Elizabeth
Johns
Adams
Born in Weakley, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Martin Adams
and Susan L (Martin) Adams
Sister of
Martha F Adams, Thomas Martin Adams, Mary Drucilla (Adams) Blakemore, William Andrew Adams, Melinda Catherine (Adams) Templeton, Amanda Caroline (Adams) Cook, Sarah Ann Adams [half], Susan F Adams, Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Graham [half], James Moses Adams, Nannie C (Adams) Clarke [half], John Quincy Adams, Florence Ella Adams [half], Clara Adams [half], Christopher Columbus Adams, Jane Adams, Erma Witt (Adams) Duval [half], Richard Edward Adams [half], Virginia Elizabeth (Adams) Rowlett, Rosa Willie Adams [half], Jennie Hurt (Adams) Duval [half] and Jesse Thomas Adams [half]
Wife of
Allen David Adams
— married
9 Sep 1858 in Weakly County, Tennessee
Mother of
Penelope S. Adams, James Phillip Adams, Mary E. Adams, Joseph A. Adams, Thomas F. Adams, Ada C. Adams, Elizabeth Adams, Eva Adams, Loyd Adams and Dasey P. Adams
Died
at age 58
in Weakley, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2012
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Biography
Elizabeth Johns Adams was born July 2nd, 1840 in Weakley County. She married Allen David Adams on September 9th, 1858 in Weakley County. Allen was born August 22nd, 1837 in Tennessee, however, his parents, Phillip Adams, Jr. and Penelope Ward Adams had come to Weakley County from North Carolina. Allen was a Private in Company H, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, for the Confederate States of America. Elizabeth died on July 5th, 1898 and Allen died on September 28th, 1923. They are both buried in the Old Martin Family Cemetery however there are no tombstones visible for them now. They had nine children. One daughter, known as "Cousin Betty," Annie Elizabeth Adams, married Oscar Dommie Rowlett. Oscar Dommie Rowlett played an important role in helping to establish the early families around Weakley County. He was a home builder, a saw miller, a well digger and according to his granddaughter, Lillian Burnett Rowlett, he could fix anything. Oscar's father was George Washington Rowlett Sr. His grandfather was Archibald Rowlett who gave the land for the Public Well Missionary Baptist Church, originally called Mt. Pleasant Church and established in April, 1852. Oscar Dommie's brother, G. Wesley Rowlett married Elizabeth Johns Adams' sister, Virginia E. Adams.
Sources
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=farmer314&id=I1879
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32427675
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Adkins (abt.1841-) › Elizabeth Roop (Jones) Adams (1840-abt.1900) › Elizabeth Feltus (Adams) Hare (abt.1840-1896)
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