William James Adams b. Jul 1856 Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA d. 23 Mar 1928 Mobile County, Alabama, USA: MontyHistNotes

1856 - 1928 (71 years)

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Name	William James Adams [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]
Birth	Jul 1856	Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA [4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20]
Gender	Male
Family Search ID	LZNW-J36
Occupation	Retail Grocer [18]
Residence	1870	Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA [19]
Residence	1880	Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA [18]
Residence	1900	Talladega County, Alabama, USA [4]
Residence	1910	Mobile County, Alabama, USA [5]
Residence	Ward 8
Residence	1920	Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, USA [13]
Burial	1928	Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA [7, 9]
Death	23 Mar 1928	Mobile County, Alabama, USA [7, 9, 10, 12]
Person ID	I14253	MontyHistNotes_2014 \| JMMM_son James Montgomery, William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

Family Norma Ezella Montgomery, b. 30 Apr 1861, Greenwood, Jackson, Florida, USA d. 15 Dec 1933, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)

Marriage 17 May 1881 Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA [1, 4, 11, 14, 17, 20]

Children

+	1. Lucious Geneve Adams, Sr, b. 6 May 1882, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA d. 27 Apr 1936, Mobile County, Alabama, USA (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	2. Norma Vivian Adams, b. 15 Sep 1884, Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA d. 27 May 1971, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
>	3. Lucille Egell Adams, b. 14 Jun 1887, Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA d. 10 Nov 1958, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	4. Ralph Milton Adams, b. 14 Aug 1890, Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA d. 2 Dec 1951, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F1666 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 8 Oct 2025

Event Map

	Birth - Jul 1856 - Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA
	Residence - 1870 - Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA
	Residence - 1880 - Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA
	Marriage - 17 May 1881 - Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, USA
	Residence - 1900 - Talladega County, Alabama, USA
	Residence - Ward 8 - 1910 - Mobile County, Alabama, USA
	Residence - 1920 - Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	Burial - 1928 - Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA
	Death - 23 Mar 1928 - Mobile County, Alabama, USA

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Sources

[S962] Pine, Vivian Garner, William Addison Montgomery Family Group Worksheet, (Name: Name: Yates Publishing Company; Location: San Antonio, Texas; Date: 5Mar 1989;;), William Addison Montgomery.
[S3747] Moseley, Franklin S, Heros of the Cross, (Name: Central Alabama Genealogical Society Quarterly; Location: Selma, Alabama, USA; Date: Oct 2001;), Includes newspaper article from Southern Home 12-27-1956 Eutaw, Alabama Greene County Democrat, 12-27-1956, Page 1.
[S3480] Ancestry.com, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
Record for Ralph Milton Adams
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[S3845] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Talladega, Talladega, Alabama; Roll: 40; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 0090; FHL microfilm: 1240040.
Record for William Adams
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[S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Mobile Ward 8, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T624_27; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1374040.
Record for William J Adams
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[S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Lucille Adams Collins
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Record for William A. Adams
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[S3145] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for William James Adams
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Record for William J Adams
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[S272] Day, Kate Pickens and Monroe Pickens, Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family, (Name: Hiott Press; Location: Easley, South Carolina, USA; Date: 1951;), pp 205-206 Chapter 6 William Addison Montgomery See file Pickens.pdf, 51048263.
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Record for Lucius Geneve Adams
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[S4197] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WBJ2-2XT2 : 29 October 2019), Lucius Geneve Adams, ; citing Burial, Magnolia Cemetery, Crenshaw, Alabama, United States, Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. (Reliability: 1).
Lucius Geneve Adams, "Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WBJ2-2XT2
[S4297] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
Record for Norma E Montgomery
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[S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Talladega, Talladega, Alabama; Roll: 32; Page: 118A; Enumeration District: 133.
Record for William G. Adams
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[S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Talladega, Talladega, Alabama; Roll: M593_41; Page: 554A; Family History Library Film: 545540.
Record for William J Adams
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[S4297] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
Record for William A Adams
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[S4197] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WTZ3-7M3Z : 14 October 2019), Lucile Adams Collins, ; citing Burial, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. (Reliability: 1).
Lucile Adams Collins, "Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WTZ3-7M3Z