Thomas Edward Adams
b. 26 July 1813, d. 28 March 1867
- Father: Hodge Rayburn Adams b. 18 March 1791, d. 2 April 1871
- Mother: Elizabeth D. Smith b. circa 1798, d. 16 July 1866
- Thomas Edward Adams was born on 26 July 1813 in Tennessee.
- Hodge Rayburn Adams and Elizabeth D. Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Hickman County, Tennessee. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Thomas Edward Adams, Howell Collier Adams, Elisha Berryman Adams and Hodge Rayburn Adams Jr. Known members of the family are fairly well accounted for here. Two boys age 5-9, two girls age 0-4 and one age 5-9 may or may not have been of the immediate family. The woman age 50-59 may have been Elizabeth's mother.
- He married Mary L. (?) on 8 October 1839.
- He married Rosanna P. Dillon Midyett on 3 January 1850 in Panola County, Texas, or possibly 12 Dec 1849, which mayhave been the date of the marriage bond.
- Thomas Edward Adams and Rosanna P. Dillon Midyett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Monroe PO, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included William Hodge Adams, Keron A. Adams and Catherine S. Adams. Also in the household was farmer Thomas Simons, age 46, born in South Carolina.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- Thomas Edward Adams died on 28 March 1867 at age 53 in Panola County, Texas.
- His wife Rosanna P. Dillon Midyett became a widow at his death.
- Last Edited: 18 Feb 2011
Family 1: Mary L. (?) d. say 1846
- Elizabeth C. Adams b. 2 April 1842
- Keziah H. Adams b. 19 March 1845, d. September 1845
Family 2: Rosanna P. Dillon Midyett b. 2 October 1825, d. 2 July 1869
- William Hodge Adams b. 14 February 1851
- Keron A. Adams b. 10 December 1854
- Alice Adams b. 15 February 1856
- Catherine S. Adams b. 22 December 1858
- J. Thomas Adams b. 2 January 1862
- David Howell Adams b. 25 December 1867