Elisha Berryman Adams
b. 31 January 1823, d. 21 June 1906
- Father: Hodge Rayburn Adams b. 18 March 1791, d. 2 April 1871
- Mother: Elizabeth D. Smith b. circa 1798, d. 16 July 1866
- Elisha Berryman Adams was born on 31 January 1823.
- 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 Elisha Berryman Adams, Thomas Edward Adams, Howell Collier 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 Nancy Ann Collins, daughter of Moses Collins and Elizabeth Zachary, on 2 February 1845 in Harrison County, Texas.
- Elisha Berryman Adams and Nancy Ann Collins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Harrison County, Texas, enumerated next to Elisha's parents.. Other members of the household included L. H. Adams and Hodge Rayburn Adams.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- Elisha Berryman Adams became a widower at the 13 June 1901 death of his wife Nancy Ann Collins.
- Elisha Berryman Adams died on 21 June 1906 at age 83 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- He was interred at Friendship Cemetery, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 20 Feb 2011
Family: Nancy Ann Collins b. 7 September 1828, d. 13 June 1901
- L. H. Adams b. circa 1847
- Hodge Rayburn Adams+ b. circa 1849, d. 22 June 1903
- Elisha Ann Adams b. 28 September 1851, d. 3 April 1926
- Emily J. Adams b. circa 1854
- William Thomas Adams+ b. 29 September 1855, d. 25 February 1934
- S. C. Adams b. circa 1858
- Howell Collier Adams b. 3 January 1859, d. 1 April 1928
- J. W. Adams b. circa 1862
- C. B. Adams b. circa 1864
- Robert C. Adams b. 15 February 1869, d. 27 October 1894