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William B. Adams (Henry Co., farmer, 1st serg. 54th KY Vol Inf)

b. 1827-12-19 d. 1909-12-17

Henry County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda Adams. Father of Ann Eliza Adams, James M. Adams, Joseph A. Adams, Eliza Jane Adams, Humphrey M. Adams, Sarah M. Adams, and John J. Adams. Farmer in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 54th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant from September 21, 1864, to September 1, 1865.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 320.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Drennons Ridge, p. 272A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 547.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0460.

"W. B. Adams (1827-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial 28112758, accessed November 9, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28112758.

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Adams, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279740 (November 12, 2026).

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