"Lizzie", Nannie Elizabeth Carter Adams, was born in Wilson County, Tennessee to Henderson Carter and Nancy Bailey Carter on May 10, 1853. She married William Henry Adams October 3, 1871 solumnized by J T Strut, Justice of the Peace. They had a large farm in district 6 of rural Davidson County, Tennessee.
Lizzie died when Pallie was 6 days old from childbirth fever. The older three girls assumed the responsibility of raising their younger siblings as well as taking care of their father.
she was my great grandmother
"Lizzie", Nannie Elizabeth Carter Adams, was born in Wilson County, Tennessee to Henderson Carter and Nancy Bailey Carter on May 10, 1853. She married William Henry Adams October 3, 1871 solumnized by J T Strut, Justice of the Peace. They had a large farm in district 6 of rural Davidson County, Tennessee.
Lizzie died when Pallie was 6 days old from childbirth fever. The older three girls assumed the responsibility of raising their younger siblings as well as taking care of their father.
she was my great grandmother
Inscription
Now our treasure
Earth the Lonely
Casket Keeps, And
The sunbeams linger
Where our sainted
mother sleeps.
Family Members
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Ida Lee Adams Jackson
1872–1954
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Willie Gertrude "Gertie" Adams Gay
1874–1954
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Nannie May Adams Dennison
1877–1958
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Clarence Oyell Adams
1879–1952
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Ophelia S Adams
1882–1900
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James Edward Adams
1884–1976
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Beulah C Adams
1886–1914
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Thomas Heywood Adams
1888–1965
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Ernest Archie Adams
1891–1921
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Paralee Elizabeth "Pallie" Adams Meriwether
1894–1988
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