Adaline M ADAMS
1840 - 1920 (79 years)
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Name Adaline M ADAMS Born 26 Aug 1840 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, 
[1, 2, 3, 4] 
1840 B - Adaline Adams.pdf Gender Female Census 1855 Methuen,,Essex,MASSACHUSETTS,USA, [5] - Massachusetts State Census with Husband Joseph (he is referenced as “Heman Matthews”)
1855 MA Census - Methuen - Heman Matthews.jpg Died 11 Feb 1920 Keene,,Cheshire,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA,son George W Matthews' House [1, 6] Cause: Organic Heart Disease 1920 D - Adaline M (Adams) Matthews.jpg Buried 13 Feb 1920 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA,Plummer Cemetery [7, 8] - Note: Obituary references first burial in Woodland Cemetery, Keene NH. then removal of the body to the family plot in Henniker.
Adaline is on the Matthews gravestone in Plummer Cemetery in Henniker, NH.
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Plummer Cemetery, Henniker, NH: Matthews Gravestone Transcription follows.
{Light Grey Granite Obelisk with Matthews inscribed on plinth.}
JOSEPH H
MATTHEWS
Nov 30, 1830
Oct 19, 1900
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HIS WIFE
ADALINE M
Aug 26, 1840
Feb 11, 1920
DP0041 - Grave of Joseph H Matthews _ Adaline Adams.jpg DP0042 - Grave of Joseph H Matthews _ Adaline Adams.jpg DP0044.jpg Obituary 19 Feb 1920 [9] - [Hillsborough Messenger: Vol. LII. No. 8; Feb 19, 1920. page 3 , col 5. very bottom]
Mrs. Adaline M. Matthews passed away at the home of her son, George W. in Keene Feb 11 after a long and painful illness, aged 79 years. She leaves two daughters and five sons, one of whom is Herman W. of this town; she has been in his home at different times and made many friends here. the funeral was held in Keene Friday afternoon and the body placed in the tomb at Woodlawn Cemetery and later will be taken to Henniker for burial in the family lot.
1920 O - Adaline (Adams) Matthews.jpg 1920-02-19-Hillsborough-Messenger-Adaline-(adams)-Matthews-Obit.jpg Occupation Housewife _FIL LEGITIMATE_CHILD Person ID 437 Matthews/Johnson Last Modified 29 Dec 2014
Father John ADAMS, b. 17 May 1810, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, , d. 17 Nov 1853, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 43 years) Mother Lorinda JONES, b. 5 Oct 1818, Goffstown,,Hillsborough,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, , d. Abt 2 Jan 1850, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 31 years) Married Abt 1834 [10] - [From History of Henniker NH]
(27.) John Adams, md. first wife, Lorinda Jones, who d. Jan 2, 1850, and he md. second wife, Nov. 14 1850, Abigail Richardson, of Dracut, Mass. He Resided upon the old homestead ; d. Nov. 17, 1853, and his widow md. Nathan Blanchard.
[extensive list of children]
Cogswell - Henniker History p442.jpg _UST MARRIED Family ID 834 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joseph H MATTHEWS, b. 30 Nov 1830, Richmond,,,QUEBEC,CANADA,Shipton , d. 20 Oct 1900, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 69 years) Married 26 Aug 1855 Methuen,,Essex,MASSACHUSETTS,USA, [11, 12] - Date: Aug 26 1855
Name: Joseph H Matthews
Adaline M Adams
Residence: Methuen
Age: 24 [g] 15 [b]
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace [g]: Canada
[b]: Henniker, NH
Parents [g]: Zenas & Ruth
[b]: John & Lorinda Adams
Marriage # [g]: Second
[b]: first
Officient: John Davis, Justice of the Peace
1855 M - Joseph Matthews+Adaline Adams.jpg 
Cogswell - Henniker History p645.jpg Residence Between 1856 and 1900 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, [13] Census 21 Jun 1860 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, [14] - w/ Wife Adaline (20)
Daughter lizzie A (2)
Son Lewis A (9/12 mo)
Value of property $3000
Personal estate: $1000
Born in Canada
1860 US Census - Henniker NH - Joseph Matthews.jpg Census 1870 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, [15] - with Family:
Joseph H - age 39
Adaline M - age 29
Lizzie A - age 12
Louisa A - age 10
John H - age 7
George W - age 6
Herman W - age 3
Grant E - age 2
1870 US Census - Henniker NH - Matthews.jpg Census 12 Jun 1880 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, [16] - w/ family:
Joseph Matthews age 49
Adaline Matthews age 39
John H Matthews age 17
George W Matthews age 15
Herman W Matthews age 13
Grant E Matthews age 11
Williard E Matthews age 2
1880 US Census - Henniker NH - Joseph Matthews.jpg Census Jun 1900 Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, [17] - w/ family
Joseph Matthews (head) age 69
Adaline Matthews (wife) age 59
Willard E Matthews (son) age 22
1900 US Census - Henniker NH - Joseph H Matthews.jpg
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)_UST MARRIED Children 1. Elizabeth A MATTHEWS, b. 27 Apr 1858, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, 2. Louisa A MATTHEWS, b. 19 Sep 1859, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, 3. John Heman MATTHEWS, b. 17 Nov 1862, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, , d. 30 Dec 1931, Rochester,,Strafford,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 69 years)4. George W MATTHEWS, b. Abt 3 Jun 1864, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, , d. 14 Jul 1923, Keene,,Cheshire,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 59 years)5. Herman Wells MATTHEWS, b. 5 Oct 1866, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, , d. 6 Mar 1927, Hillsborough,,Hillsborough,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 60 years)6. Grant E MATTHEWS, b. 28 Jul 1868, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, 7. Willard E MATTHEWS, b. 4 May 1878, Henniker,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, , d. 25 Feb 1945, Concord,,Merrimack,NEW HAMPSHIRE,USA, (Age 66 years)Last Modified 27 Feb 2021 Family ID 899 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - 2014-Dec Added photograph of gravestone and transcription to burial event.
