adams, md. Susannah
Childress, d/o Goolsberry & Nancy Sweeny Childress
Sources: Family Information of Enola Adams
Dyehouse, a daughter of Virgiania Rodgers and George E. Adams, Research Records of Ruth
Coulter Frick, descendant of Lavonia Rodgers & James Coulter, Research Records of
Lucille Adams Smith, Copy of Marriage Record for John A. Rodgers & Sarah Gentry,
Franklin Co., Missouri Deed & Marriage Records, Gasconade Co., Missouri Marriage
Records, Census Records, Obituaries, including one for Luke Adam Rodgers.
For more information on this line contact Lucille Adams Smith
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