Adams County family index

Families of Adams County, Illinois, from the County Histories

353 people from the county histories of Adams County, Illinois: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From Past and present of the city of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois (1905); Portrait and biographical record of Adams County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens (1892); The history of Adams County, Illinois (1879). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Adams County index, A to Z (353)

Abbott

Achelpohl

Adams

Alexander

Altenhein

Aneals

Anient

Awerkamp

Babcock

Bacon

Bagby

Bailey

Baker

Bakerbower

  • Anna Bakerbower; child of Michael Bakerbower and Mary (Bolinger) Bakerbower

Baldwin

Bart

Bartlett

Beavers

Benton

Bexxett

Bimsox

Bisell

Bishop

Bkxton

Bock

Bogart

Bolt

Boom

Bradford

Bradley

Bragg

Brinton

Brown

Browning

Bull

Burch

Bush

Butzkueben

Cadogan

Cain

Caldwell

Campbell

  • Hugh Campbell (b. 1831); child of Hugh Campbell; married Jane Allen
  • John Campbell (b. 1865, Liberty township); married Elizabeth Wilson

Carlin

Carstexs

Carter

Castle

Center

Channon

Chase

Chittenden

Chumbley

Cleaveland

Cleveland

Clingan

  • Edwin M. Clingan (b. 1868, Knox county); child of William G. Clingan and Sarah (Hogue) Clingan; married Jane Campbell

Colvix

Cook

  • Samuel N. Cook (b. 1844); child of John Cook and Ann (Reynard) Cook; married Martha Powell

Core

Corkins

Cornelius

Cox

Craig

  • W. T. Craig (b. 1860, Liberty township); married Lizzie Sargent

Crawford

Cupp

Curry

Cutter

Cyrus

  • George W. Cyrus (b. 1842, Houston township of this county); married Emily C. Strickler

Daitghektv

Davis

Dazey

Dick

Dickhut

  • Walter Dickhut (b. 1874, Adams county); child of Charles Dickhut and Kate (Schemer) Dickhut

Dines

  • Homer D. Dines (b. 1877); child of Henry B. Dines; married May Dickson

Dirks

  • Bernd Dirks (b. 1825); child of Bernd Dirks; married Heipke Miller

Dudley

Duker

Duncan

Dunn

Dyke

Ebert

Echols

Eddy

Edwards

  • Paul Edwards (b. 1820, Hamilton County); married May Gravelle

Ellis

  • Perry Ellis; child of Dr. John W. Ellis and Sallie (Breckenridge) Ellis

Emery

Emmixga

Ertel

Fletcher

Foote

Frame

Francis

Freund

Fryer

Funk

Gardner

Garner

  • John F. Garner (b. 1878, Hancock county); child of James R. Garner and Helen A. (Finlay) Garner

Gay

Gbuetter

Gordon

Gore

Gramke

Grammer

Green

Grewe

Grieser

Griffith

Grove

Guseman

Hancock

Hardy

Harelson

Harness

Harris

Hart

Haselwood

Hatch

Hawes

Haxl

Hctchesox

Heaney

Hedges

Heimann

Herrox

Hewes

Hexdricksox

Hill

Holt

Hough

Howe

Howes

Hoyt

Huck

Hudsox

Hughes

Hutchison

Hvlse

Hynes

Ihrig

Inslee

Itjlry

  • Peter Itjlry (b. 1815, Schujikill county); married Martha Murray

Jacobs

  • James H. Jacobs (b. 1831)
  • Francis M. Jacobs (b. 1838, Adams county); child of William Jacobs and Caroline (Kirkpatriek) Jacobs; married Celatha Crenshaw
  • Ed F. Jacobs; child of Francis M. Jacobs and Celatha (Crenshaw) Jacobs; married Effie Bolt

Janes

Jarrett

Jefferson

Jenter

Johnston

Johxstox

Joseph

Judy

Kaiser

Kells

Kennedy

Kern

  • Jacob R. Kern (b. 1828, Mouongehala county); married Lizzie R. Craig

Kerr

  • J. P. Kerr; child of Charles Kerr and Bridget (Nolan) Kerr

Keyes

  • Willard Keyes; child of Ashley Keyes and Anna (Willard) Keyes; married Laura Ilarkness

Kiefer

Kiely

Klene

Knox

Koch

Kterxe

Lackey

Lafayette

Larimore

Lauter

Lawless

Leenerts

Lefers

Lester

Lewis

Little

Lloyd

Lock

Logue

Maertz

Marsh

Mast

Mckenna

Meacham

Menke

Merker

Miller

Moecker

Montgomery

Moore

Morey

Muegge

Murrah

Musselman

Nichols

Nicholson

Nickerson

Niswander

Oenning

Omer

Ork

Osgood

Ottman

Pape

Parker

Parsons

  • James E. Parsons (b. 1844); child of Henry S. Parsons and Sarah (Hoar) Parsons; married Mary A. Pittock

Pearce

Penfield

Perry

Pfanschmidt

Pierce

Pitney

Pkarce

Poling

Powell

Putnam

Reath

Reece

Reeder

Rees

Reeuer

Reichert

Rettig

Reynolds

Rice

Richardson

Ricker

Rifenberick

Robbins

Rodefeld

  • Henry Rodefeld (b. 1879); child of Henry Rodefeld and Louise Rodefeld; married Emma Meyer

Rogers

Roy

Rust

Sage

Scarborough

Schaller

Schermerhorn

Schlinkmann

Schmidt

Schmiedeskamp

Schmitt

Schnering

Schott

Schwartz

Seals

Sehmitt

Selby

  • Ernest C. Selby (b. 1866, Lima township); child of Lewis Selby and Anna (Bolt) Selby; married Sarah E. Crenshaw

Sharp

Sheets

Shipe

Shriver

Sinnock

Smith

Sonnet

Soule

Speckhart

Spink

Springer

Stauffer

Steiner

Steinwedell

Steixer

Stern

  • David Stern; child of Joseph Stern and Minnah (Rosenheim) Stern; married Rosa Frank

Sterne

Stewart

Still

Strickler

Sturgiss

Tarr

Taylor

Tenhaeff

Texhaeff

Thomasmeyer

Thompson

Thornton

Tillson

Tipton

Tout

Turner

Upham

Urban

Urech

Uruoxd

Varner

Varnier

Wabtick

Wagner

  • John J. Wagner (b. 1863); child of Peter H. Wagner; married Carrie Pflueger

Wagy

Wall

Wallace

Walton

Watson

  • David K. Watson (b. 1818, Ross County); child of Alexander Watson and Jane Watson

Webster

Weems

Weerts

Wells

Wenning

West

Wetzel

White

Whitlock

Wilkes

Willard

Willia

Williamson

Wilson

Wisman

Wolf

Wood

Yeldell

  • John H. Yeldell (b. 1841); child of J. W. Yeldell and Rebecca R. (Hockaday) Yeldell

Zimmerman

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