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Joseph P Adams[1]
Male 1822 - 1900

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  • Birth  Abt 1822  Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Burial  ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation  1859 
    Shoemaker 
    Census  1860  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _MILT  Between 1861 and 1865  21 Mass Inf Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Civil War 
    Census  1870  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence  1890  Chelsea Soldiers Home Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1900  Chelsea, Kennebec, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  15 Dec 1900  Farmington, Franklin, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried  National Home Cemetery, Togus, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I826  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  Benjamin Adams 
    Mother  Elisabeth ____ 
    Family ID  F481  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Cordelia Combs,   b. 21 Sep 1825, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1889, Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  31 Dec 1849  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Ruthette Adams,   b. 7 Jun 1850, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1917, Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Leander Adams,   b. 23 Jul 1852, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1916
     3. Laura Adams,   b. 27 Feb 1856, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1892, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Alonzo Adams,   b. 13 Sep 1859, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Cordelia Adams,   b. 13 Aug 1866, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1899, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F480  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Name: Joseph P Adams
      Residence: West Brookfield, Massachusetts
      Occupation: Carpenter
      Age at enlistment: 39
      Enlistment Date: 23 Jul 1861
      Rank at enlistment: Musician
      State Served: Massachusetts
      Survived the War?: Yes
      Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 21st Infantry Regiment on 23 Jul 1861.
      Mustered out on 21 Oct 1864.
      Transferred to Company K, Massachusetts 36th Infantry Regiment on 21 Oct 1864.
      Mustered out on 08 Jun 1865.
      Transferred to Company H, Massachusetts 56th Infantry Regiment on 08 Jun 1865.
      Mustered out on 12 Jul 1865 at Alexandria, VA.

      Birth Date: abt 1822
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, National Cemetery Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Joseph P Adams
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VAcemeteries&h=3499544&indiv=try

    2. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Index and images, Massachusetts, Worcester, West Brookfield, Marriages, 1848-1849, Vol. 38, pg. 399, Record No. 22, Accessed 4 Mar 2015..
      Married 31 Dec. 1849, Joseph P. Adams, age 27, shoemaker, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Adams, and Cordelia Combs, age 24, born West Brookfield, daughter of Jacob and Ruth Combs, by Leonard S. Parker, Congregational Minister of W.Brookfield.