Birth: March 1834 Franklin, Ohio, USA
Father: Joseph Adams b1800-b1850
Mother: Susan Swickard c1799-1863
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 11 July 1854 Muskingum, Ohio, USA
Wife: William Mock 1832-1857/8
Marriage: 11 November 1858 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Wife: Michael Newman c1825-1869/79
Marriage: 2 December 1879 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Wife: Harvey Stephens c1822-1884
Death: 15 October 1905 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Burial: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
By William
Loviah A Mock [Cobb] 1857-a1930
By Michael
Minnie M Newman 1863-a1930
William H Newman (Stephens) 1869-1941
Her father died before 1850.
In the 1850 census as Minowa Adams aged 19 and living with Susan (widowed mother?) and Lucinda (sister?) in Columbus Ward 4, Franklin, Ohio.Marriage of Minerva Adams and William Mock in the IGI on on 11 July 1854 in Muskingum, Ohio.
Her daughter was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio in June 1857.
It is not clear what happened to her husband but there is an entry in the IGI for the marriage of Minerva A Mack and Michael Newman on 11 November 1858 in Cuyahoga, Ohio.
According to David Adam Lewis she was living in Cleveland Ward 9, Cuyahoga, Ohio in the 1860 census although I cannot find the entry.
Her two children were born in Cleveland in 1863 and 1869.
In the 1870 Census aas Minerva Newman aged 34 and living with Michael (husband?), William and Minnie (daughters?) in Cleveland Ward 9, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
It is not clear what happened to her husband but there is an entry in the IGI for the marriage of Minerva Newman and Havey Stephens on 2 December 1879 in Cuyahoga, Ohio.
In the 1880 census as Minerva Stephens aged 40, born in Ohio, both parents born in England, and living wih Harvey (husband) and William Stephens (son) in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
In the 1900 census as Minerva Stephens aged 66 and living with W Loviah Cobb (daughter?) in Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois
Daniel Swickard has an entry for Minerva Adams born in March 1834, parents Joseph Adams and Susan Swickard, her marriage to William Mock on 11 July 1854 in Muskingham, Ohio, her daughter born in Ohio, her marriage to Michael Newman on 11 Nov 1858 in Cuyahoga, seven children of whom only two are known, her death on 15 October 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, and burial in Cleveland.
David Adam Lewis has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Minerva A Adams born in March 1833 in Franklin, Ohio, parents Joseph Adams and Susannah Swickard, her marriage to William Mock on 11 July 1854 in Muskingum, Ohio, a daughter, her marriage to Michael Newman on 11 November 1858 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, a daughter and son, her marriage to Harvey Stephens on 2 December 1879 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, and her death on 15 October 1905 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
Minerva Adams was the grandaunt of Zelda E Molloy, wife of Frank Bridger Lower, the fourth cousin once removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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