Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Oldham Co.

ALLEN ADAMS.  Prominent among the older citizens of Oldham County is Allen
Adams, father of John R. Adams, county and circuit court clerk.  He was
born in Jefferson County, October 8, 1804, and is the son of Frances and
Mary (Kirkwood) Adams, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Kentucky
nearly 100 years ago, and finally settled in Oldham County, near Goshen,
and died there.  Allen Adams lived on the farm in Jefferson County, until
fourteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Oldham County.
He has been twice married--first, in 1834, to Miss Susan, daughter of
Robert Vance, of Virginia; she died in 1847, leaving four children: Robert
F., James, John R. and Agnes.  The second marriage of Mr. Adams was to
Mrs. Augusta (Taliaferro) Thorne, born in Oldham County in 1825, and a
daughter of James and Harriet (Mayo) Taliaferro, natives of Virginia and
Newport, Ky., and of Italian and English extraction.  Her father was a
captain in the State militia, and now resides in Oldhamburg.  To this
second marriage were born five children: Mayo, Sue L., Coleman and Richard
(twins) and WIlliam T.  Mr. Adams has a farm of 350 acres, and is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, at Goshen.

Adams Kirkwood Vance Taliaferro Thorne Mayo
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Newport-Campbell-KY Jefferson-KY PA VA

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