George Adair, Sr. was born 27 June 1837 in Pickens County, Alabama to Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) and Jemima Catherina Mangum (1809-1848) and died 9 September 1909 Bloomfield, San Juan County, New Mexico of unspecified causes. He married Ann Catherine Chestnut (1844-1863) 8 November 1858 in Washington, Washington County, Utah. He married Emily Prescinda Tyler (1847-1917) 28 January 1864 in Washington, Washington County, Utah.
Biography
In Pickens County, Alabama their family joined the Moscow 1845 LDS Branch of the young LDS Church.
Benjamin Gardner 1852 Pioneer Company
1861 Wagon train in Echo Canyon
Benjamin Gardner led a pioneer company of 185 individuals that consisted primarily of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who were seeking refuge from religion persecution. Departed from Kanesville, Iowa on 2-10 June 1852 and reached the Salt Lake Valley on 24-27 Sept 1852. The Adair Family was part of this group, including 3-4 children adopted in Iowa.
Dixie Cottom Mission (1857)
In 1857, a group of about 38 southerner families were called by Brigham Young (1801-1877) on to settle the Virgin River area of Southwest Utah and to crow cotton, to decrease the saints reliance on expensive product from back east. Other pioneer families joined them in 1861 but this ambitious endeavor came to an end after the close of the Civil War and cotton prices collapsed.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Washington Adair (1861-1934) | 26 January 1861 Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah, United States | 10 January 1934 Bloomfield, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States | Almira Hamblin (1860-1940) |
| Jemima Ann Adair (1863-1919) | 27 March 1863 Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States | 2 January 1919 Junction, Piute County, Utah, United States | Charles Henry Hales (1848-1907) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Olive Parintha Adair (1864-1864) | |||
| Emily Jane Adair (1865-1949) | |||
| Daniel Tyler Adair (1867-1901) | |||
| Samuel P Adair (1870-1871) | |||
| William Albert Adair (1872-1927) | |||
| John Washington Adair (1874-1957) | 10 February 1874 Kanab, Kane County, Utah, United States | 18 April 1957 Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, United States | Cynthia Jane Penrod (1878-1951) |
| George Newton Adair (1876-1899) | 23 March 1876 Kanab, Kane County, Utah, United States | 23 November 1899 New Harmony, Washington County, Utah, United States | Adelia Francesca Sawyer (1876-1953) |
| Ruth Alice Adair (1878-1920) | |||
| Joseph Welton Adair (1881-1926) | |||
| Rufus Nathaniel Adair (1884-1959) | |||
| Edna Irene Adair (1887-1937) | 20 January 1887 Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona, United States | 10 April 1937 Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States | George Ether Slade (1887-1958) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Joshua Tumer Adair (1849-1938) | 25 December 1849 Kanesville, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States | 2 August 1938 Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, United States | Eliza Arilla Rickman (1850-1936) |
Residences
See Also
- George Adair
- Adair Family
- Adair in Pickens County, Alabama
- Adair in Washington County, Utah
- Adair in San Juan County, New Mexico