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Documents Concerning Jefferson J. Adams

Documents Concerning Jefferson J. Adams

The strange story of Jefferson Jeptha Adams and Melvina (nee Bean) Whitney. We have the facts but sadly we don't have the emotions or the motives. Jefferson enlisted in the Union Army. Four days after he mustered into his unit he married Melvina.

Just a little over two years later Jefferson died of disease in a field hospital in New Orleans. He did not leave a will. Melvina ended up getting just twenty dollars from the estate. Melvina applied for and was receiving pension payments as Jefferson's widow.

Early in 1865 she abandoned Jefferson's children and left the state with a man named Benjamin Hatch. Hatch was married but Melvina was living with him as Mrs. Hatch. In 1874 he left her.



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Levi H Dakin Administrator. Jefferson J. Adams Real Estate. J.J. Adams Notification of Probate. Probate Judge $300. Probate Judge $300 2. Inventory of Adams Estate. Jefferson J Adams Estate 1. Jefferson J Adams Estate 2. J.J. Adams Amount Recived From Sale. J.J. Adams Estate Money paid out 1.
J.J. Adams Estate Money paid out 2. Widow's Claim For Pension J J Adams. Court Paid $1600. Melvina Granted $20. J.J. Adams Zero Balance. Lorin Adams Minors Pension Claim. J J Adams Children Guardianship. Major Lorin Adams Name Change. Lorin Adams Claim for Children's Pension. Orphan Children's (Adams) Pension Claim 1.
Orphan Children's (Adams) Pension Claim 2. Lorin Adams Request for Pension Increase. Lorin Adams Request for Pension Increase 2. Lorin Adams Request for Pension Increase 3. JJ Adams Proof Exhibited. Melvina Hatch Restoration of Pension. Melvina Adams Statement. Melvina Hatch Restoration of Pension Rejection Notes. Lawrence MA Postmaster RE Melvina Hatch. Exhibit A Melvina Hatch RE Benjamin Hatch.
Exhibit A Melvina Hatch RE Benjamin Hatch 2. George C Whitney Statement RE Melvina Hatch. George C. Whitney Statement RE Melvina Hatch 2. George Whitney RE Melvina Hatch. Eliza Whitney RE Melvina Hatch. Annie Newell-Whitney Statement on Melvina Hatch. Annie Newell-Whitney Statement on Melvina Hatch 2. Lucy A Harris Statement. Mrs Calvin Yeaton Statement.


Linked to Edward Wheeler Adams (5231), Herbert Darius Adams (5230), Melvina Amanda Bean (5228), Benjamin Hatch (5229)