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Ichabod Boyd Adams

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Ichabod Boyd Adams

Birth
Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Oct 1878 (aged 66)
Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA
Burial
Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Ichabod's parents were Sylvester (1760 - 1820) and Rebecca Boyd Adams (1772 - 1839).

Ichabod Adams, was born in Humphreys County, Tenn., January 16, 1812, of Welsh parents. January 23, 1833, he married Miss Ann Hooper, of Humphreys County, born February 6, 1816, of Scotch parents. They had eleven children, six of whom are surviving, as follows: Keziah, A. Ennis, George H., Rebecca, Harvey L., Ichabod, Jr. He was a farmer and stock trader in Tennessee, and came to Texas with his family, in 1850, and began stock raising in Brown County. He was the first treasurer of Brown County, but did not give up his cattle business, in which he had been successful. In 1875 he moved his herd to Tom Green County, on the Colorado River, now Coke County. He died October 4, 1878, at his home in Brown County. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895

Above information provided by Find a Grave contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Ichabod's parents were Sylvester (1760 - 1820) and Rebecca Boyd Adams (1772 - 1839).

Ichabod Adams, was born in Humphreys County, Tenn., January 16, 1812, of Welsh parents. January 23, 1833, he married Miss Ann Hooper, of Humphreys County, born February 6, 1816, of Scotch parents. They had eleven children, six of whom are surviving, as follows: Keziah, A. Ennis, George H., Rebecca, Harvey L., Ichabod, Jr. He was a farmer and stock trader in Tennessee, and came to Texas with his family, in 1850, and began stock raising in Brown County. He was the first treasurer of Brown County, but did not give up his cattle business, in which he had been successful. In 1875 he moved his herd to Tom Green County, on the Colorado River, now Coke County. He died October 4, 1878, at his home in Brown County. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895

Above information provided by Find a Grave contributor: Sherry (47010546)


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