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John F Adams
  Rank: Pvt Co: G Age: 20 Residence: Kittery Birthplace: Portsmouth, NH Occupation: farmer Married/Single: S Height: 5' 6.75 Eyes: Br Hair: Br Complexion: Lt 

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JOHN FRANKIN ADAMS was born in Portsmouth, NH on 8 May 1842, the son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Moulton) Adams. He died while in Boston, MA on 4 Dec 1874 [MA VR] at age 32 yrs, 6 mos, 28 das, and is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth.

He married on 5 Jan 1865 in Portsmouth, NH [NH VR] to EVA M HUSE She was born in Belfast, Waldo, ME [Marr Rec], the daughter of Thomas W and Clara J. She remarried, in Minneapolis, MN on 4 June 1879, to Joseph W Blanchard. 

John's father Samuel was a lumber merchant, owner of "Samuel Adams + Co." on Daniel St in Portsmouth. The 1870 census has John F. working as a clerk on the Navy Yard. In same census, John and his dau Helen are living with his parents, though wife Eva is not here. She may be the Eva Adams age 24 b.ME, a saleswoman, living in Boston at this time.

John and Eva had two daughters :
I. HELEN MOULTON ADAMS born 28 Feb 1867 [Old Kittery, pg 274] or 20 Feb [CA Death Index; gravestone] in Kittery, Maine. She died 24 Sept 1963 in San Bernardino County, CA [Ca Death Index] and was buried in Brooksville Cemetery, in Brooksville, Florida [Find a Grave]. She was married to GEORGE A PLUMMER, on 2 Apr 1889 in St Paul, Ramsey, MN [MN Marr Index]. He was born in 1864 and died in 1946 [Find a Grave]. He was a wholesale lumber dealer, and they moved to Huntsville, AL by 1897. By 1920, they had moved to Umatilla, Lake, FL. According to the 1910 census, Helen had 8 children, 6 of them alive at the time.
   1. Adelle Josephine Plummer
   2. Frank A Plummer
   3. Albert Burns Plummer, b. 26 Aug 1897 in Huntsville, AL. He died 21 Apr 1939 in Brooksville, FL
   4. Samuel B Plummer
   5. Joseph C Plummer
   6. George A PlummerJr

II. LUCY HAWKES ADAMS b. 3 Nov 1873 in Portsmouth, NH [NH VR]. She died 29 Apr 1971 in Ventura County, CA [CA Death Index]. She married, 9 June 1897 in Minneapolis, MN [MN Marr Index], to LEFIELDT OSCAR JORGENSEN. He was born 1 Oct 1873 [WWI Draft Reg Card] and died in 1925. In 1900 census, they were living in Elmira, Olmstead, MN. They are both buried in Bardsdale Cemetery in Fillmore, Ventura, CA [Find a Grave].
   1. (unknown) [1900 census shows 2 children born, 1 living]    
   2. Marion Jorgensen, age 5/12 in 1900



sources:
Old Kittery and Her Families, pg 274 (ancestry given for this family in book)
Harmony Grove Cem Records, Portsmouth
1850 + 1870 Portsmouth, NH census (h.h. 351/461 + 4/5, respectively)
1860 Kittery, ME census (household 555/585)
1869-1873 Portsmouth Street Directories (liv 43 Pleasant St)
Mass v.r. volume 267, pg 262 (death rec says b.Portsmouth, parents in Kittery+Ports) 


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