John Isom Adams b 10 Jan 1818 Floyd Co KY d 10 d 1863 Letcher Co KY; s/o Benjamin Adams 1794 and Nancy Holbrook. John Isom Adams m. 16 Aug 1824 in Williamsburg, Whitley Co KY (or Perry Co KY) to Sarah Sally Craft b 2 Apr 1821 d 27 d 1863 Letcher Co KY; d/o James Craft and Drusilla Hammonds (aka Hammons). Children of John Isom Adams and Sarah Sally Craft;

1. Benjamin Buford Adams b 1840 d 1914 Dalton MO; m. 1860 to Judith Jenkins b 1841 Harlan Co KY; d/o William Mannon Jenkins and Mary Ellen Cornett.

2. James Adams b 17 Aug 1842 d 1934; m. 23 Jul 1868 to Eula Collins.

3. Nancy Jane Adams b 1845; m. 5 Sept 1866 to Andrew Webb.

4. Jessee Adams b 1847 d 1885.

5. Joseph Simpson Adams b 18 Dec 1852 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY d 18 Apr 1923 Millstone, Letcher Co KY; of gastric ulcer ruptured blood vessel producing fatal hemorhage; age 72 years 4 months; buried Mayking KY; m. 1871 to Nancy Angeline Spangler. Joseph Simpson Adams was working as a coal miner for South East Coal Co at the time of his death. Joseph Simpson Adams m. 16 Sept 1904 Wise Co VA to Mary Spangler b 1876; d/o Frank Spangler and Susan Unknown. Joseph Simpson Adams m. Eliza Bates. Joseph Simpson Adams m. 2 Feb 1871 Letcher Co KY to Sarah Bates b 1851.

6. Randolph N Adams (aka Ran) b 1 Sept 1854 d about 1925; m. 1880 to Emily Unknown.

7. John Washington Adams b 8 Sept 1858 d 14 Dec 1946; m. 14 Apr 1886 to Cornelia Webb b 1867 Letcher Co KY; d/o Wiley W Webb and Elizabeth Polly.

8. Archelous C Adams b 8 Sept 1859.