Name: Richard Merritt ADAIR
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Birth: May 16, 1788 New Castle, Delaware
Death: November 1866 Nicholas County, Kentucky Age: 78
Burial: Old Carlisle Cemetery, Nicholas County, Kentucky
Military: 1812 Pack Horseman, Nicholas County, Kentucky, Infantry Age: 23
Father: Richard TARR
Mother: Jane FARRIS
Misc. Notes
Ardery, Julia Spencer. Kentucky records. (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965-72), Volume II, p. 187
ADAIR BIBLE
(In the possession of Mrs. John Towles, Paris, Ky.)
MARRIAGES
Richard Adair and Mary Tarr were married in Bourbon County, Kentucky, January 13th, 1811.James F. Adair was married to Martha J. Turner, June 4th, 1811.
Robert Farris Adair and Sarah Isabella Dodson, married November 13th, 1854.
Mary Ellen Adair and William Porter Ardery, married September 2nd, 1880.
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BIRTHS
Jame F. Adair was born in New Castle, Delaware, 1786.
Richard Adair was born in Delaware, May 16th, 1788.
Mary Adair, wife of Richard Adair, was born October 10th, 1796.
Robert F. Adair, son of Richard and Mary Adair, was born September 4, 1833 in Nicholas County, Kentucky.
Sarah Isabella Dodson was born June 27th, 1839, in the city of Maysville, Kentucky.
Their children:
Mary Ellen Adair was born on Sunday, the 25th day of November, 1855.
Sarah Belle Adair was born Thursday, May 7th, 1857.
Bertie Haden Adair was born November 10th, 1858.
Henrietta Adair was born October the 28th, 1859.
Bertie T. Adair was born April the 27th, 1861, in Fleming County, Kentucky.
Sallie E. Adair was born August 7th, 1864, in Harrison County, Kentucky.
Florence Belle Adair was born October 27th, 1867, in Harrison County, Kentucky.
Robert D. Adair was born July 19th, 1869.
James Curtis Adair was born September 21st, 1871.
DEATHS
Richard Adair died in Nicholas County, November, 1866.
James F. Adair died in Adams County, Illinois, March 8, 188_.
Bertie Haden Adair, died Sunday, December 12th, 1858, aged 4 weeks and three days.
Sarah Belle Adair died October 17th, 1860, aged 3 years, 5 months and eleven days.
Robert Parris Adair died Saturday, May 4th, 1907.
Ella Adair Ardery died Thursday, January 17th, 1918.
William P. Ardery died October 16th, 1916.
Joseph DeJarnette died January 28th, 1918.
Our darling mother, Belle Dodson Adair, died November 8th, on Tuesday at eleven-fifteen o'clock, 1920.
Nettie Adair DeJarnette died April 25th, at two P. M., 1926.
Florence Adair Hedges died October 18th, Tuesday, five A. M., 1927.
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From Mary Bishop
(mbishop@kih.net)
Bob sorry I didn't get this to you sooner but My husband got so bad before he died on November 19, 2001. This is the family of Richard Adair to add to your site.
Richard M Adair, Jr. b. 16 may 1788 New Castle , Deleware, d. November 1866, Nicholas County, Ky and buried in the Old Carlisle Cemetery. There is no tombstone found but his and Mary's death are recorded in The Old Kentucky Cemetery Book at the Dar Library in Paris, He is the son of Richard Tarr, Sr and Jane Farris
Married May 13, 1811, Paris Ky.
Mary "Polly "Tarr, b. 10 October 1796, Snow Hill, Maryland, d. 1875, Nicholas County , Ky Buried in the old Carlisle Cemetery
She was the daughter of Charles Tarr and Marion Richardson.
They had the following children
1. Willis Merrill Adair, b. 8 Nov. 1812 or 14, Nicholas CO., ky, d. 25 April 1866, Adams County , Ill.
1st married Ruth Moore
2nd married Ruth Workman
3rd married Elizabeth Stout
4th married Margaret Hester dates not known on any of the marriages
2. Louise Adair, b. 1817, Nicholas Co, d. ?
Married 30 Sept. 1834, Nicholas Co., KY
Robert Mathers
3. William R. Adair, b. 1818, Nicholas Co., Ky.. , d. 12 December 1842, Adams County, Illinois
Married : date not given Adams County, Ill.
