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Male William Adams Click to view William Adams in the family tree

William was born about 1857 in Hempstead Co, Arkansas.1   William's father was Martin Adams and his mother was Clarinda Wilson.  His maternal grandparents were John Bois d'Arc Wilson and Jane Reaves. He had four brothers and six sisters, named George Washington, John W., Martin Franklin, William, Jane, Martha Lewis, Mary, Clarinda Lillian, Arle Ann and Mary Ann.  He was the third youngest of the eleven children.  He died after 1884 in Of DeRoane, Hempstead Co, Arkansas.2 

1 1880 US Federal Census
2 Hempstead Co, Arkansas Abstract of Wills, Intestate, and Other Probate Records 1822-1917


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