Osee ADAMS

(b. 5 August 1794 , Conway, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 March 1877 , Conway, Massachusetts, USA )

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Osee ADAMS was born 5 August 1794 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Osee ADAMS was the child of Joel ADAMS and Joanna HALE

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Osee married Mary Catherine PHINNEY 6 November 1838 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Mary Catherine PHINNEY was born abt. 1818 in New Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Mary Catherine died 24 April 1907 in Orange, Massachusetts, USA. Mary Catherine was the child of Jason PHINNEY and Ruth TYRER.

Osee ADAMS died 28 March 1877 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA.
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Osee ADAMS married

Mary Catherine PHINNEY-- Date: 6 November 1838 Place: Conway, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Catherine PHINNEY was the child of Jason PHINNEY and Ruth TYRER

Name: Osee Adams
Spouse's Name: Mary Catharine Phinney
Event Date: 06 Nov 1838
Event Place: Conway,Franklin,Massachusetts
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50170-1 , System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM , GS Film number: 0873740 IT 2

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Children of Osee ADAMS and Mary Catherine PHINNEY:

William Hale ADAMS (b.5 March 1840, Conway, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Irene A ADAMS (b.abt. 1842, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Henry Harrison ADAMS (b.20 November 1847, Conway, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 December 1915, Orange, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Sarah Eliza HASKINS 25 July 1871 in Orange, Massachusetts, USA

Rendall ADAMS (b.June 1850, , Massachusetts, USA d. , , Massachusetts, USA)

Homer ADAMS (b.1 May 1852, Conway, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

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1794 Birth
Name: Osee Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 05 Aug 1794
Birthplace: CONWAY,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS
Father's Name: Joel Adams
Mother's Name: Joanna
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50170-1 , System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM , GS Film number: 0873740 IT 2

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Biography
Osee Adams (Joel, Benjamin, Thomas, Nathaniel, William), b. Aug. 5, 1794, m. May 6, 1839, Mary C. Phinney. She d. April 24, 1907.

Children.
William Hale, b. Mar. 5, 1840.
Henry Harrison, b. Nov. 20, 1847.
Homer, b. May 1, 1852.

History of Conway (Massachusetts) 1767-1917
Editor Charles Stanley Pease
Publisher Springfield Printing and Binding Company, 1917
Page 242

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Marriage / Partner
Osee ADAMS and Mary Catherine PHINNEY 6 November 1838, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

He was 44 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1840 Conway, Massachusetts
Name: Osee Adams
Event Place: Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts
Page Number: 158
Affiliate Publication Number: M704 , Affiliate Film Number: 183 , GS Film number: 0014677 , Digital Folder Number: 004410663 , Image Number: 00326
1840 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1840 Birth of Child
William Hale ADAMS was born 5 March 1840, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Osee was 45 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1847 Birth of Child
Henry Harrison ADAMS was born 20 November 1847, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Osee was 53 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Conway, Massachusetts

Name: Osee Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1795
Birthplace: Massachusetts
House Number: 30
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Osee Adams M 55 Massachusetts
Mary Adams F 32 Massachusetts
William Adams M 10 Massachusetts
Henry H Adams M 2 Massachusetts
Rendall Adams M 0 Massachusetts
Household ID: 30 , Line Number: 31 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 316 , GS Film Number: 443535 , Digital Folder Number: 004199345 , Image Number: 00316
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 Birth of Child
Rendall ADAMS was born June 1850, , Massachusetts, USA

Osee was 55 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Homer ADAMS was born 1 May 1852, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Osee was 57 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Conway, Massachusetts

Name: Osee Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: The Town Of Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1794
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page: 32
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Osee Adams M 66 Massachusetts
Mary C Adams F 42 Massachusetts
William H Adams M 20 Massachusetts
Henry H Adams M 12 Massachusetts
Homer Adams M 10 Massachusetts
Household ID: 261 , GS Film Number: 803501 , Digital Folder Number: 004232230 , Image Number: 00536
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Conway, Massachusetts
Name: Osee Adams
Age (Expanded): 70 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1795
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Event Place: Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Osee Adams M 70y Massachusetts
Mary C Adams F 47y Massachusetts
William H Adams M 25y Massachusetts
Irene A Adams F 23y Massachusetts
Henry H Adams M 17y Massachusetts
Homer Adams M 14y Massachusetts
Family Number: 47 , Line Number: 1 , GS Film number: 0954563 , Digital Folder Number: 4286771 , Image Number: 00120
1865 Massachusetts Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Marriage of Child
Henry Harrison ADAMS married 25 July 1871, Orange, Massachusetts, USA to Sarah Eliza HASKINS

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

Death
Name: Osee Adams
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Mar 1877
Event Place: Conway, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Conway, Mass.
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Conway
Birth Year (Estimated): 1795
Father's Name: Joel Adams
Father's Birthplace: Mass.
Mother's Name: Joanna Adams
Mother's Birthplace: Mass.
Reference ID: v 292 p 291 , GS Film number: 960212 , Digital Folder Number: 4221427 , Image Number: 390

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Grave

Howland Cemetery
Conway, Massachusetts, USA

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Osee is buried at: Howland Cemetery
Shelburne Falls Rd

Conway, Massachusetts, USA
(413) 369-4475

Added: 9/28/2014 7:58:56 PM - Updated: 2/2/2025 2:26:19 PM

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