William Adams and Susanna McElhaney

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Husband William Adams ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Mar 1813 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jan 1891 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Center Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Welden Adams (1776-1849) 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Ann Miller (1780-1859) 4

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       Marriage: 1838 2

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   Other Spouse: Mary Bartlett (1828-1868) 2 - 1862 2

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   Other Spouse: Martha "Patty", "Patsy" Simcox (1817-1908) 2 3 - 2 Jan 1870 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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• Burial: : Center Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA.

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Wife Susanna McElhaney ²

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Children

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1 F Henrietta Adams ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: John Marshall (      -      ) 2 7

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2 F Susanna Adams ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: [Unk] LeFevre (      -      ) 2

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3 F Sarah Adams ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: [Unk] Croan (      -      ) 2

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4 F Maud Adams ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: [Unk] Mosier (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Adams

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He was brought up at Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and in French Creek township, and began farming in 1837, in Muskingum County, Ohio, where he lived seven years. He then removed to the adjoining county of Perry, and subse-quently to Edgar County, Illinois. Returning to Venango County in 1864, he engaged in the oil business, and in 1866 purchased a farm in Mineral township. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He had ten children with his first wife, three with his second wife.
It is not certain that the six children listed as surviving in 1890 were all from the first marriage.

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General Notes: Wife - Susanna McElhaney

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She was the mother of ten children. [HVC 1890, 1032]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 607.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1032.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 538.

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

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 98.

6 Cromlund, New, & Adams, The Descendants of William Adams (Self-published, 1999), Pg 3.

7 Meryl M. Hilbert, The Descendants of Richard Adams (Hunstville, AL: Self-published, 1987), Pg 23.