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Name of Soldier: James "Jim" ADAMS
- Personal Description and Vital Statistics:
- Born: March 13, 1840 in Laurel County, Kentucky
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Occupation: Farmer
Died: September 28, 1918 in Laurel County, Kentucky
Date of Burial: September 29, 1918
Place of Burial: Woods Cemetery, Laurel County, Kentucky
Name of Father: Cyrenus "Cyrus" ADAMS
Name of Mother: Catherine CLARK
- Siblings:
- Jane ADAMS - Married Christopher J. ALLEN
- William ADAMS - Died during the Civil War
- Calvin ADAMS - Married Eliza Jane ALLEN
- Marriages:
- Spouse: Julia "Jaley" Lou MOORE
Died: 1881 at her father's home in Laurel County, Kentucky
Date of Marriage: April 12, 1866
Place of Marriage: Laurel County, Kentucky
Spouse: Mary HERON
Died: 1887
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Spouse: Mary Jane OWENS
Date of Marriage: March 28, 1889
Place of Marriage: Laurel County, Kentucky
Divorced: October 26, 1906 in Laurel County, Kentucky
Spouse: Martha Susan SINGLETON
Date of Marriage: July 31, 1907
Place of Marriage: Laurel County, Kentucky
Divorced: November 11, 1908 in Laurel County, Kentucky
Spouse: Emily YORK
Date of Marriage: April 25, 1911
Place of Marriage: Laurel County, Kentucky
Divorced: April 10, 1913 in Laurel County, Kentucky
Spouse: Margaret THOMPSON
Date of Marriage: April 25, 1913
Place of Marriage: Laurel County, Kentucky
Divorced: November 5, 1914 in Laurel County, Kentucky
Spouse: Nannie "Annie" WARREN
Date of Marriage: August 7, 1915
Place of Marriage: Pittsburg, Laurel County, Kentucky
Minister: Rev. H. PATTERSON
Children:
- Spouse: Julia "Jaley" Lou MOORE
- William J. ADAMS - Born July 16, 1866
- Steven A. ADAMS - Born March 10, 1869
- Charity ADAMS - Born March 17, 1874
- Calvin Grant ADAMS - Born 1877
- James ADAMS - Born September 16, 1879
- Spouse: Mary OWENS
- Martha E. ADAMS - Born July 24, 1891
- Spouse: Nannie "Annie" WARREN
- Zachariah ADAMS - Born November 15, 1917
- Military Service:
- On August 19, 1861, James ADAMS enlisted as a Private in
Company C, 3rd Kentucky Infantry under the command of Captain
James H. McNeill at London, Kentucky. He was mustered into service
on September 22, 1861 at Camp Dick Robinson. James was present
and remained with his company and regiment until October 24, 1862 when
he was left in the hospital at Gallipolis. He later rejoined his company
and regiment in January or February 1863 and was present until August 8, 1863
when he received a sick furlough. James rejoined his company and
regiment in November or December 1863.
On February 29, 1864, James was discharged by virtue of his
re-enlistment as a Veteran Volunteer. On December 24, 1864,
per Special Order No. 96, Head Quarters District of Baton Rouge and Port
Hudson, Louisiana, James was transferred to Company D, 7th
Kentucky Veteran Infantry. He was present with his
company and regiment until he was mustered out on March 11, 1866
at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
James applied for a pension based on the disabilities he received during his
service in the United States. His widow, Nannie "Annie" ADAMS, applied for a
Widow's Pension and was rejected on the ground that she was not the legal
widow of James ADAMS due to the fact that at the date of her attempted marriage
to him she had a lawful husband, Luther WARREN, from whom she had not been
divorced and who was still living in 1918. William J. ADAMS, son of James ADAMS
and Julia "Jaley" MOORE, was given custody of Zachariah ADAMS, son of James
ADAMS and Nannie "Annie" WARREN, on October 11, 1918 in Laurel County, Kentucky.
On November 27, 1918, William J. ADAMS filed for a Minor's pension for
Zachariah ADAMS, but was rejected on July 17, 1919 on the grounds that Zachariah
was not the legitimate child of James ADAMS and that James was not lawfully married to
the child's mother.
- Residences:
- At the time of his enlistment, James ADAMS resided in London, Laurel County,
Kentucky. After his discharge, on March 11, 1866, he resided in the following
locations:
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- 1878 to 1880 - Rockcastle County, KY
- 1881 to 1888 - East Bernstadt, Laurel County, KY
- 1889 to January 1905 - London, Laurel County, KY
- March 1905 - Newcomb, Campbell County, TN
- April 1905 to February 1906 - London, Laurel County, KY
- March 1907 to February 1908 - Pittsburg, Laurel County, KY
- February 1909 to March 1909 - Newcomb, Campbell County, TN
- April 1911 to June 1911 - Pittsburg, Laurel County, KY
- November 1912 to January 1916 - East Bernstadt, Laurel County, KY
- October 1916 to June 1917 - La Follette, Campbell County, KY
- Sometime after June 1917, James ADAMS returned to Laurel County, Kentucky
where he died on September 28, 1918. He was buried in the Woods Cemetery
in Laurel County, Kentucky on September 29, 1918.
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Descendants of James ADAMS
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