Henry Ann Adams married, first, a cousin, William Clay Adams, and had two children, Nancy Estelle, (who married Grandy Taylor), and William Clay, Jr. Her second marriage was to Chesterfield Watson Wiley, and many descendants of this union are well-known in Warren county.
The first child was Mary Elizabeth, who married Dr. Alfred T. Drake, and is living today, physically and mentally alert at 91 years of age. Mrs. Drake sings many old and unusual songs and ballads that were sung by her grandmother, Nancy, and her mother, Henry Ann. Dr. John Vincent and the music department at Western hope to persuade Mrs. Drake to make recordings of these old songs, in order that the words and tunes may preserved. Mrs. Drake recalls her great grandfather, John Hines, a few months before his death, "reclining on a handsome mahogany sofa, with bright blue plaid afghan thrown over him, waited on by his servant, Minerva. His hair was very white; I thought he looked very elegant. My mother and sisters rode home from this visit in John Hines' fine carriage, the two horses driven by Frank, one of the Negro servants. The carriage had two seats, facing each other with a separate seat up front for the driver. I rode on the seat facing backward and was very sea-sick. I had never seen or ridden in a carriage before this, as almost everybody rode horseback in those days." Mrs. Drakes children and grandchildren are well known in Bowling Green. Among them are Mrs. Charles W. Spalding, Mrs. Glee T. Hillis, Jesse D. Spalding, Thomas E. Spalding, Harriet Elizabeth Spalding and Charles Alfred Spalding, Mrs. Clarence Vertne Miller, Mrs. Arch H. McFarland, Frank W. Drake, Mrs. Percy Dent, Misses Virginia and Laura Barton Dent, and many others, whose names are included in the family record.
Henry Ann Wiley's other children were Sara Anthelene, who married Thomas Smith; James Henry Wiley; Laura Dean Wiley, who married Samuel Benson Sublett, the mother of our beloved postmaster, Harold Sublett; John C. Wiley, who died young; Samuel Davis (Jeff) Wiley; and Caroline Belle, who married Benjamin Moss Moore.
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Married William Clay Adams November 21, 1842 in Warren Co., Kentucky.
Married Chesterfield Watson Wiley on January 28, 1848.
Henry Ann Adams married, first, a cousin, William Clay Adams, and had two children, Nancy Estelle, (who married Grandy Taylor), and William Clay, Jr. Her second marriage was to Chesterfield Watson Wiley, and many descendants of this union are well-known in Warren county.
The first child was Mary Elizabeth, who married Dr. Alfred T. Drake, and is living today, physically and mentally alert at 91 years of age. Mrs. Drake sings many old and unusual songs and ballads that were sung by her grandmother, Nancy, and her mother, Henry Ann. Dr. John Vincent and the music department at Western hope to persuade Mrs. Drake to make recordings of these old songs, in order that the words and tunes may preserved. Mrs. Drake recalls her great grandfather, John Hines, a few months before his death, "reclining on a handsome mahogany sofa, with bright blue plaid afghan thrown over him, waited on by his servant, Minerva. His hair was very white; I thought he looked very elegant. My mother and sisters rode home from this visit in John Hines' fine carriage, the two horses driven by Frank, one of the Negro servants. The carriage had two seats, facing each other with a separate seat up front for the driver. I rode on the seat facing backward and was very sea-sick. I had never seen or ridden in a carriage before this, as almost everybody rode horseback in those days." Mrs. Drakes children and grandchildren are well known in Bowling Green. Among them are Mrs. Charles W. Spalding, Mrs. Glee T. Hillis, Jesse D. Spalding, Thomas E. Spalding, Harriet Elizabeth Spalding and Charles Alfred Spalding, Mrs. Clarence Vertne Miller, Mrs. Arch H. McFarland, Frank W. Drake, Mrs. Percy Dent, Misses Virginia and Laura Barton Dent, and many others, whose names are included in the family record.
Henry Ann Wiley's other children were Sara Anthelene, who married Thomas Smith; James Henry Wiley; Laura Dean Wiley, who married Samuel Benson Sublett, the mother of our beloved postmaster, Harold Sublett; John C. Wiley, who died young; Samuel Davis (Jeff) Wiley; and Caroline Belle, who married Benjamin Moss Moore.
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Married William Clay Adams November 21, 1842 in Warren Co., Kentucky.
Married Chesterfield Watson Wiley on January 28, 1848.
Family Members
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Nancy Estelle Adams Taylor
1843–1884
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William Clay Adams II
1845–1898
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Mary Elizabeth Wiley Drake
1850–1947
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Sarah Anthaline Wiley Smith
1851–1922
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James Henry Wiley
1854–1908
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Lura Dean Wiley Sublett
1856–1955
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John Chesterfield Wiley
1858–1866
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Samuel Davis Wiley
1860–1931
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Caroline Belle Wiley McFadden
1867–1939
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