Adair

Biography of J. H. Adair

J. H. ADAIR. This gentleman was born in Independence, Autauga County, Ala., on March 3, 1828. His father was James Adair, born in Morgan County, Ga., in 1806, a successful merchant in Alabama for ten years, then a farmer of Talladega, Ala., until August 5, 1845, when he died, leaving a widow and nine children-five sons and four daughters. His widow, Sarah Adair, remained there until after the late war, when she returned to Georgia, where she now resides in Gainesville, and is in her eighty-fifth year. Her maiden name was Sarah Dean. She was born February 19, 181O, in … Read more

Genealogy of the Cherokee Adair Family

Instructions on how to interpret this information   11 ____ Adair   1112 John Adair. Ga-ho-ga and Jennie Kilgore                   |A47   2 Edward Adair. Elizabeth   111213 Samuel Adair. Margaret Deeson and Edith Pounds   2 Walter Adair. Rachel Thompson.                         |A48 OK 3 Charlotte Adair. Stephen Ray   4 Edward Adair. Martha Ritchie   5 John Adair*   6 James Adair   7 Thomas Benjamin Adair. Rachel Lynch   8 Margaret Jane Adair. William Richardson Nicholson   9 William Henry Adair   10 Charles Duncan Adair   11 George Washington Adair   12 Elbert Earl Adair   13 Mary Adair … Read more

Biography of Walter Thompson Adair, M.D.

Walter Thompson Adair was born in December 1834, near the old Georgia gold mines, Georgia, son of George Washington Adair and grandson of the well-known Black Watt Adair. In 1867 Walter moved with his parents on the Arkansas line, twelve miles south of Cane Hill, his father being principal chief of the treaty party at the time of their removal from the old nation. His mother was Martha, daughter of Judge Martin, first treasurer of the nation. Walter was placed in the national male seminary until seventeen years of age, and began the study of medicine in 1855, taking his … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Oscar F. Adair

(See Adair, Ghigau and Foreman)-Oscar Fitzaland, son of John Thompson and Penelope (Mayfield) Adair, was born March 8, 1848. Married February 3, 1875 Mary Catherine, daughter of Augustus and Mary Ann (Bigby) Rider, born April 20, 1859. They were the parents of Mary Louvenia; Wenona; William Penn; Sarah Ruth; John Lafayette; Rose Ada; and Walter Corrigan Adair. John Adair, a Scotchman, married Gahoka’s full-blood Cherokee of the Deer Clan. Their son, Walter, commonly called “Black Watt” Adair, was born December 11, 1783, and married May 15, 1804 Rachel Thompson, born December 24, 1776. He died January 20, 1835; and she … Read more