John
B
Adams
Born about in South Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 23 Aug 2022
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Biography
John Adams is a part of US Black heritage.
John Adams is Notable.
John B Adams was born into slavery in South Carolina.[1] When freed he came to California and was trained in horticulture on Lucky Baldwin's ranch in Los Angeles. In 1873 Adams budded the first Washington navel orange tree, which effectively started the citrus industry in California today.[2]
According to granddaughters, his name during slavery was 'Hicks Bundy'. [3]
John married Adaline Adams about 1880.
Son Elliott , born in 1884, married Zenner Bruce in Los Angeles, California.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Black History in California:John B Adams
- ↑ California State Parks Pays tribute to Pioneering African Americans
- ↑ African American Citrus Growers in the Inland Empire. By Megan Suster. June 11, 2017
- ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41CY-Y4T2 : 24 March 2020), John B. Adams in entry for Elliott L. Adams, 1907.
See also:
- 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: El Monte, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 91; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1240091
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 7602 #36332712 (accessed 19 September 2022)
John B Adams (40), married, Farm Laborer, head of household in El Monte, Los Angeles, California. Born in South Carolina, USA.
| Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John B Adams | M | 40 | Married | Head | Farm Laborer | South Carolina, USA |
| Adeline Adams | F | 44 | Married | Wife | South Carolina, USA | |
| Elliott Adams | M | 17 | Single | Son | At School | South Carolina, USA |
| Sarah Adams | F | 14 | Single | Daughter | At School | South Carolina, USA |
| Philip Adams | M | 11 | Single | Son | At School | California, USA |
| Mary B Adams | F | 7 | Single | Daughter | At School | California, USA |
| Celley Adams | F | 5 | Single | Daughter | California, USA | |
| Frank Adams | M | 2 | Single | Son | California, USA |
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