Beginnings, Adams Surname

Adams:

Myron Adams married Hester Zach, they are my Maternal Grandparents.
Parents of Myron: John Porter Adams & Stella Gertrude Merkley -Great Grandparents
Parents of John P: Jacob Adams & Minerva Agnes Porter -2nd Great Grandparents
Parents of Jacob: Jesse Henry Adams & Emilia H Allender -my 3rd Great Grandparents
Parents of Jesse: Nimrod Adams & Nancy Etchison -my 4th Great Grandparents
Parents of Nimrod: Unknown

Nimrod Adams (1770-1824) & Nancy Etchison (1775-1850)
Married: 1793 *Source: none, Census
Rowan, North Carolina
Easter Adams (1795-1841) married Miles West
Elizabeth Adams (1800-) married Isaac Hardin
Sylvester Adams (1801-1864) married Sarah (Sally) Maxwell
John Adams (1804-1858) married Lavina Kenion or Kinnaman
Stephen Beacham Adams (1807-1874) married Lydia Ellen Allender
Sarah (Sally) Adams (1808-1835) married George Allender Jr
Jesse Henry Adams (1810-1890) married Emilia "Milly" H Allender
Nimrod Adams Jr (1816-1896) married Sarah Jane Spencer

Jesse Henry Adams (1810-1890) & Emilia H Allender (1816-1901)
Married: 8/23/1835 *Source: Descendants of George Allender, 1914
Rush, Indiana
Lydia E. Adams (1839-1913)
George Adams (1841-1847) died young, age 6
Nancy Jessie Adams (1842-1904) married Nathan Nelson Porter
Elizabeth Adams (1844-1925)
Flavilla Adams (1845-1922)
Stephen Adams (1847-1847) died about 6 months of age
Jacob Adams (1848-1920) married Minerva Agnes Porter
Francis Adams (1850-1870) died young, age 20
William M. Adams (1851-1906) married Emeline F ?
Millie S. Adams (1860-1894) died young, age 34

Jacob Adams (1848-1920) & Minerva Agnes Porter (1855-1943)
Married: 2/11/1873 *Source: Indiana, Marriage Collection
Rush, Indiana
Sara Elizabeth Adams (1873-1967) married Robert Franklin Cottingham
'Milly' Capitora Adams (1879-1933) married Ray Swartz
Jesse Adams (1844-1943) married Lillian Margaret Thorpe
John Porter Adams (1888-1922) married Stella Gertrude Merkley

John Porter Adams (1888-1922) & Stella Gertrude Merkley (1890-1926)
both died young: John, age 34 and Stella, age 35, four years after John
Children at age of Stella's death (5/23/1926): Myron 14; Angeline 13; Alice 11; Mildred 9; Max 7
Married: 12/15/1910 *Source: Iowa, Select Marriages
Sac, Iowa
Myron 'Jake' Adams (1911-1972) married Hester Marie Zach
Angeline A Adams (1913-1989) married Victor S. Robinson
Alice Gertrude Adams (1915-1992) married Albert L Nichols
Mildred Lavonn Adams (1916-1984) ? Tindle
Max Adams (1919-1992) no record of marriage
Mary Elizabeth Adams (1920-1920) stillborn

Myron 'Jake' Adams (1911-1972) & Hester Marie Zach (1913-1984)
Married: 3/30/1931 *Source: Iowa Marriage Records
Sac, Iowa
2nd Wife: Eleanor LaVonne Nelsen. 4/13/1940

Stella Merkley-Adams, her children, her parents: Edgar and Matilda Merkley

'Jake' and Hes and Joanne