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Sylvester Adams 1853–1927 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Feb 1853

Birth Location: Pennsylvania

Death Date: 30 Dec 1927

Death Location: Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: Alexander Adams

Mother: Hilinda Rankin

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Sylvester Adams was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania, the child of Alexander Adams And Hilinda Rankin. Sylvester Adams passed away in 1927 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sylvester Adams was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania, the child of Alexander Adams And Hilinda Rankin.
  • Sylvester Adams passed away in 1927 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Sylvester Adams's Ancestors

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Sylvester Adams
1853–1927
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Parents
Alexander Adams
1813–1887
Logan's Ferry Heights, Wilkins Twp, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Hilinda Rankin
1835–1922
Parnassus, Pennsylvania
Grandparents
John Adams
1788–1872
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Eve ("Evi") Lewis
1798–1850
Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Lewis Adams
1769–1861
Martha Adams
1769–1864
Lewis Lewis
1774–1841
Abigail Roberts
1774–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lewis Lewis
1744–1778
Mary Burson
1752–1841
Abraham Roberts
1730–1815
Catherine Lester
1733–1778

Sylvester Adams's Timeline

2 Records

1853
19 Feb 1853
Birth of Sylvester Adams in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1927
30 Dec 1927
Age 74
Death of Sylvester Adams in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Feb 1853
    Event Place: Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Dec 1927
    Event Place: Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, United States of America

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