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Peter Adams

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Peter Adams

Birth
Germany
Death
1 Dec 1890 (aged 60)
Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.8580765, Longitude: -90.1953302
Plot
S-B5 lot 24
Memorial ID
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Per the 1 Jul 1863 registration for the Civil War, Peter was born in Germany.
Calculated from his age at time of his death, Peter was born Oct 1830, dying from a stroke, walking to work on December 1, 1890. Peter and his wife, Hannah, was married in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co., PA, on 14 Jan 1851 (St. John's Evangelical Church). Peter's occupation was a miner. By 1854, they had relocated to Wisconsin with Hannah's mother and step-father.

*Confusion with his place of birth. Military registration and 1885 WI state census indicate Peter was born in Germany, all other sources indicate born in PA.
According to his grand-daughter's notes, he had step-siblings, Mrs.Polly CINCH, Solomon and George ... unable to find his parents or these siblings.
[Contributor: Bonita Hillmer LadyBonita]

The Peter, born to Samuel & Catherine Koch on October 16, 1830 and married to
Elizabeth Withern in Indiana IS NOT THIS PETER ADAMS

Children of Peter ADAMS and Hannah REED:
Franklin ADAMS 11 Nov 1851 PA
Thomas Oliver ADAMS 23 Mar 1854 Kendall, WI
Henry ADAMS 1855 Kendall, WI
Annettie Elizabeth ADAMS 17 Apr 1859 Kendall, WI m: George F BANCROFT.
Mary ADAMS 1862 Kendall, WI (Mrs. HASTINGS)
Esther ADAMS 1864 Kendall, WI (Mrs. HARRIS)
Baby ADAMS 1866 Kendall, WI

3rd Gr-Grand-daughter, Bonita Hillmer, August 2017
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Per the 1 Jul 1863 registration for the Civil War, Peter was born in Germany.
Calculated from his age at time of his death, Peter was born Oct 1830, dying from a stroke, walking to work on December 1, 1890. Peter and his wife, Hannah, was married in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill Co., PA, on 14 Jan 1851 (St. John's Evangelical Church). Peter's occupation was a miner. By 1854, they had relocated to Wisconsin with Hannah's mother and step-father.

*Confusion with his place of birth. Military registration and 1885 WI state census indicate Peter was born in Germany, all other sources indicate born in PA.
According to his grand-daughter's notes, he had step-siblings, Mrs.Polly CINCH, Solomon and George ... unable to find his parents or these siblings.
[Contributor: Bonita Hillmer LadyBonita]

The Peter, born to Samuel & Catherine Koch on October 16, 1830 and married to
Elizabeth Withern in Indiana IS NOT THIS PETER ADAMS

Children of Peter ADAMS and Hannah REED:
Franklin ADAMS 11 Nov 1851 PA
Thomas Oliver ADAMS 23 Mar 1854 Kendall, WI
Henry ADAMS 1855 Kendall, WI
Annettie Elizabeth ADAMS 17 Apr 1859 Kendall, WI m: George F BANCROFT.
Mary ADAMS 1862 Kendall, WI (Mrs. HASTINGS)
Esther ADAMS 1864 Kendall, WI (Mrs. HARRIS)
Baby ADAMS 1866 Kendall, WI

3rd Gr-Grand-daughter, Bonita Hillmer, August 2017

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  • Maintained by: LadyBonita
  • Originally Created by: Susie
  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118868034/peter-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Adams (16 Oct 1830–1 Dec 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118868034, citing Graceland Cemetery, Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by LadyBonita (contributor 47543063).