"MCADAMS, TEXAS. McAdams was on the path of present Farm Road 1696 fourteen miles northwest of Huntsville in eastern Walker County. It was probably named for John McAdams, Jr., an early settler in the area, who served as a member of the St. Augustine Volunteers under Captain Bradley in the Texas revolutionary army. The McAdams home became the center of a rural community, and the village soon supported a church and school. Sam Houston is reported to have been a frequent visitor in the McAdams home. A McAdams post office opened in 1888 with Mary Frances McAdams, second wife of John McAdams, Jr., as postmistress. The Texas Gazetteer estimated the 1896 population of McAdams to be near fifteen; in 1914 the community had a population of sixty, two cotton gins, and three general stores. The post office closed in 1917. In 1936 a schoolhouse, a church, and a cemetery remained. County maps of 1990 indicate only a cemetery at the site."
BIBLIOGRAPHY: D'Anne McAdams Crews, ed., Huntsville and Walker County, Texas: A Bicentennial History (Huntsville, Texas: Sam Houston State University, 1976). Walker County Genealogical Society and Walker County Historical Commission, Walker County (Dallas, 1986).
James L. Hailey
"MCADAMS, TEXAS. McAdams was on the path of present Farm Road 1696 fourteen miles northwest of Huntsville in eastern Walker County. It was probably named for John McAdams, Jr., an early settler in the area, who served as a member of the St. Augustine Volunteers under Captain Bradley in the Texas revolutionary army. The McAdams home became the center of a rural community, and the village soon supported a church and school. Sam Houston is reported to have been a frequent visitor in the McAdams home. A McAdams post office opened in 1888 with Mary Frances McAdams, second wife of John McAdams, Jr., as postmistress. The Texas Gazetteer estimated the 1896 population of McAdams to be near fifteen; in 1914 the community had a population of sixty, two cotton gins, and three general stores. The post office closed in 1917. In 1936 a schoolhouse, a church, and a cemetery remained. County maps of 1990 indicate only a cemetery at the site."
BIBLIOGRAPHY: D'Anne McAdams Crews, ed., Huntsville and Walker County, Texas: A Bicentennial History (Huntsville, Texas: Sam Houston State University, 1976). Walker County Genealogical Society and Walker County Historical Commission, Walker County (Dallas, 1986).
James L. Hailey
Inscription
"Farewell, my wife and children all
From you a father, Christ doth call.
Mourn not for me -- it is vain --
To call me to your sight again."
Gravesite Details
There is a Bible on top of the headstone.
Family Members
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Mary Jane McAdams Davis
1840–1866
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William Francis McAdams
1842–1916
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John Robert McAdams
1844–1907
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Hiram Augustus McAdams
1845–1935
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James Roger McAdams
1847–1924
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Sarah Frances McAdams Allphin
1852–1881
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Hester Elizabeth McAdams Allen
1854–1921
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Loretta E. McAdams
1856–1859
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George Richard McAdams
1858–1927
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Edith Caroline "Eady" McAdams Wilson
1866–1942
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Alice Theodocia "Docia" McAdams Wilson
1869–1941
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Margaret Annaliza "Tommie" McAdams Barron
1870–1946
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Mattie Ethel McAdams Roberts
1875–1959
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Mattie Ethel McAdams Roberts
1875–1959
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