Biography
Thomas Jefferson Adair was born 31 May 1814 in Indiana to Thomas Adair (1774-1858) and Rebecca Brown (1776-1846) and died 19 September 1890 Show Low, Apache County, Arizona of unspecified causes. He married Frances Rogers (1818-1847) 26 January 1836 in Pickens County, Alabama. He married Mary Vance (1820-1918) 1846 in Mount Pisgah, Harrison County, Iowa.
Shortly after his birth, the Adair Family settled with many of their extended family in Pickens County, Alabama. There Thomas was married to his first wife, Frances Rogers (1818-1847). Circa 1840 they moved for Chickasaw County, Mississippi and by 1844 had joined the Chickasaw 1845 LDS Branch there along with other members of the extended Richey/Adair/Mangum family clan.
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 |
| Mary Ann Adair (1836-1861) | 13 June 1837 Pickens County, Alabama | 27 April 1861 Washington, Washington County, Utah | Valentine Carson (1831-1898) |
| Adair (1839-) | |||
| James Wesley Adair (1841-1865) | 1 January 1841 Itawamba County, Mississippi | 11 January 1865 | Elizabeth Thornton (1841-) |
| Samuel Adair (1843-1844) | 23 August 1843 Chickasaw County, Mississippi | 3 October 1844 | |
| Emma Smith Adair (1845-1876) | 11 January 1845 Chickasaw County, Mississippi | 24 March 1876 Kane County, Utah | Hans Peter Mortensen (1844-1890) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Thomas Jefferson Adair (1848-1912) | 23 December 1848 Iowa, United States | 2 March 1912 Alpine, Utah County, Utah, United States | Elizabeth Alexander (1852-1925) Lois Felicitus Fields (1879-1911) |
| Aaron Porter Adair (1850-1911) | 2 June 1850 Winters Quarters, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States | 21 October 1911 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States | Fanny Crosby (1860-1915) |
| Frances Myrah Adair (1853-1928) | 6 March 1853 Nephi, Juab County, Utah | 18 September 1928 Pine, Gila County, Arizona | Alfred Bryan Peach (1832-1926) |
| Moroni Adair (1855-1916) | 31 October 1855 Payson, Utah County, Utah, United States | 18 February 1916 Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona, United States | Emeline Whipple (1858-1924) Alvira Tilitha Jackson (1874-1954) |
| Mary Elizabeth Adair (1858-1926) | |||
| Jacob Franklin Adair (1860-1871) | |||
| George Adair (1869-) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Thomas Adair
- Adair Family
- Adair in Washington County, Utah
- Adair in Harrison County, Iowa
- Adair in Pickens County, Alabama
- Adair in Apache County, Arizona