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Mary Adams (Cook)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wilsontown, Lanarkshire, Skottland, United Kingdom
Death: May 07, 1849 (36)
Steamboat Mary, Weston, Platte County, MO, United States (Cholera)
Place of Burial: Platte, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Adam Cook and Agnes Simpson
Wife of David Barclay Adams
Mother of James Adams; Margaret Farnsworth; David Cook Adams; Ellen A Stewart; Adam Adams and 2 others

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About Mary Adams

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B0irth: Oct. 10, 1812, Scotland

Death: May 7, 1849 Weston Platte County Missouri, USA

Daughter of Adam Cook and Agnes Simpson

Married David Barclay Adams, 7 Feb 1835, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Children: James Adams, Adam Adams, Ann Adams, Margaret Adams, Mary Adams, David Cook Adams, Ellen Adams

Death occurred on the Steamboat Mary coming down the Missouri River.

Mary and her two little girls, Ann & Mary, died of cholera and were buried in the river. The bedding and most of the clothes were thrown in the river for these items were not allowed to remain on the ship.

A son, Adam, had died in Scotland.

Family links:

Spouse:
  • David Barclay Adams (1814 - 1881)
Children:

*James Adams (1835 - 1862)*

  • Margaret Adams Farnsworth (1840 - 1872)*
  • David Cook Adams (1845 - 1904)*
  • Ellen Adams Stewart (1848 - 1932)*

Burial: Unknown



Daughter of Adam Cook and Agnes Simpson

Married David Barclay Adams, 7 Feb 1835, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Children: James Adams, Adam Adams, Ann Adams, Margaret Adams, Mary Adams, David Cook Adams, Ellen Adams

Death occurred on the Steamboat Mary coming down the Missouri River.

Mary and her two little girls, Ann & Mary, died of cholera and were buried in the river. The bedding and most of the clothes were thrown in the river for these items were not allowed to remain on the ship.

A son, Adam, had died in Scotland.

Daughter of Adam Cook and Agnes Simpson

Married David Barclay Adams, 7 Feb 1835, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Children: James Adams, Adam Adams, Ann Adams, Margaret Adams, Mary Adams, David Cook Adams, Ellen Adams

Death occurred on the Steamboat Mary coming down the Missouri River.

Mary and her two little girls, Ann & Mary, died of cholera and were buried in the river. The bedding and most of the clothes were thrown in the river for these items were not allowed to remain on the ship.

A son, Adam, had died in Scotland.

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Mary Adams's Timeline

1812
October 10, 1812
Wilsontown, Lanarkshire, Skottland, United Kingdom
1835
November 15, 1835
Dundyavon, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1840
June 1, 1840
Probably Carron Brae, Falkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1845
August 25, 1845
Glendon, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
1848
May 10, 1848
Red Point, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
1849
May 7, 1849
Age 36
Steamboat Mary, Weston, Platte County, MO, United States
May 7, 1849
Age 36
in the Missouri River, Platte, Missouri, United States
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Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Scotland (United Kingdom)