Interim Content
Adams, James Marvin
Biography
11 May/11 June 1806–20 Aug. 1873. Miller, farmer. Born at Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of James Adams and Polly Marvin. Married Hannah Elizabeth Root, 12 June 1828, in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by 27 May 1837. Presided over branch in Andover, Ashtabula Co., beginning 1837. Served mission in Trumbull Co., Ohio, 1841. Served as agent for Times and Seasons, 1842, in Andover. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, where he purchased land, 1845. Ordained a high priest by John Smith, 18 Jan. 1845, in Nauvoo. Joined Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints after associating with James J. Strang’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Moved to Silver Prairie, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, by 1850. Moved to Boyer Township, Harrison Co., Iowa, by 1856. Died at Woodbine, Harrison Co.
Links
papers
- Invoice, Trustee-in-Trust to Nauvoo Temple Committee, 24 November 1842–25 July 1843
- Invoice, Trustee-in-Trust to Nauvoo Temple Committee, 24 November 1842–8 February 1843
- Letter from Hannah Root and James M. Adams, 10 March 1843
- Letter from James M. Adams, 16 November 1842
- License for James M. Adams, 29 May 1837
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Tithing Daybook B
- Trustee-in-Trust Ledger A, December 1841–May 1845
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
- Gender
- Male