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1. Wyatt Woodruff ADAMS was born on 5 Jul 1821 in , , TN.1 He died about 1864 in , Sevier, AR. THE EARLIEST RECORD FOR WYATT IS HIS MARRIAGE IN 1844. THE BIRTHDATE IS REC. IN DAUGHTER'S (FEDDIE ADAMS BARNETT) BIBLE. THE PARENTAGE OF BOTH WYATT AND MARTHA ARE UNKNOWN. CENSUS RECORDS SHOW BIRTHPLACE FOR WYATT AS TN. AND FOR MARTHA MISSOURI TERRITORY.

Wyatt Woodruff ADAMS and Martha Jane MORE were married on 8 May 1844 in Monroe, Sevier, AR. Martha Jane MORE was born on 9 Dec 1822 in Missouri Territory.1 She died after 1861. Martha was reportedly the daughter of a Choctaw Indian chief. She was also a possible sister of Mary Ann Isabelle Devore who married Walter S. Riley. I believe the spelling on Wyatt and Martha's marriage record could be wrong, and that Martha's name was Martha Devore. Wyatt Woodruff ADAMS and Martha Jane MORE had the following children:

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Electa Ann ADAMS.

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Rebecca ADAMS was born on 2 Mar 1847 in Monroe, Sevier, AR.2 She died on 17 Oct 1848.2 Little Rebecca died young at age 1 Yr 7 Mo. Record taken from Aunt Feddie's bible which has been in possession of Jimmie Rupe.

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Lorenzo Harris ADAMS.

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Isom Israel ADAMS.

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Joseph Lafayette ADAMS.

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Sarah Cornelia ADAMS.

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Rosella Federica ADAMS.

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John Quincy ADAMS.

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Isabelle Gordon ADAMS.