George Wesley Adams1866–
- Name
- George Wesley Adams
- Given names
- George Wesley
- Surname
- Adams
 Birth | 1866 48 40 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a sister | Francis Elizabeth Adams October 11, 1869 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lucy B Adams calculated 1873 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Ann Turvey June 19, 1875 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | William Tony Adams December 8, 1881 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Turvey Hagins February 27, 1885 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | James Monroe Adams February 27, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a sister | Francis Elizabeth Adams 1906 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Brown Adams May 10, 1914 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a brother | Francis Marion Adams October 18, 1916 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Savanah Adams 1917 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Benjamin Adams July 6, 1933 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | William D “Bill” Adams August 24, 1934 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Tony Adams Birth: November 12, 1817 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 8, 1881 — Heard, Georgia, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Turvey Hagins Birth: June 7, 1825 40 40 — South Carolina, United States Death: February 27, 1885 — Heard, Georgia, United States |
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Marriage: August 6, 1846 — Harris, Georgia, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
Francis Marion Adams Birth: February 9, 1848 30 22 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: October 18, 1916 — Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William D “Bill” Adams Birth: calculated 1850 32 24 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: August 24, 1934 — Douglas, Georgia, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Joseph Benjamin Adams Birth: May 8, 1852 34 26 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: July 6, 1933 — Glenn, Heard, Georgia, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
James Monroe Adams Birth: June 25, 1854 36 29 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: February 27, 1900 — Heard, Georgia, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Francis Jane Adams Birth: 1857 39 31 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
John Brown Adams Birth: December 17, 1859 42 34 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: May 10, 1914 — Heard, Georgia, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Nancy Savanah Adams Birth: 1861 43 35 Death: 1917 |
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4 years elder sister |
Charlotte Arbell Adams Birth: 1864 46 38 Death: |
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3 years himself |
George Wesley Adams Birth: 1866 48 40 Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Francis Elizabeth Adams Birth: October 11, 1869 51 44 — Heard, Georgia, United States Death: 1906 |
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4 years younger sister |
Lucy B Adams Birth: calculated 1873 55 47 — Heard, Georgia, United States Death: |
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Tony Adams - Household
Georgia
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Tony Adams - Household
Dist. 939 Heard, Georgia
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