Maj. Thomas Adams

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 Major Thomas Patton Adams was born on 10 February 1836 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee.1,2 He was the son of Thomas Patton Adams and Anne Tennant.1 Major Thomas Patton Adams married Mary Elizabeth Bragg, daughter of Henry Allen Bragg and Frances Ann Armistead, on 3 December 1867 in Hazelwood, near Arlington, Shelby County, Tennessee.1 Major Thomas Patton Adams died on 2 September 1901 in Hazelwood, near Arlington, Shelby County, Tennessee, at age 65.1,2 He was buried in Chambers Chapel Cemetery, Lakeland, Shelby County, Tennessee, Find A Grave Memorial# 7664686.1

    He appeared on the 1850 Federal census of Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, in the household of his mother Anne Tennant.3 During the Civil War, he served on the staff of his brother Brig. Gen. John Adams. After the war, he established a cotton commission business named Fowlkes and Adams in Memphis, TN. In his later years, he was a full time farmer at Hazelwood.1 Major Thomas Patton Adams appeared on the 1870 Federal census of Eighth District, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee,, in the household of his mother-in-law Frances Ann Armistead.4 Major Thomas Patton Adams and Mary Elizabeth Bragg appeared on the 1880 Federal census of Shelby County, Tennessee, enumerated 10 June 1880. Their children Sterling Fowlkes, Henry Bragg, Frances Graham, Mary Belle and John Crockett were listed as living with them.5

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