Person:Adam French (1)

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Adam Miller French
b.29 Jul 1803 Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio
d.29 Mar 1879 Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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m.
  1. Sarah French
  2. Ann French
  3. Jane C. French
  4. Mary French - Bef 1828
  5. Charlotte French
  6. Elizabeth French1795 - 1867
  7. James FrenchBet 1796 & 1800 - 1835
  8. Rheuama French1801 - 1875
  9. Adam Miller French1803 - 1879
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1833
  1. Ambrose M. French1834 - 1875
  2. Samuel C. French1837 - 1843
  3. Ann FrenchAbt 1839 -
  4. Mary E. French1845 - 1875
  5. Martha French1848 -
  6. Julia French1850 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Adam Miller French
Gender Male
Birth[2] 29 Jul 1803 Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio
Marriage Abt 1833 Montgomery County, Indianato Mary Applegate
Census[3] 1850 Union Twp, Montgomery County, Indiana
Census[4] 1860 Union Twp, Montgomery County, Indiana
Census[5] 1870 Union Twp, Montgomery County, Indiana
Death[2] 29 Mar 1879 Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Burial[2] IOOF Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana

Montgomery County, Indiana, 1850 census:[3]

French, Adam M. 47 yrs Farmer (real estate = $3,500) b. Ohio
      Mary 38 yrs b. Kentucky
      Ambrose 16 yrs b. Indiana
      Ann 11 yrs b. Indiana
      Mary 6 yrs b. Indiana
      Martha 2 yrs b. Indiana
Wren, Harriet 20 yrs b. Indiana

Montgomery County, Indiana, 1860 census:[4]

French, Adam M. 57 yrs Farmer (real estate = $8,000; personal estate = $1,370) b. Ohio
      Mary 53 yrs b. Kentucky
      Ann 18 yrs b. Indiana
      Mary 16 yrs b. Indiana
      Martha 14 yrs b. Indiana
      Julia 10 yrs b. Indiana
Linden, James 16 yrs Laborer b. New York
Adams, Thomas 17 yrs Laborer b. England
Fisher, Ann 71 yrs ("Insane") b. Pennsylvania

Montgomery County, Indiana, 1870 census:[5]

French, Miller 66 yrs Farmer (real estate = $1,000[?]; personal estate = $1,200) b. Ohio
      Mary 63 yrs Keeps house b. Kentucky
      Ann 24 yrs At home b. Indiana
      Mary 20 yrs At home b. Indiana
      Martha 18 yrs At home b. Indiana
      Julia 16 yrs At home b. Indiana
Johnson, Thos. 63 yrs Farm laborer b. Kentucky
References
  1. ↑ Shanklin, Mabel V. Montgomery County, Indiana will, and marriage records. (Danville, Illinois: Heritage House, 1970-)
    Order Bk 1, p. 6.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave.

    A. M. French

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Montgomery, Indiana, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    p. 394A, dwelling/family 339/341.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Montgomery, Indiana, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    p. 292, dwelling/family 1135/1090.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Montgomery, Indiana, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
    p. 216A, dwelling/family 103/102.
  6.   United States. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008)
    2 Apr 1829.

    Montgomery County, Indiana: 80 acres, 2nd Meridian, Twp 18 N, Range 4 W, Sect. 17 (W half of NW quarter).

  7.   FROM: Boone County Magazine, Oct 1978.

    "Adam Miller French moved from his native Ohio in 1826 to enter land and to farm near Crawfordsville, Indian. In the spring of 1832, he was named by the governor of Indiana to serve on a five-member commission to locate and name a new capital for Boone County, Indiana, "to be within two miles of the geographical center of the county." French fulfilled his mission and had the honor of naming the new town site chosen as the county seat on May 1, 1832, as Lebanon. He gave a rather fanciful account of why he selected that name in a speech made years later, but admitted to Crawfordsville newspapermen that he really named Boone's new county seat in honor of his home town of Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. French, after an absence from Lebanon for nearly half a century, quickly responded to a special invitation extended by Lebanon city officials and citizens to attend a public reception in his honor on Saturday, April 21, 1877."
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