Melissa Jane Caldwell Adams family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0082

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Melissa Jane Caldwell Adams family papers contain biographies of William Henry Adams Sr. (1817-1898), Matthew Caldwell (1822-1912), Barzilla Guymon Caldwell (1823-1869), Melissa Jane Caldwell Adams (1851-1939), and William Henry Adams (1845-1921).

Dates

1817-1939

Creator

Adams, Melissa Jane Caldwell, 1823-1869 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical / Historical

Mellissa Jane Caldwell Adams (1851-1939) was born in Spanish Fork Utah, and married William Henry Adams in 1869. Together, they had ten children, John Matthew Adams, (1884-1891), Alice Almyra Adams, (1872-1923), Delos Edgar Adams (1877-1960), Guy Wilford Adams (1887-1891), Elva Vilate Adams (1882-1961), Burton Henry Adams (1889-1963), Martha Barzilla Adams (1870-1933), Byron Lewis Adams (1891-1981), Melissa Jane Adams (1879-1976), and William Albert Adams (1874-1966). She died in 1939.