Zora Mae (Abernathy) Adams (1886 - 1969)

Born 25 Apr 1886 in Robertstown, White, Georgia, United States

Wife of William Doff Adams — married 23 Sep 1908 in White, Georgia, United States

Died 6 Feb 1969 at age 82 in Habersham, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Zora was born in 1886,^[1][2] the second of ten children to Henry Abernathy and Emma Lou Dyer.^[3] Her siblings were: Ida, Margaret, Asbury, Julia, Cora, William Marvin Sr, Lula Alice, Floyd Grover, and Laura Melvina. Her father, Henry was the sister of Lucy.

• Fact: Residence (1900) District 721, Chattahoochee, White, Georgia, United States^[4]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
Henry N Abernathy	Head	M	36	abt Jul 1863	Georgia	Farmer
Emma Abernathy	Wife	F	32	abt Jul 1867	Georgia
Ida Abernathy	Dau	F	15	abt Jul 1884	Georgia
Zora Abernathy	Dau	F	13	abt Apr 1887	Georgia
Maggie Abernathy	Dau	F	8	abt Apr 1892	Georgia
Asbury Abernathy	Son	M	6	abt Feb 1894	Georgia
Julia Abernathy	Dau	F	3	abt Apr 1897	Georgia
Cora Abernathy	Dau	F	1	abt Jan 1899	Georgia

She married William Adolphus Adams, son of Andrew Pope Adams and Mary Sarah Elizabeth White, on 23 Sep 1908 in White County, Georgia.^[5] She was about 22 years old and was his second wife. They had 8 children together:

1. Lena Louise Adams
2. Rosa May Adams^[6][7]
3. Willie Ransom Adams^[8]
4. Magdeline Adams^[9][10][11]
5. Ruby Gertrude Adams^[12]
6. Samuel Adams
7. Lamb Cherry Adams
8. Thelma Adams^[13]

• Fact: Residence (1910) District 558, Tesnatee, White, Georgia, United States^[14]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
William Doff Adams	Head	M	33	abt 1877	Georgia	Farmer, Gen Farm, Own Acct
Zora M Adams	wife	F	22	abt 1888	Georgia
Hatti B Adams	Dau	F	11	abt 1899	Georgia
Myra E Adams	Dau	F	6	abt 1904	Georgia
Tattie May Adams	Dau	F	5	abt 1905	Georgia
Lee R Adams	Son	M	3	abt 1907	Georgia
Rosa May Adams	Dau	F	7 mo	abt 1910	Georgia

• Fact: Residence (1920) Tesnatee District, White, Georgia, United States^[15]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
William D Adams	Head	M	42	abt 1878	Georgia	Farmer, Own Acct
Zora M Adams	wife	F	32	abt 1888	Georgia
Hattie B Adams	Dau	F	19	abt 1901	Georgia
Lee R Adams	Son	M	15	abt 1905	Georgia
Tatty M Adams	Dau	F	13	abt 1907	Georgia
Rosa Adams	Dau	F	10	abt 1910	Georgia
Lena L Adams	Dau	F	9	abt 1911	Georgia
Willie R Adams	Son	M	7	abt 1913	Georgia
Maggie T Adams	Dau	F	5	abt 1915	Georgia
Ruby G Adams	Dau	F	3	abt 1917	Georgia

• Fact: Residence (1930) District 1497, Chattahoochee, White, Georgia, United States^[16]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
W D Adams	Head	M	53	abt 1877	Georgia	Farmer, Own Acct
Zora Adams	wife	F	43	abt 1887	Georgia
Roy Adams	Son	M	25	abt 1905	Georgia	Laborer, Odd Jobs
Ransome Adams	Son	M	18	abt 1912	Georgia
Maggie Adams	Dau	F	16	abt 1914	Georgia
Ruby G Adams	Dau	F	14	abt 1916	Georgia
Lamb Adams	Son	M	10	abt 1920	Georgia
Thelma Adams	Dau	F	7	abt 1923	Georgia

• Fact: Residence (1940) District 558, White, Georgia, United States^[17]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
W Dolph Adams	Head	M	66	abt 1874	Georgia	Farmer, Own Acct
Zora Adams	wife	F	56	abt 1884	Georgia
Ransom Adams	Son	M	26	abt 1914	Georgia	Farmer

• Fact: Residence (16 Oct 1940) Cleveland, White, Georgia, United States^[8]
• Fact: Residence (1950) District 558, Tesnatee, White, Georgia, United States^[18]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth	Birthplace	Occupation
William R Adams	Head	M	37	abt 1913	Georgia	Farmer
Zora Mae Adams	Mother	F	64	abt 1886	Georgia	Keeping House
Ruby Tysor	Sister	F	29	abt 1921	Georgia	Sock Knitter, Sock Factory
Gene Tysor	Nephew	M	12	abt 1938	North Carolina
Jerry Lee Tysor	Nephew	M	10	abt 1940	North Carolina
Jackie A Tysor	Nephew	M	10	abt 1940	North Carolina

Zora passed away in 1969 at the age of 82.^[1][2]

