Josiah Adams and Ann Eliza Daft

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Husband Josiah Adams ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1807 or 1820 - Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: Oct 1889 2
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         Father: James Adams, Sr. (1770-1851) 3 4
         Mother: Rachel Black (Abt 1775-1866/1868) 3

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       Marriage: 1845 1

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Wife Ann Eliza Daft ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1815 2
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           Died: 1899 2
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         Father: Thomas Daft (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Johnson (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Thomas D. Adams ^{1 5}

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         Spouse: Ann Breckenridge (      -      ) 5

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2 M Albert B. Adams ⁵

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         Spouse: Anna Boyer (      -      ) 5

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3 F Mary O. Adams ²

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           Born:  - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: William H. Wilson (1831-1897) 2
           Marr: 16 Jul 1884 2

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4 F Rachel Elizabeth Adams ⁵

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           Died: when eighteen years old
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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Adams

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He was an oil producer and operator all of his life, his entire years spent in Utica and Franklin, Pennsylvania. His dealings were in the main successful, but later in life he met a succession of financial reverses that completely destroyed his fortune. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He served as Deputy Recorder of Venango County, PA, under John A. Dale, in 1857. He acted as Notary Public from 1860 to 1872. For several years he was engaged in store-keeping, in a frame build­ing erected by his father in 1827, and which stood on the site of Alden's clothing establishment.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 302.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 487, 492.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 765, 1012.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 303.