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Mary <I>Vowell</I> Adams

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Mary Vowell Adams

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
11 Nov 1852 (aged 35–36)
Burial
Clackamas County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 1, Row 12, Plot 35
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Maiden name Vowell (possibly Vowle or Voyles), parents unknown. Born in Tennessee in 1816. Married to Charles Adams on 13 Sept 1838 in Greencastle, Indiana, at age 21. Mother of John Henry, Millie, Margaret Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Pauline, and Charles. Came to Oregon in 1852 and died at the end of the Trail. Life fictionalized in the novel "Mary Vowell Adams: Reluctant Pioneer" by Beatrice L. Bliss.

***Father-- Mann Page Vowell- abt 1768 (Virginia) to abt 1839 (Indiana)
Mother—Nancy Parrott – abt 1772 (Virginia) to abt 1817 (Unknown)
Maiden name Vowell (possibly Vowle or Voyles), parents unknown. Born in Tennessee in 1816. Married to Charles Adams on 13 Sept 1838 in Greencastle, Indiana, at age 21. Mother of John Henry, Millie, Margaret Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Pauline, and Charles. Came to Oregon in 1852 and died at the end of the Trail. Life fictionalized in the novel "Mary Vowell Adams: Reluctant Pioneer" by Beatrice L. Bliss.

***Father-- Mann Page Vowell- abt 1768 (Virginia) to abt 1839 (Indiana)
Mother—Nancy Parrott – abt 1772 (Virginia) to abt 1817 (Unknown)

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