Harriet Ellen Adams
Called Ellen or Helen; daughter of Robert Adams and Caroline Humphrey, early settlers of Columbia County, Wisconsin. She married William McMillan at Fall River, Wisconsin, had nine children, among them Alfred Ross McMillan, and died at Tacoma, Washington, in 1926.
Life
- c. 1848Bornc. 5 Jan 1848, Wisconsin
By her age at death, "78 years 6 months 26 days"; 2 in the 1850 census. The trees' 5 Feb 1847 at Fall River has no source.
- 1850Lived
- c. 1862Married William McMillan12 Sep 1862 or c. 1865, Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin
The index gives 12 Sept 1862, when Harriet was 14; the 1900 census (married 35 years) points to 1865. The certificate image (Columbia Co. no. 02652) would settle it.
- 1880Lived
- 1900Lived
- 1926Died31 Jul 1926, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
Buried 2 Aug 1926, Mountain View Memorial Park (Find a Grave 43882366).
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Family
- Father
- Robert Adams
In their household in 1850; the marriage index names Robert and Caroline Adams; Humphreys lists Caroline's children Jerome B., Ellen and Marion.
- Mother
- Caroline Humphrey
In their household in 1850; the marriage index names Robert and Caroline Adams; Humphreys lists Caroline's children Jerome B., Ellen and Marion.
- Spouse
Pedigree
Notes
Called Ellen or Helen. Born in Wisconsin about January 1848; with her parents Robert Adams and Caroline Humphrey at Richmond, Walworth County, in 1850 (record); the family were early settlers of Columbia County. She married William McMillan at Fall River and had nine children, and died at Tacoma in 1926. Her death certificate gave her father only as “Adams” and her mother as “Unknown.” Her son Fred bore the middle name Wheeler, after her sister Marian’s first husband, Cyrus Wheeler.
Connections
- In her ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Harriet's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.