Joseph Benjamin AdamsAge: 81 years1852–1933
- Name
- Joseph Benjamin Adams
- Given names
- Joseph Benjamin
- Surname
- Adams
 Birth | May 8, 1852 34 26 |
 Marriage | Nancy Ella Adamson — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a brother | James Monroe Adams June 25, 1854 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Francis Jane Adams 1857 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Brown Adams December 17, 1859 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 17, 1860 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Savanah Adams 1861 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Charlotte Arbell Adams 1864 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a brother | George Wesley Adams 1866 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 14 years)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 14 years)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 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 16 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 18 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lucy B Adams calculated 1873 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Ann Turvey June 19, 1875 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 28 years) |
| Death of a father | William Tony Adams December 8, 1881 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Turvey Hagins February 27, 1885 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 47 years) |
| Death of a sister | Francis Elizabeth Adams 1906 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Brown Adams May 10, 1914 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Francis Marion Adams October 18, 1916 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 65 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 77 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 | July 6, 1933 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
| 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 himself |
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 younger 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 younger sister |
Francis Jane Adams Birth: 1857 39 31 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: |
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3 years younger 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 younger sister |
Nancy Savanah Adams Birth: 1861 43 35 Death: 1917 |
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4 years younger sister |
Charlotte Arbell Adams Birth: 1864 46 38 Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
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: |
| Family with Nancy Ella Adamson |
| himself |
Joseph Benjamin Adams Birth: May 8, 1852 34 26 — Harris, Georgia, United States Death: July 6, 1933 — Glenn, Heard, Georgia, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Ella Adamson Birth: October 22, 1868 — Heard, Georgia, United States Death: March 23, 1936 — Heard, Georgia, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William Tony Adams - Household
Harris Georgia Valley Plain
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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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