John Adams

1848 - 1922  (74 years)

• Name	John Adams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	28 Apr 1848	Hessen, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Milan, Erie, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Residence	1880	Vermilion, Erie, Ohio, USA   [6]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
  Residence	1900	Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA   [8]
  	Age: 52
  Residence	1900	Columbia, Lorain, Ohio, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  	2 Aug 1922	Clyde, Sandusky, Ohio, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  	Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  	Find A Grave Memorial# 28283437
  Person ID	I1158	Clark Benscoter
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Andrew Adams,   b. 27 Mar 1805, Hessen, Germany d. 14 Mar 1891, Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaretha Zimmer,   b. Abt 1814, Hessen, Germany d. Abt 1880 (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Booth,   b. Abt 1857, Ohio, USA d. 11 Jun 1954, Vickery, Sandusky, Ohio, USA (Age 97 years)
  	Jan 1877  [3]
  	1904
  Children	1. Rose May Adams,   b. 16 Jun 1879, Berlin Heights, Erie, Ohio, USA d. 4 Sep 1967, Vickery, Sandusky, Ohio, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elsie Adams,   b. 23 Aug 1885, Huron, Erie, Ohio, USA d. 23 Feb 1980, Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Apr 1848 - Hessen, Germany Residence - 1860 - Milan, Erie, Ohio, USA Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - 1880 - Vermilion, Erie, Ohio, USA Residence - Age: 52 - 1900 - Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1900 - Columbia, Lorain, Ohio, USA - 2 Aug 1922 - Clyde, Sandusky, Ohio, USA - - Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Adams was the third son of Andrew and Margaretha (nee Zimmer) Adams. His parents were from Germany. The family occupation was farming. John had two older brothers, Orin (3rd O.V.C.) and Henry (100th O.VI.), who had joined the Union Army. John himself then enlisted, at age 17, on Nov. 23, 1863. At the time he joined the army his hometown was Milan, Ohio. He was mustered into Company D, 23rd Ohio Infantry. John served in the Civil War as a private and participated in General Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. He married Olive Booth in January 1877. They had six children, only two of whom lived to adulthood. He and Olive divorced in 1904. For a time John lived in the Soldiers' Home in Dayton. However, he spent the last years of his life living at the home of his oldest daughter Rose in Clyde. His age at the time of his death was 74 years,3 months, 5 days. --from Find A Grave memorial page

  
  

• Sources

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