John Wiley Adams
and Sarah Sally Meador

John Wiley Adams Sr b 1810 Jellico River, Whitley Co KY d 1890 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY; s/o William Green Billy Grit Adams and Mary Ann Polly Adams. John Wiley Adams Sr m. 16 Aug 1831 Williamsburg, Whitley Co KY to Sarah Sally Meador b 1818 Jellico River, Whitley Co KY; d/o Edward Moberly Meador and Abigail Thomas. (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of John Wiley Adams Sr and Sarah Sally Meador;

1. William Adams b 1834 Jellico River, Whitley Co KY

2. Jesse Adams b Mar 1836 Frozen Camp, Whitley Co KY d 1900 Magoffin Co KY; m. 1856 Letcher Co KY to Julie Ann Gibson b 1838

3. Mary Polly Adams b 1838 Frozen Camp, Whitley Co KY; m. 1858 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY to Elijah Breeding b 30 Dec 1835 Breeding Creek, Knott Co KY d 14 Mar 1917.

4. Edward Adams b 1840 Letcher Co KY

5. Simpson Adams b 1841 Letcher Co KY; m. 1859 to Mary Polly Unknown b 1834

6. Spencer Adams b 1843 Letcher Co KY d 11 Feb 1890 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY; m. 4 Oct 1866 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY to Margaret Perkins. Spencer Adams m. 25 Feb 1874 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY to Bethany Hamilton b 1845.

7. Druscella Drusiller Adams b 1845 Letcher Co KY

8. Minerva Jane Adams b 1847 Letcher Co KY

9. John Adams Jr b 1849 Letcher Co KY; m. 22 Dec 1870 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY to Esther Elam b 1849

10. Douglas Adams b Mar 1850 Letcher Co KY d 1908 Irad, Lawrence Co KY; buried Yatesville Memorial Gardens, Louisa, Lawrence Co KY; occupation, farmer; m. 4 Jan 1901 Lawrence Co KY to Elizabeth Lizzie Hayes b 22 Jan 1868 Irad, Lawrence Co KY d 15 Mar 1949 Elkview, Kanawha Co WV; buried Pine Hill Cemetery, Louisa KY; d/o Anderson Hayes and Mahala Sis Adams. Children of Douglas Adams and Elizabeth Lizzie Hayes;

i. Gypsy Adams b 27 Sept 1901 Lawrence Co KY d 15 Mar 1980 Carroll Co KY; m. 2 Apr 1922 Overda, Lawrence Co KY to Grover Harlan Wellman b 1 Aug 1888 Lawrence Co KY d 2 May 1959. Grover Harlan Wellman m. 1917 Lawrence Co KY to Stella Adams b 1892 Lawrence Co KY d Oct 1918; d/o Martin P Adams and Trinville Frances Carter. Children of Grover Harlan Wellman and Stella Adams;

i.I. Clyde Wellman b 7 Jun 1916; m. Edith Womack.

i.II. Selena Wellman b 13 Oct 1918 m. Johnny Young.

ii. Daisy Ann Adams b 27 Oct 1903 Louisa, Lawrence Co KY d 9 Feb 1992 Charleston, Kanawha Co WV; m. 20 Dec 1922 Louisa KY to Homer Given Campbell b 1 Mar 1892 Jarrett's Ford, Elkview, Kanawha Co WV. Child of Homer Given Campbell and Daisy Ann Adams;

ii.I. Dana Given Campbell; m. Rose Louise Grimm

iii. William G Billie Adams b 3 May 1907 Lawrence Co KY d 7 May 1944 Martin, Floyd Co KY; m. 19 Oct 1926 Overda, KY to Vivian Fannin b 1910 Lawrence Co KY.

iv. Lockie Adams b 20 Feb 1910 Louisa, Lawrence Co KY; d 28 Apr 1948 Chicago, Cook Co IL; m. 1932 Chicago, Cook Co IL to Charles Campbell. Lockie Adams m. 1940 to Peter Albertson b 23 Dec 1894 Des Moines, Polk Co IA d 21 Sept 1966 Libertyville, Lake Co IL.

v. Sarah Adams b 20 Feb 1910 Louisa, Lawrence Co KY d 20 Feb 1910 Lawrence Co KY

Elizabeth Lizzie Hayes m. 1885 to Lewis Franklin Nelson Kelly b 7 Jul 1851 Lawrence Co KY d 16 Feb 1914 Lawrence Co KY. Children of Lewis Franklin Nelson Kelly and Elizabeth Lizzie Hayes;

i. Garfield Kelly b 20 Oct 1888 Gladys, Lawrence Co KY d 29 Nov 1928 Lawrence Co KY; m. 29 May 1919 Irad, Lawrence Co KY to Carrie Adams b 1898 Lawrence Co KY; d/o Lindsey Adams and Addie Lucinda Adams. Children of Garfield Kelly and Carrie Adams;

i.I. May Kelly b 1917

i.II. Lorna Kelly b 1921

i.III. Nervie Kelly b 1922

i.IV. Earlie Gean Kelly b 4 Jan 1924

i.V. Goldie Kelly b 1926.

ii. Nancy Jean Nannie Kelly b 29 Sept 1886 Lawrence Co KY d 13 Dec 1964 Lawrence Co KY; buried Yatesville Memorial Gardens, Louisa, Lawrence Co KY; m. 11 Nov 1904 Overda, Lawrence Co KY to John Adams b 16 Sept 1879 Lawrence Co KY d 17 May 1940 Lawrence Co KY; s/o Asbury Adam Adams and Lucinda Levincy Sylvania Berry. Children of John Adams and Nancy Jean Nannie Kelly;

ii.I. Grover B Adams b 28 Nov 1907

ii.II. Lora Adams b 29 Nov 1910

ii.III. George Adams b 10 Sept 1913 Lawrence Co KY

ii.IV. Laura Adams

ii.V. Arlie Adams.

iii. Scisco Kelly b 29 Oct 1892 d 26 Jan 1982 Boyd Co KY; m. 1924 to Gerney Adams. Children of Scisco Kelly and Gerney Adams;

iii.I. Anderson Adams b Apr 1895

iii.II. George Kelly Adams b Dec 1897 Lawrence Co KY. Scisco Adams m. 29 Dec 1906 Lawrence Co KY to James Sprouse b 1886 d 16 Nov 1919 Lawrence Co KY; d/o Claborne Sprouse and Marinda Merinda Adams.

Lewis Franklin Nelson Kelly m. 1871 Lawrence Co KY to Permelia Nancy Jane Adams b 23 Apr 1856 Lawrence Co KY; d/o John W Adams and Katherine Kitty Large. Permelia Nancy Jane Adams m. John Berry b 1852 KY.

Douglas Adams m. 11 Mar 1868 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY to Nancy Hamilton b 1845 KY d/o Thomas Hamilton and Jemima Hall. Children of Douglas Adams and Nancy Hamilton;

i. Sarah Adams

ii. Seymour Adams

iii. Gemima Adams

iv. Susan Adams

v. Hardee Adams

11. Hardy Adams b 2 Feb 1852 Letcher Co KY; m. 1873 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY to Mary Jane Hall b 1854

12. Diana Adams b 5 SEP 1855 Letcher Co KY

13. Wiley C. Adams b 26 DEC 1856 Rockhouse, Letcher Co KY; m. 21 Jun 1875 Salyersville, Magoffin Co KY to Newcarious Bailey b 1857 d 1877. Wiley C Adams m. 24 Apr 1880 Johnson Co KY to Emma Samantha Collins b 16 Nov 1859 Johnson Co KY