James Walter Adams

James Walter was born on February 26th, 1851.¹   James Walter's father was James S. Adams and his mother was Emeline Earnest. He had four brothers and three sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named George Vincent, William Lawrence, Thomas Martin, Sidney Johnson, Sarah Frances, Josephine Viola, Mary Jane and Lusa.  He was the second oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 17 on September 1st, 1868.¹