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 ADAMS, NY HISTORY
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AND SOUTH JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY

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PATRICK-THOMPSON CEMETERY RECORDS
Patrick-Thompson Cemetery, Patrick Road, Adams, NY
A special thanks to the Historical Association of South Jefferson, NY for providing the following records and granting permission to reproduce on the Adams, NY History and Genealogy web site.
The cemetery sits on the town line for Adams and Rodman, but the majority of the cemetery is in the town of Adams.
Allingham, Willie E. - d. 7/14/1869 6m2d, s. of Wm.
Cockins, Mercy - d. 8/23/1829 29y
Daynes, Polly - 1788 - 1811
Dewey, Barzillai - 1751 - 1841, Rev. War Vet.
Jacobs, Celestia - d. 3/16/1863 1y4m23d, da. Hiram & Susan
Jacobs, Hiram D. - d. 4/11/1844 62y, War of 1812 Vet.
Jacobs, Hiram D. - 1834 - 1866
Lawrence, Betsey - d. 5/1/1829 42y, w. of Lyman
Lawrence, E. Annette - d. 11/18/1866 32y, da. of Milo
Lawrence, Hubert M. - d. 12/26/1852 6y5m, son of Milo
Lawrence, Ira - d. 6/1/1815 36y8m
Lawrence, Lyman - d. 4/11/1844 62y
McKee, Alexander - d. 1/7/1844 45y
McKee, Alice - d. 3/16/1850 2y7m27d, da. Levi
McKee, Appleton - 12/19/1760 - 5/10/1832, War of 1812 Vet.
McKee, Caroline - d. 8/30/1833 3y6m11d, da. Alexander
McKee, Celestine (Greenley) - d. 8/8/1851 25y, w. Chester
McKee, Charilla - d. 9/12/1832 13m, da. Alvin
McKee, Delia A. - d. 7/27/1837 2y1m, da. Chester
McKee, Elisha - d. 8/19/1839 5y2m, s. Alvin
McKee, Julia Ann - d. 8/24/1826 6m14d, da. Alexander
McKee, Lewis E. - 1813 - 1839
McKee, Lucy A. - 4/10/1833 - 10/14/1839
McKee, Martin V. - d. 1/15/1877 44y14d
McKee, Mary A. - d. 2/2/1853 20y2m, w. of Martin
McKee, Mary Ann - d. 1/22/1827 13d, da. Alexander
McKee, Mercy (Hill) - 7/20/1766 - 10/5/1822, w. Appleton
McKee, William H.H. - d. 11/4/1865 24y3m24d
Morse, Alpheus, M.D. - d. 9/18/1828 55y, Rev. War Vet.
Patterson, William - d. 8/11/1860 40y1m
Ross, Elizabeth - d. 3/31/1860 91y, w. Laban Ross
Ross, Elizabeth - d. 8/16/1846 1y1m, da. George
Ross, Laban - d. 3/31/1843 78y, Rev. War Vet.
Sheldon, Mary - d. 6/15/1849 2y, da. Tuly
Sheldon, Minerva - d. 5/25/1857, 45y, w. Tuly
Thompson, Charlotte (Lisk) - d. 5/20/1869 69y11m24d, w. of John
Thompson, Cyrus N. - d. 5/26/1817 18y7m26d
Thompson, Duane - d. 9/22/1861 18y11m22d
Thompson, Eunice (Washburn) - d. 10/1/1840 61y, w. of Piam
Thompson, John M. - d. 10/18/1869 65y9m2d
Thompson, Lucy (Hardy) - 5/13/1768 - ??(not filled in), w. of Zebulon
Thompson, Malinda - d. 5/15/1870 57y, da. Piam
Thompson, Oscar - d. 11/28/1844 1y6m, s. Josphus
Thompson, Piam - d. 6/25/1868 86y10m, War of 1812 vet.
Thompson, Samuel Elithorp - d. 2/28/1864 65y, s. Zebulon, War of 1812 Vet.
Thompson, Zebulon - 10/25/1763 - 3/8/1832, Rev. War Vet.
Walsworth, Abigail (Smith) - 1785 - 1861, w. of Elijah
Walsworth, Andrew Patrick - 1819 - 1854
Walsworth, Celestia (Daynes) - d. 6/30/1851 43y, w. of Eldridge
(The Historical Association of South Jefferson has a large oil painting portrait of Celestia hunging in their museum).
Walsworth, Celestine - d. 11/29/1848 3m16d, da. of Patrick
Walsworth, Celestine - d. 8/9/1879 1y8m, da. Nellis
Walsworth, Celestine (Hubbard) - d. 9/26/1848 21y, w. of Patrick
Walsworth, David Smith - 1824 - 1857
Walsworth, Edwin J. - d. 5/1/1850 22y
Walsworth, Eldridge - d. 1/19/1875 75y
Walsworth, Elijah Jr. - 3/30/1788 - 4/30/1855
Walsworth, Elizabeth (Fox) - d. 1804, w. of Zacheus
Walsworth, Levi Benjamin - d. 9/8/1845 37y27d
Walsworth, Phebe (Washburn) - 12/7/1776 - 8/24/1863, w. of Zacheus
Walsworth, Socrates - 12/2/1811 - 9/25/1855
Walsworth, Zacheus - 9/3/1711 - 7/15/1825
ADAMS, NY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
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1849 MARRIAGE RECORDS

