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Henry Adams

Birth	:	24 Oct 1789
Death	:	24 May 1880
Burial	:	Peru Center Cemetery, Peru Township, Huron County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1756097, -82.6854577
Description	:	the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (pg 261-262) " Henry Adams, was born in 1790 in Marlboro town, Windham Co., Vt., and was, while still a youth, a school teacher in that place. On October 14, 1813, he married Annis, daughter of Simeon Barr, who was also born at Rowe, Mass., and a year later set out for that portion of Ohio known as the "Firelands," leaving his young wife and infant daugter Emily at Rowe, until he could prepare a home for them in the wilderness. He took with... Read More	the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (pg 261-262) " Henry Adams, was born in 1790 in Marlboro town, Windham Co., Vt., and was, while still a youth, a school teacher in that place. On October 14, 1813, he married Annis, daughter of Simeon Barr, who was also born at Rowe, Mass., and a year later set out for that portion of Ohio known as the "Firelands," leaving his young wife and infant daugter Emily at Rowe, until he could prepare a home for them in the wilderness. He took with him, on this long journey, a load of tinware, which he sold on his arrival in Cleveland, and then proceeded to what is now Peru township, Huron Co., Ohio, where he laid the foundation of his western home on a part of the farm now occupied by his grandson, F. E. Wilcox, and was the earliest pioneer of this division of Huron county. Some time later his wife and child and a party of relatives arrived. They journeyed on a wagon from Massachusetts to Buffalo, N. Y., where the team "gave out," compelling the young mother and the adults of the party to walk to the Adams settlement in Peru. The original home was constructed with poles and bark, but later a substantial log cabin was built, near the site of the present Wilcox residence. The children born to Henry and Annis (Barr) Adams were Emily, who married Asahel Wilcox; Caroline, born in Peru township February 27, 1818, married S. D. Seymour, and died in Taylor county, Tex.; Levi, born December 27, 1820, died when seven months old; Simeon F., born October 28, 1821, died in infancy; Franklin L. C, born June 5, 1823, died in 1840; Jane, born April 6, 1825, married Eliphalet Adams, and died at Norwalk, Huron county; Levi, born July 20, 1827, died in 1829; and Alonzo and Melissa (twins), born April 15, 1830, the former of whom died May 29, 1865. Mr. Adams resided here until his death from paralysis, May 24, 1881. He settled in the forest when there was only one house at Norwalk and one at Sandusky, endured all the trials and privations common to the pioneer, and yet, beyond the ordinary "chills and fever" which attacked strong and weak without distinction, he never suffered from illness until paralysis came to carry him off. He was not only a pioneer in name but also in fact. He encouraged improvements in agricultural methods, and was the first to introduce mowers, reapers and other implements of husbandry into Peru township. He set out the first seed for fruit trees, ordering the seeds from Vermont. A consignment of seeds went down in Lake Erie with the vessel on which they were shipped, but a day later the wreckers rescued the freight and everything which escaped dissolution in the waters was sent to its destination. From a bag of seeds recovered at that time, the fruit trees on the present Wilcox farm sprung. Mr. Adams was a Democrat in early years; but about 1856 he joined the Whig party, and afterward became a strong Abolitionist. He was a conductor on the "Underground Railroad," and had his own depot for concealing refugee slaves. He taught the first school in Peru township, assembling the pupils in his own log cabin. He was one of the earliest adherents of Methodism, and helped to establish and sustain the house of worship in Peru village, from 1824 until he joined the new denomination, in which he remained to the period of his death."

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Latitude: 41.1756097
Longitude: -82.6854577

Family Members:

Spouse

Annis Barr Adams

(1789 - 1859)

Children

Emily Adams Wilcox

(1814 - 1897)

Jane Adams Adams

(1825 - 1890)

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Coordinate: 41.1756097, -82.6854577

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8. Old Saint Joseph Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2339100, -82.6387000

13. Hunts Corners Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2203800, -82.7539700

14. Lyme Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2313995, -82.7403030

15. Saint Pauls Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2322006, -82.6306000

16. Saint Joseph Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2458000, -82.6908035

17. Steuben Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1048400, -82.6836400

18. Infirmary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2236120, -82.6108250

19. Hinckley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1397018, -82.5980988

20. Missey Burial
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Coordinate: 41.1411270, -82.5962510

21. Cole Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.2094100, -82.5911260

22. Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery
Norwalk, Huron County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2392220, -82.6200330

23. Saint Sebastian Catholic Cemetery
Bismarck, Huron County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1642600, -82.7915400

24. Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Columbarium
Norwalk, Huron County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2396600, -82.6200300