Rufus Columbus Burleson Adair

Name: Rufus Columbus Burleson ADAIR Sex: M Birth: 9 FEB 1844 in , Itawamba, Mississippi Death: 2 AUG 1858 in Payson, Utah, Utah Burial: AUG 1858 Old Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Utah _IFLAGS: 0 Ancestral File #: 4WF0-7J Note: RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The 1856 Utah Territorial Census was taken because Utah was trying to get statehood to avoid some of the problems that later came. As a result they wanted as many people as possible and frequently included names of everyone in a family without regard to whether they were living or dead. As a result, some of the people listed with the family may not actually have been in the household in 1856. The Adair and Mangums listed included the following heads of households in the Provo and Payson City area: George W. Adair, James Mangum, Joseph Adair (wife Rebecca), Samuel Adair, and Thomas Adair. Source for the following entry is FHL Film # 505,913; Ms d 2929 fd. 33, Payson City, p. 8: Samuel Adair Roxana " Ann " John M. " George " Jane " Newton " Rufus " Catherine " William " Joseph " Emily " Ezra T. " Joshua " Eliza J. "

BIOGRAPHY: 1. From email of 26 Dec 2001 email of Norma Entrekin [nje@mindspring.com]: "The History of Samuel Newton Adair dictated to his granddaughter, Mary Gennette Adair Chapman, tells us a little more about the family called Adair. '... My father and I took a trip to Payson and while there my brother, Rufus was killed accidentally with a pistol. (Note: some records say Rufus died at Winter Quarters, on Aug 2, 1847 at age 3 1/2; this would seem to contradict the other records, if correct.)..."

2. From Carolyn Smith, Autobiography of Samuel Newton Adair, Luna, New Mexico, Sept. 15, 1919: "... We reached home June 30, 1858. I was ordained an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by John Frieman and Gabrial Cooley. I and my father took a trip to Payson, Utah County and while there my brother Rufus was killed accidentally with a pistol from the hands of Charles Hall. We returned to Washington and remained there until the year 1860..."

BIRTH: Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002.

DEATH: 1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002. 2. Per website ; "Cemetery/Death Indexes (1852-1996) in Washington County, Utah," compiled by Wesley W. Craig, Ph.D: "Rufus Columbus Adair, b. 9 Feb 1844, d. 2 Aug 1858, Old Wash. City." 3. Typescript "Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Utah," by Cuba Hall Lyle, St. George, Utah, 1986 describes the incompleteness and lack of vital records in early Washington: "...the lack of complete LDS Ward records (only 1880 - 1900 and 1907- 1940's) for the Cotton Mission which began in Washington in the spring of 1857. Consequently, many of the early dates, etc., shown are from family records or memories. The Washington City Offices did not keep death and burial records by location until 1961 when the new sections were platted. Old ward records, city records, LDS family group sheets, federal census records and the 1871 and 1881 school census records of Washington City have all played a part in this material, but, for documentation, some could be questionable. So many families moved on to greener pastures and had no way to leave permanent grave markers." On this list the following are included: Adair, Ann Catherine, b. 11 Apr 1844, d. 27 Mar 1863, parents are William Albert and Johanna Chesnut, spouse is George Washington Adair. Adair, Emily Jane, b. 2 Nov 1855, d. 1860, parents are John Milton Adair and Eliza Jane Richey. Adair, Olive P., b. 27 Nov 1864, d. 28 Nov 1864, parents are George Washington Adair and Emily Prescenda Tyler. Adair, Rufus Columbus, b. 9 Feb 1844, d. 2 Aug 1858, parents are Samuel Jefferson Adair and Jemima Catherine Mangum. Adair, William Orin, b. 12 Oct 1873, d. 18 July 1876, parents are Samuel Newton Adair and Helen Gennette Brown. Carson, Hannah Marie, b. 14 May 1864, d. 14 May 1864, parents are Valentine Carson adn Hannah Waggle.

BURIAL: Per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002.

!ORDINANCES: Verified 28 Feb 2002. BAPTISM: Per Ordinance Index 1.02. ENDOWMENT: Ordinance Index 1.02, FHL Film 170543, p. 540, Ord. 14745, St. George. SEALING TO PARENTS: Ordinance Index 1.02, FHL Film 170583, p. 9; alternate: Film 456339. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Unmarried. Change Date: 2 MAY 2003 at 05:37:29

Father: Samuel Jefferson ADAIR b: 28 MAR 1806 in , Laurens, South Carolina Mother: Jemima Catherine MANGUM b: 14 SEP 1809 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio

Please feel free to contact Delbert Adair Jr. at the following address: dtadair@att.net
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