 1884 DOWNTOWN ADAMS FIRE
 ADAMS, NY HISTORY

ALLEN FAMILY
ADAMS, NY PHOTO SLIDESHOW

ADAMS, NY ARCHIVAL IMAGES
From the New York State
TUG HILL COMMISSION
 BELLOFF FAMILY
GENERAL
BRUCE C. CLARKE
 BOLDT CASTLE
DEBORAH CHAMPION
CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NATIONAL CHAPTER NO. 438
ADAMS, NY

DR. LOIS GANNETT
GENEALOGY
AND HISTORY LINKS
To New York State Resources,
Jefferson County Histories,
10th Mountain Division,
and much more.

HISTORIC FACTS OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY,
NEW YORK

 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
OF SOUTH JEFFERSON, NY
 HISTORIC WRITINGS
BY ADAMS, NY RESIDENTS
HISTORY OF HOMES
AND LAND IN ADAMS, NY
 HISTORY OF ADAMS AND
JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY
TOWN AND VILLAGE NAMING ORIGINS
 JEFFERSON COUNTY JOURNAL
TRANSCRIPTIONS

Tuesday, March 10, 1896

Tuesday, March 31, 1896

June 16, 1896

Wednesday, April 18, 1945

Wednesday, March 15, 2000
Adams, NY Celebrates 200 Years!

Permission to reproduce
these archival papers granted
by The Jefferson County Journal
MEMORIES OF
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
BY HENRY LYMAN
NORTH ADAMS CHURCH
OFFICIAL RECORDS
Membership records,
births, deaths, baptisms,
excummunications,
burial locations

 PATRICK - THOMPSON
CEMETERY RECORDS
Patrick Road, Adams, NY
This cemetery sits on the town line
for Adams and Rodman.  The majority
of the cemetery is in the town of Adams.
POTTER'S OF
JEFFERSON
AND ONEIDA COUNTIES 		RECORDS:  LAND & DEEDS REMINISCENSES OF ADAMS, NY
RING FAMILY RING' STORE HISTORY;
INCLUDING COOPER AND
DWIGHT BLOCK		 VITAL RECORDS INFORMATION
FOR THE UNITED STATES
VILLAGE OF
ADAMS, NEW YORK SETTLED IN 1800
F. W. WOOLWORTH
OF RODMAN, NY

EVOLUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE
Woolworth's, Watertown, NY,
Belk, Bloomingdale, Gimbel's, Harrod's,
Hudson, Macy's, Marshall Field, Wanamaker, Montgomery Ward

KING OF THE FIVE-AND-DIME

FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH, 1852-1919

WATERTOWN, NY:
Concern for Woolworth Building Future

WOOLWORTH CLOSES ALL STORES

WOOLWORTH CLOSES VARIETY STORE ERA

WOOLWORTH VIRTUAL MUSEUM
 YEARBOOK TRANSCRIPTIONS:
1923 ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL

1924 ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL
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