• Fact: Burial (1969) Chattahoochee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Helen, White, Georgia, United States^[19][20]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: V994-ZY4 : accessed 8 Jan 2021), Zora A Adams, 25 Apr 1887 - 15 Feb 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3693 #295800 : accessed 16 Aug 2022)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Record 60901 #804598159 - Ancestry Sharing Link : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Zora Abe Adams, 25 Apr 1887 - 15 Feb 1969, Robertstown Georgia. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
3. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Record 60901 #12224925 - Ancestry Sharing Link : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora May Adams, b. 25 Apr 1886, Cleveland, White, Georgia. Parents: Henry N Abernathy and Emma J Westmoreland. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: M3VK-PGJ : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Zora Abernathy in household of Henry H Abernathy, Militia District 721, Chattahoochee, White, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0133, sheet 9 (page 19A), line 30, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T623 (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); roll 228, FHL microfilm 1240228. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #9692898 : accessed 16 Aug 2022)
5. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: Q2Z1-VHL4 : accessed 22 Jul 2021), Adolphus Adams and Zora Abernathy, 23 Sep 1908; citing Marriage, White, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 418,666. Ancestry.com, database with images Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4766 #20415878 : accessed 16 Aug 2022)(
6. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Record 60901 #777057856 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora M Abernathy and Dolph W Adams in the record of Rosa Adams Jones, 22 Aug 1909 - 5 Dec 2000, Robertstown, White, Georgia. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Sharing Link
7. ↑ "News Article", Newspapers.com (Newspapers Clip: 107723834 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora Mae Abernathy Adams in the Obituary for Rosa Adams Jones, Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, Page 12, (Thu) 7 Dec 2000.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947", Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Record 2238 #68707351 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora Mae Adams in the record of William Ransom Adams, b. 3 Mar 1912, White, Georgia. Registration: 16 Oct 1940, Cleveland, White Georgia, United States; citing The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Georgia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147. Ancestry Sharing Link
9. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: Q28T-Y45D : accessed 4 Aug 2022), Dora Mae Adams in entry for Roy B Gregg and Magdaline Adams, 1921; citing Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,632.
10. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Record 60901 #782364972 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora M Abernathy and William D Adams in the record of Magdeline (Maggie) Adams Jarrard Gregg, 20 Mar 1914 - 23 Dec 2002, Cleveland, White, Georgia, United States. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Sharing Link
11. ↑ "News Article", Newspapers.com (Newspapers Clip: 107726234 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora Mae Abernathy Adams in the Obituary for Madeline Jarrard, Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, North Carolina, Page 15, (Wed) 25 Dec 2002.
12. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Record 60901 #764811110 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora M Abernathy and William D Adams in the record of Ruby Gertrude Tysor, 28 Mar 1917 - 10 Jul 2001, Cleveland, White, Georgia; Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Sharing Link
13. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Record 60901 #764811108 : accessed 16 Aug 2022) Zora M Abernathy and Dolf Adams in the record of Thelma Adams Dean Ramey, 5 May 1922 - 19 Apr 1999, Robertstown, White, Georgia. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Sharing Link
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: MLLR-1G8 : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Zora M Adams in household of William Doff Adams, District 558, Tesnatee, White, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0158, sheet 3A (page 267), line 13, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 217; FHL microfilm 1374230. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #161909924 : accessed 16 Aug 2022)
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: MJXY-D64 : accessed 1 Feb 2021), Zora M Adams in entry for William D Adams, Tesnatee District, White, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0175, sheet 11B, line 99, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. National Archives, Washington, D.C.) roll 285. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #101584370 : accessed 16 Aug 2022)
16. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: 38H1-MZM : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Zora Adams in household of W D Adams, District 1497, Chattahoochee, White, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0012, sheet 3A, line 50, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626 (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002,)FHL microfilm 2340127. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #103898355 : accessed 16 August 2022)
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: K757-KWK : accessed 8 Jan 2021), Zora Adams in household of W Dolph Adams, District 558, Tesnatee, White, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 154-3, sheet 3B, line 58, family 51, NARA digital publication T627 (Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012) roll 722. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #53604937 : accessed 16 Aug 2022)
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1950," database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 62308 #127299783 : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Zora Mae Adams in the household of William R Adams, District 558, Tesnatee, White, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 154-4, sheet 1, line 2, NAID: 43290879 (United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29.) roll 1055. Ancestry Sharing Link
19. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #73138110 : accessed 16 Aug 2022), Memorial Page for Zora Mae Abernathy Adams (1886–1969), citing Chattahoochee United Methodist Church Cemetery, Helen, White County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Muletrain (contributor 47206526).
20. ↑ BillionGraves, database and images (https://billiongraves.com/grave/Zora-Mae-Adams/9376172 : accessd 16 Aug 2022), Zora Mae Adams (Abernathy) (25 Apr 1886 - 15 Feb 1969), citing Chattahoochee Cemetery, Helen, White, Georgia, United States, North America.

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 Aug 2022, 21:46), entry for Zora Mae Abernathy (PID FamilySearch Person: K87C-K6W ); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgement

Abernathy-405 was created on 23 Apr 2013 by Dennis Soules via the import of Never Ending Story_2013-04-18_01.ged on 18 Apr 2013. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dennis and others.