My name is Roger Cox and I am the volunteer responsible for Adams County Iowa. I was born in Corning and lived in Adams County until 1976, when I moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. My relatives still live in Corning, and I still visit the area from time to time. My gg-grandfather Samuel Hardesty and his wife Maria helped to settle Adams County in the early 1850's, and my other Cox & McPherren ancestors settled in Adams County in the 1870's.
Adams County was created from Pottawattamie County in 1851, but was not fully organized until 1853. The county seat is Corning. Census records exist from 1860 to 1880 and 1900 to 1930. The earliest state censuses for Adams County were taken in 1854 and 1856. Adams County was named after John Adams, the second President of the United States.
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Old Message Boards (2001 - 2006):
Ancestry Adams County Message Board
GenForum Adams County Message Board
Submit your gravestone photos for Adams County so that others can see them long after their inscriptions wear away.
Other Special Projects:
Adams County Genealogical Society
now meets every 1st Sunday at 2pm in the Corning Public Library
next meeting: Apr. 6, 2008
email: ACGSCORN @ YAHOO.COM
Andres Knutson Ytrevoll (Andrew K. Anderson), in a party of nine, including his parents, siblings, his wife and two children departed Stavanger, Norway 10 May 1846 aboard the Brig Norden, arriving New York 15 July 1846. Andrew and his family first resided Norway, Mission Twp., LaSalle Co, Illinois, then to Norway in Benton Co., Iowa and on to Strand, Adams Co., Iowa. Three of his children: Andrew John Anderson and Ole Anderson and Sarah (Anderson) Lee married and raised their families near Strand in Lincoln and Douglas Twp's in Adams County. These three families stayed at Strand even though their father with his third wife and youngest children went on to Clark Co., Washington Territory, where he homesteaded- always looking for a "place that looked like Norway, "where he died at age 91. Some of the families - mostly the grandchildren of those three families moved away - altho quite a few still have Corning, Brooks, Nodaway, Prescott, Lenox, Red Oak and Villisca addresses.
Read more about the ANDERSON Family's 100th Reunion here: Villisca Review .
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Do you have items of interest that you would like to see on these pages, such as biographies, family stories, historical events, etc.? If so please send them to me, and I will make a page for your information.
Do you have a Home Page on the Web that has genealogy information relating to Adams County, Iowa? If so, please send me the URL, and I will make a link to your site.
Please use the email link at the bottom of this page.
Roger
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In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. The IAGenWeb Project is an outgrowth of that original Kentucky project.
County pages are hosted
by volunteers who coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee
the contents of their web pages. If you would like to contribute your information
to this page, please let me know. We would like to have biographical
information on Adams County individuals as well as historical information
about this area.
If you wish to participate in the
IAGenWeb Project, visit "Join
Our Team" .
Karen De Groote Johnson - IaGenWeb State Coordinator
Richard Harrison - Assistant IaGenWeb State Coordinator
Barbara Hug - Immediate Past State Coordinator (2006-2007)
Constance Diamond- Welcome Hostess Co-Chair
Lnda Ziemann - Welcome Hostess Co-Chair
Map of Adams County
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This page was created on 24 Mar 1997. Last updated on 28 March 2008.
Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 , 2005 , 2006, 2007, 2008 by Roger A. Cox. Disclaimer information. Information in these pages may NOT be used for any commercial (for profit) purposes. Volunteers are always welcome!
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