Martha Ann Adair, b. 9 March 1827, d. 13 May 1902 Boone County ,MO.
Martha is the daughter of James Farris Adair and Patsy Turner, (Richard and James Farris were brothers)
4. James Lewis Adair, b. 1820, d ? Illinois
Married 25 August 1841, Adams County, Ill.
Linna Moore
James family moved to Lebanon, Indiana after James death
5. Dr. John Jackson Adair, b. 10 November 1822, Nicholas County, Ky., d. 13 December 1880, Bourbon County, Ky. Buried in the Paris Cemetery. He was a dentist at Paris , KY
Married 7 December 1850 , Bourbon County, Ky.
Sallie S. Ewalt, b. 21 November, 1832, d.
Sallie is the daughter of Samuel Ewalt and Cynthia Pugh
6.Dr. Richard M. Adair, III , b. 26 August 1824, Nicholas Co., KY, d. 13 June 1885, Bourbon County, KY. Buried in the Paris Cemetery, He was a dentist
Married 23 December 1851
Mary Bruce Hathaway, b. 26 March 1832, Mt . Sterling, d. 11 Feb. 1916, Bourbon Co., Ky. Buried in the Paris Cemetery
7 Olivia Adair, b. 1813. Nicholas County, Ky. d. 17 Se[September 1841 or 44 Adams County, Ill.
Married 1832, Nicholas County, KY
Arthur Trimble, b. 1810, died 16 February 1881, Adams Co., Ill.
8. Margaret Adair, b. 1828, Nicholas County, Ky., d.
Married 23 December 1847, Nicholas County, KY
William Brunker,
9 Sarah N. Adair, b. ?
Married 24 October 1849, Nicholas County, Ky.
Edmond Rankin,
10. Robert Farris Adair, b. 4 September 1833, Nicholas County, Ky. d. 4 May 1907, Bourbon Co., KY., Buried in the Paris Cemetery. Robert was a silversmith
Married 13 November 1854, Mason County, KY.
Isabelle Dodson, b. 27 June 1839, Mason Co., D ? Buried in the Paris Cemetery
11. Susan Coleman Adair, b. abt 1835, d.?
Married Nicholas CO. KY
George Washington Foster
12. Mary A. Adair, b. abt. 1837, Nicholas Co., Ky. d. ?
Married
Dr. Neil Pitt.
13. Dr. George Washington Adair, b. 16 August 1838, Nicholas Co., Ky. d. 1875, Bourbon Counry, Buried in the Carlisle Cemetery He was a dentist in Carlisle, Ky.
Married 29 October 1861, Nicholas County, KY.
Mary Henshaw Henry Buried in the Carlisle Cemetery
Richard Adair, Jr. served in the War of 1812 as a pack horseman the infantry, Nicholas County, KY.
Note. Alice Francis Adair, daughter of Charles T. Adair (Son of Dr. John Jackson and Sallie) who married Walter Perkins, Harold Covington, James Wright, She died June 9, 2000, Fayette Co., Ky Buried in the Georgetown Cemetry
Add this please
Sorry this took me so long .
Spouses
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1: Mary “Polly” TARR
Birth: October 10, 1796 Snow Hill, Maryland
Death: 1875 Nicholas County, Kentucky Age: 78
Burial: Old Carlisle Cemetery, Nicholas County, Kentucky
Father: Charles TARR
Mother: Marion RICHARDSON
Marriage: May 13, 1811 Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky [1]
Children: Willis Merrill (1812-1866)
Olivia (1813-1841)
Louise (1817-)
William R. (1818-1842)
James Lewis (1820-)
John Jackson (1822-1880)
Richard Merritt (1824-1885)
Margaret (1828-)
Robert Farris (1833-1907)
Susan Coleman (~1835-)
George Washington (1838-1875)
Sources
1. Mary Bishop data. This date differs from Julia Spencer’s marriage date.
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Last Modified: January 15, 2002
Created: February 26, 2003