Biography
Samuel Newton Adair was born 11 December 1839 in Itawamba County, Mississippi to Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) and Jemima Catherina Mangum (1809-1848) and died 16 May 1924 Luna, Catron County, New Mexico of unspecified causes. He married Helen Genette Brown (1845-1933) 15 December 1863 in Washington, Washington County, Utah.
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
The Adair Spring Monument commemorates the 1857 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. The first group was led by Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) and a second group led by Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) who was appointed president of the newly formed branch at Washington, Utah. 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.
(Note: On this historical marker Samuel Newton is listed as Newton Adair (L.N.) and as group leader, which was actually his father Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889).
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charles Newton Adair (1865-1939) | 13 January 1865 Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States | 16 August 1939 Eagar, Apache County, Arizona, United States | Mary Elva Woolsey (1869-1948) |
| Hariett Genette Adair (1866-1946) | |||
| Byron Abraham Adair (1869-1933) | |||
| Jamima Jane Adair (1871-1919) | |||
| William Orin Adair (1873-1876) | |||
| Mary Virginia Adair (1876-1908) | |||
| Anna Catherine Adair (1879-1916) | |||
| Sara Edna Adair (1881-1918) | |||
| Thomas Jefferson Adair (1884-1906) | |||
| Olive Josephine Adair (1884-1937) | |||
| Marcus Owen Adair (1886-1925) | |||
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) |
Vital Records
- Washington County, Utah/1860 U.S. Census - See Household #1293 in Washington, Utah - living with his brother.
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