Josephine Theresa Adams

Josephine Theresa Adams

• Father: James H. Adams b. circa 1805, d. 19 April 1873
• Mother: Ann (?) b. circa 1806

• Josephine Theresa Adams was born on 20 November 1828 in Alabama.
• James H. Adams and Ann (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Dallas County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Josephine Theresa Adams, (?) Adams and Felix Grundy Adams. Included in the household were two males age 20-29 (likely James and Felix, although Felix would have been about age 18), one female age 20-29 (James' wife Ann), two females age 0-4 (likely Josephine and an unknown sister), and one male and one female age 10-14, apparently too old to be children of James and Ann, possibly siblings.
• James H. Adams and Ann (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Dallas County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Josephine Theresa Adams, Lavonia F. Adams. Included in the household were three males age 30-39 (likely James and siblings and/or employees), 3 males age 20-29 (likely brother Felix althouugh he was only 18, and possibly employees?), one male age 10-14 (possibly a son who either did not survive to maturity or had left the household by 1850), three females (likely Ann and spouses of siblings and/or employees), one female age 15-19 (?), two females age 10-14 (likely daughter Josephine), one female age 5-9 (likely daughter Lavonia).
  
• She married Henry S. Blackburn on 11 June 1846 in Dallas County, Alabama.
• Henry S. Blackburn and Josephine Theresa Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, living next to Josephine's parents.. Other members of the household included William J. Blackburn and Adosia A. Blackburn.
• Josephine Theresa Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, apparently operating a large boarding house for coal agent D. R. Pervine?. Other members of the household included Adosia A. Blackburn and Caroline Blackburn.
• She married Andrew R. Brown circa 1863.
• Andrew R. Brown and Josephine Theresa Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Montevallo PO, Shelby County, Alabama, living next to Josephine's daughter Adosia Blackburn Cunningham, and not far from Josephine's father James Adams.. Other members of the household included Hattie Josephine Brown, Walter Andrew Brown and Caroline Blackburn. Also enumerated in the household were two store clerks and two domestic servants.
• Josephine Theresa Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Hattie Josephine Brown and Walter Andrew Brown.
• She was operating a boarding house, according to the 1880 census, but only the three family members are recorded.
• Juan Daniel Harris and Hattie Josephine Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 1817 Fifth Avenue. Other members of the household included Josephine Theresa Adams, Henry Beebe Strong. Also in the household were two domestic servants.
• Josephine Theresa Adams died on 10 April 1904 at age 75 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
• She was interred at Montevallo Cemetery, Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 16 Mar 2014