2011 Jun
• Found marriage record in Methuen MA
• Found in 1855 Mass Census 2 weeks before marriage - living at home of a Richardson family. (Her stepmother was a Richardson-connection?)
2011 Apr
Found in 1880 US Census - husband and 5 boys (the two daughters had already married)
2011 Mar
Obit in Hillsboro Messenger for Adaline.
Found birth record for 1840 in Henniker. Need to find Marriage record - still suspicious of the date.
Found death record for 1920 - aged 79, 5 months 14 days. - matches birth year of 1840 - so she really was 15.
2010 Nov
In reviewing the notes below I wonder if she was really 15 at the time of her marriage? seems really young even for 1855. Should try to find a birth record to validate (Adding task)
2006
Initial "M" comes from Son Herman's Marriage license 1891
Interesting note: Adaline's mother died when she was 9.5 - her father married his second wife that same year (Jan vs. Nov)
Her father died when she was 13 - and she married Joseph Matthews just 2 years later at 15.
I suspect she did not get along with her step-mother.
- 2014-Dec Added photograph of gravestone and transcription to burial event.
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Sources - [2100] Notes - Genealogy from Elton Matthews, Elton Lynn Matthews (Reliability: 3).
- [2091] 1870 U.S. Census [Population Schedule], United States of America, Bureau of Census, M593, RG29., New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Henniker. Page 32. Joseph H. Matthews (Reliability: 3).
- [2092] 1860 U.S. Census [Population], United States of America, Bureau of the Census, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Henniker. Joseph Matthews Family - (Reliability: 3).
- [2141] Birth Records - NH - Early to 1900, NH Division of Vital Records, Adaline M Adams, 1840 (Reliability: 3).
- [2158] Census - MA 1855 , Secretary of the Commonwealth, Adaline Adams & Heman Matthews, accessed July 7, 2011 (Reliability: 3).
- [2138] Death Records - NH - 1901-1938, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records & Health Statistics, Adeline M Mathews, 1920 (Reliability: 3).
1811 B - Sophronia Adams.jpg - [2138] Death Records - NH - 1901-1938, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records & Health Statistics, Adeline M Mathews, 1920 (Reliability: 3).
- [8946] Gravestone Transcription, Matthews Plot - Gravestone of Adaline M.; Photograph taken Apr 15, 2011 (Reliability: 3).
1920 US Census - Dana MA - Edwin C Matthews.jpg - [2151] Hillsborough Messenger Newspaper, Hillsborough Messenger, Hillsborough Messenger: Vol. LII. No. 8; Feb 19, 1920. page 3 , col 5. very bottom (Reliability: 3).
- [2054] Book - Town History - Henniker NH, Leander W. Cogswell, pg 440 - 442 (Reliability: 3).
- [2054] Book - Town History - Henniker NH, Leander W. Cogswell, p 645 (Reliability: 3).
- [2060] Marriage Records - MA, State of Massachusetts, Methuen, 1855 - Vol.87: Pg.202. (Reliability: 3).
- [2148] Death Records - NH - Early to 1900, Henniker - Joseph H. Matthews - 20 Oct 1900 (Reliability: 3).
1798 B - Lucinda Adams.jpg - [2092] 1860 U.S. Census [Population], United States of America, Bureau of the Census, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Henniker. Joseph Matthews Family - Henniker - Page #44 (Reliability: 3).
- [2091] 1870 U.S. Census [Population Schedule], United States of America, Bureau of Census, M593, RG29., New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Henniker. Page 32. Joseph H. Matthews Family (Reliability: 3).
- [2085] 1880 U.S. Census [Population], United States of America, Bureau of the Census, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Henniker. Enumeration District: 180; p11; lines 44 - 50 (Reliability: 3).
- [2110] 1900 U.S. Census [Population Schedule], United States of America, Bureau of the Census, New Hampshire, Merrimack Country, Henniker Town. Enum Distr: #166, Sheet #: 3A, line 10-12, Joseph H Matthews family. (Reliability: 3).
- [2100] Notes - Genealogy from Elton Matthews, Elton Lynn Matthews (Reliability: 3).