Seventh Generation

763. Joe David Adams^567,568,570. Birth: December 1873, Monroe County, Mississippi.

Census: 1880, Monroe County, Mississippi. Joe D. 6 son, male, single, white, MS MS AL attended school.

Census: 1900, Monroe County, Mississippi. Willis Precinct 5th Beat, Enumeration District 83, Monroe County, Mississippi, 9 Jun 1900; page 307a, dwelling number 96, family number 96; Adams Joe 26 head male m4 w Dec 1873 farmer MS MS AL; May 23 wife female m4 w Dec 1876 MS MS MS 1 child, 1 living; Emma 3 daughter, female, single, white, Apr 1897 MS MS MS; Walter John 73 fatherL male widowed white Jan 1837 AL ?? ??; Meek Chester 18 broL male single white, May 1892 farm laborer MS MS MS.

Census: 1910, Monroe County, Mississippi. Wren Precinct, 5th Beat, Enumeration District 74, Monroe County, Mississippi, 8 May 1910; page 34a, dwelling number 164, family number 164; Adams Joe 36 head male m1-15 w farmer MS MS AL; May 33 wife female m1-15 w MS MS MS 3 children, 3 living; Emma 13 daughter, female, single, white, MS MS MS; Clara 8 daughter, female, single, white, MS MS MS; Paul 6 son, male, single, white, MS MS MS; Kayley Joe 34 hired man m m b farm laborer, working out MS MS MS; Luthur 24 hired man m s b farm laborer, working out MS MS MS; Price 21 hired man m s b farm laborer, working out MS MS MS.

Death: between 1911 and 1919, age 38,. A death record has not been located. He was enumerated in the 1910 census in Monroe County, Mississippi. In the 1920 census, his wife was married to his brother James William Adams and his children were listed as stepchildren of James William. (RGB)

His land is still in the family.

Joe David Adams and H. May Meek Marriage: 26 January 1896, Monroe County, Mississippi.⁵⁶⁷

H. May Meek^{567,568,569,570}, daughter of John Walter Meek and (Mrs. John Walter Meek),. Birth: 27 December 1876, Mississippi.^569,570 She was known in the family as Ma May.

Census: 1900, Monroe County, Mississippi. May 23 wife female m4 w Dec 1876 MS MS MS 1 child, 1 living.

Census: 1910, Monroe County, Mississippi. May 33 wife female m1-15 w MS MS MS 3 children, 3 living.

Census: 1920, Monroe County, Mississippi. May 43 wife female married white, MS MS MS.

Census: 1930, Monroe County, Mississippi. Beat 5, Enumeration District 48-28, Monroe County, Mississippi, 5 & May 1930; p.69a, dirt road, dwelling number 468, family number 486; Adam May 53 head female w@19 w MS MS MS; Paul 25 son m m@24 w laborer, bottling co. MS MS MS; Corrine H. 21 dauL f m@20 w MS MS MS. May, Paul, and Corrine were enumerated household of Brantley C. Kelly, and appear to have been boarders in the Kelly household.

Death: 30 January 1965, age 88,.⁵⁶⁹

Burial: 30 January 1965, at Coontail Cemetery Monroe County, Mississippi.⁵⁶⁹ Grave marker: May Meek Adams, Dec 27, 1876 - Jan 30, 1965.

Joe David Adams-47077 and H. May Meek-47078 had the following children:

1230	i.	Emma M. Adams^570,571. Birth: 5 April 1897, Mississippi.⁵⁷¹ Census: 1900, Monroe County, Mississippi. Emma 3 daughter, female, single, white, Apr 1897 MS MS MS. Census: 1910, Monroe County, Mississippi. Emma 13 daughter, female, single, white, MS MS MS. Death: 30 July 1912, age 15, [Monroe County, Mississippi].^570,571 She died of a burst appendix. She died while being operated upon on the family's dining room table. Burial: about 2 August 1912, at Coontail Cemetery Monroe County, Mississippi.⁵⁷¹ Grave marker: Emma M. Adams, Apr 5, 1897 - Jul 30, 1912.
+1231	ii.	Clara H. Adams-2006.
+1232	iii.	Paul Jasper Adams-47079.