Gilmore family.
Biographical notes:
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Benoni and Susan (Chamberlain) Adams, Harvey Alexander Adams (1812-1895) lived in Ohio, before settling in Fayette County, Texas, where he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1848. Adams also participated in the Somervell Expedition, a failed invasion of Mexico in 1842. In 1851, Adams married Caroline Eliza Barnett (1828-1851), with whom he had one daughter, Caroline Missouri Adams (1851-1921). He later married Caroline McMillan (1826-1914). In 1871, his daughter Caroline married George Alexander Gilmore (1847-1926), with whom she bore two daughters, Frances and Ophelia Arnett (b. 1881).
From the guide to the Adams-Gilmore Family Papers 2002-007; 2002-241., [ca. 1840s-1900s], (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
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Subjects:
- Family life
- Justices of the peace
- Somervell Expedition (1842)
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- Fayette County (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Texas (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
