JOSEPH ADAMS was born in Ireland, May 27, 1770, and died June 2, 1832. He was married in 1793 to Martha Moore, who was born November 12, 1768, and died September 29, 1828. There were born to them five sons and three daughters: the sons were James, William, Robert, John and Joseph, all of whom removed to Perry county, Ohio, after the death of their parents, and none of them are now living except Joseph, who removed to Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa; the daughters were Margaret, Mary and Martha, of whom, Margaret was married to Samuel Mustard, and to them were born nine children, four sons and five daughters. The sons are now all dead; the youngest was a prominent minister of the United Presbyterian Church, and died in Walton, Kans., in August, 1890; two daughters, Margaret G. and Esther Jane, still in Claysville, Washington county, and are esteemed for their social qualities and upright Christian characters. Mary Adams was married to John Dickerson, and to them were born two children: Margaret and Joshua; Margaret died in early womanhood, while Joshua is living in South Franklin township, Washington county, one of its respected citizens. Martha Adams was married to Joseph Van Kirk, May 11, 1837. Joseph Adams and his wife, Martha Moore, came from Ireland in the same ship, but did not know each other until after they arrived in America, although the vessel was thirteen weeks making the voyage. They were Presbyterians, and members of the Church of Upper Buffalo at the time of the pastorate of Dr. Anderson. Their children were early in life instructed in the doctrines of their religion, and some of them were able to ask and answer every question in the Shorter Catechism without the aid of a book. These early impressions were so stamped on their memories that it bore much fruit during their lives, as they all possessed a high regard for truth and morality, and with them carried an influence for all that was good and pure; in fact, their religion was to them their comfort through life and triumph in death. Joseph and Martha Adams settled in Buffalo township, Washington county, where they spent their remaining years, and after death their bodies were laid to rest in the cemetery of Upper Buffalo, Washington county, Pennsylvania.

Text taken from page 1041 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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