OCCGS Civil War Veteran’s Project
Veteran’s Information
Veteran’s Name: Harrison Zachariah ADAMS
Birth Date: 24 December 1807
Location: Amelia County, Virginia
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Death Date: 17 March 1891
Location: Orange County, California
Buried at: Santa Ana Cemetery
Plot Location: IOOF (14,2,8)
GPS Coordinates: N33° 46' 04.93026" W117° 50' 20.93231"
(DMS) Datum: NAD83. Coordinates are +/- 1.00 feet of the grave location
Side Served - Union
Rank: Captain
Company: G
Unit: 113th Infantry Regiment
State: Ohio
Occupation: Minister
Family Information
Parents –
Father: Bernard Adams
Birth Date/Location: Virginia
Death Date/Location: unknown
Mother: Cecelia/Celia ?
Birth Date/Location: Virginia
Death Date/Location: unknown
Spouse: Margarete Dye
Birth Date / Location: unknown
Death Date/Location: unknown
Marriage Date / Location: 16 April 1839, Madison County, Ohio
Children –
Name: Wesley F. Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1841, Ohio
Death Date / Location: unknown
Comm. Sergeant, Co S, Ohio 18th Infantry Regiment
Name: Mary E. Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1842, Ohio
Death Date / Location: unknown
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Spouse: Elizabeth C. Chambers
Birth Date / Location: 4 March 1829, Gallia County, Ohio
Death Date/Location: 1899, Orange County, California
Marriage Date / Location: 3 July 1848, Gallia County, Ohio
Children –
Name: Sarah Celia Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1849, Ohio
Death Date / Location: unknown
Name: Margaret Eugenia Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1853, Virginia
Death Date / Location: unknown
Name: Lilly Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1856, Ohio
Death Date / Location: unknown
Name: Leonidas (Leon) H. Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1858, Ohio
Death Date / Location: 25 October 1933, Orange County, California
Name: Carrie Adams
Birth Date / Location: ABT 1861, Ohio
Death Date / Location: 4 May 1935, Orange County, California
Name: Harrison Zachary “Harry” Adams Jr.
Birth Date / Location: 28 June 1864, Ohio
Death Date / Location: 23 July 1953, Alameda County, California
Additional Information
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Member of Sedgwick Post No 17, GAR
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Enlisted 13 August 1862, commissioned 18 August 1862, mustered out 25 January 1863.
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Madison County Marriage Records, Madison County, Ohio,
ADAMS, Harrison Z. and Margerete DYE, April 16, 1839
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Occupation: Minister in 1860, 1870 and 1880 census
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Sources
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Civil War Veterans – Orange County, California submitted by Gordon Bricken, searchable data
base, http://www.cagenweb.com/orange/civilwarvets.htm
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Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866,
Volume I – Volume X; Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission, William
McKinley, Jr., Governor, Samuel M. Taylor, Secretary of State, James C. Hume, Adjutant
General, The Werner Company, Akron, Ohio 1893
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National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to
Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
2000.
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Family Tree: Jackson Family Tree on Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc, 1997-2012
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1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
o Coolville, Athens County, Ohio, M653_934, Page 252, Lines 10 - 17
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1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
o Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, M593_1196, Page 313, Lines 15 – 22, Record for
Harrison G. Adams
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Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records
of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. for H.L.
Adams
o Junction City, Perry County, Ohio, T9_1057, Page 191A, Lines 29 – 36, Record for H
Adams
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United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States,1900.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls
o Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, T623_91, page 312A, Line 6, Record
Elizabeth Adams
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State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of
California Department of Health Services, Center, Microfilm; for Health Statistics for Harrison Jr.
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USGenweb.com, Madison County Marriage Records, Madison County, Ohio, searchable
database on line, http://madisonoh.ancestralsites.com/marriages/a.php
Footnotes
1. Photograph of tombstone for Harrison Z. Adams, Santa Ana Cemetery, Orange County,
California taken by Charles Lewis Beal, 2/20/2007. Retrieved 12 February 2012, from
Findagrave.com. Used with the permission of Charles Beal.
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