Dates

• Existence: 1862 - 1939

Biographical History

John Quincy Adams (1862-1939) was a settler and rancher in southern Utah during the late 1800s.

John Quincy Adams was born on December 10, 1862, in American Fork, Utah, to parents Nathan William and Mary Melinda Plunkett Adams. He lived and helped to settle St. George, Washington, and Kanab, Utah. He worked as a homesteader, rancher, dam builder, sheep herder, farmer, innkeeper, and temple worker.

He married Emma Elizabeth McAllister on January 4, 1888, in St. George, Utah. They had eight children.

Adams died February 20, 1939, in Kanab, Utah.

Citation:

FamilySearch.org, via WWW, April 28, 2014 (John Quincy Adams was born on December 10, 1862, in American Fork, Utah, to parents Nathan William and Mary Melinda Plunkett Adams; married Emma Elizabeth McAllister on January 4, 1888, in St. George, Utah; they had 8 children; died February 20, 1939, in Kanab, Utah)

UPB files, April 28, 2014 (John Quincy Adams was born on December 10, 1862, in American Fork, Utah, to parents Nathan William and Mary Melinda Plunkett Adams; lived and helped to settle St. George, Washington, and Kanab, Utah; worked as a homesteader, rancher, dam builder, sheep herder, farmer, Innkeeper, and LDS Temple worker; married Emma Elizabeth McAllister on January 4, 1888; died February 20, 1939)