Jesse Adams and wife Mary Polly Houston
 
From New Baxter County Arkansas History Book published 2003,
Jesse was born in 1774 in Virginia. He married Mary Houston. Jesse apears in Lawrence Co., AR tax records of 1821 and Izard Co., tax records of the 1820 and 30s. The area in which he lived is in Baxter Co., today. Jesse was a circuit clerk of Izard Co. from 1832 -1833, the first county clerk of Izard Co., county coroner in 1836 through 1840 and later served as county surveyor. Jesse and Mary were parents of one son, James Adams, born in 1804 in KY. (Another son Alexander has been identified as of 2005)

 

James Adams b. 1803 m. Mary Kellough b. 1805.  His wife was a sister to John Kellough the husband of Hannah Ramsey Adams.

Reference: Adams and Allied Families by Leona Adams Loviska, p. 9
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AUGUST 14, 1860 North Fork, Izard Co. Arkansas
also
James Adams 57 born Ky
Mary 55 born Tenn
Mathew 26
Mary 24
John 18
Robert 15
Elmira 12
 
 Alexander Adams b. 1805 married Elizabeth McCubbin b. 1809.  Elizabeth was the daughter of William Plesant McCubbin and Nancy Adams.  (The surname Best has also been associated with Nancy Adams but do not know exactly how.)  Elizabeth's sister Polly McCubbin was the second wife of Richard C. Hutcheson - his first wife being Nancy Isabella Wolf.

1  Alexander Adams d: Bef. 1840 Burial  Place: AR, Izard Co., Dolph, Wayland Arbor Cem
.. +Elizabeth McCubbin b: 1808 in KY d: Bet. 1855 - 1860
. 2 Nancy Adams b: 1832 in Izard Co., AR
. 2 William Martin Adams b: 13 Jun 1835 d: 10 Jun 1910 Burial Place: AR, Izard Co., Dolph, Wayland Arbor Cem
..... +Oreline J. ? b: 1838 in MS, Chickasaw Co., Buena Vista (near), Beuls Chapel Cem m: 1859
. *2nd Wife of William Martin Adams:
..... +Susanna Smith b: 19 Feb 1831 in TN d: 1902 m: Abt. 1860  Burial Place: AR, Izard Co., Dolph, Wayland Arbor Cem
. *3rd Wife of William Martin Adams:
..... +Nancy Arnold d: 1870 m: Bef. 1868
. *4th Wife of William Martin Adams:
..... +Sarah Elizabeth "Sweetie" Cantrell b: 21 Jul 1873 in AR d: 14 Jan 1965 m: Abt. 1904
. 2 Joseph W. Adams b: 1839 Burial Place: AR, Izard Co., Trimble Campground Cem
..... +Pemecia Whitfield b: 01 Jul 1858 in Izard Co., AR d: 04 Dec 1897 in Izard Co., AR m: 23 Jun 1876 Burial Place: AR, Izard Co., Trimble Campground Cem
. 2 Peter Adams b: 1840 in Izard Co., AR
. 2 Robert Adams b: 1842 d: Bet. 1890 - 1900
..... +Sarah Elizabeth Skidmore b: 1863 in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK d: Bet. 1890 - 1900 m: in Izard Co, AR
 

 

 

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