James Wiley Adams and Mary Jane Kemp Adams

James Wiley Adams, born on October 30, 1845 in AL, was about seven years old when arriving in Bradley County, AR with his mother, Mary E. (maiden name unknown) and stepfather, Reubin Owens. The exact year of their arrival from Montgomery County (or Lowndes County) AL is not known; however it was sometime between 1852 and 1859. James Wiley Adams' father was Caleb Adams, born 1819 in SC, died abt. 1851 probably in Montgomery County, AL.

Mary Jane Kemp Adams, born September 23, 1848 in Tennessee (probably McNairy County) was the daughter of Nathaniel Elgin Kemp and Semantha E. Chamness Kemp. At the time of Mary Jane's marriage to James Wiley Adams, she and her Kemp family were residents of Bradley County. James Wiley and Mary Jane relocated to Miller County, AR in the late 1800's. James died July 25, 1933 in Miller County, and Mary Jane died May 8, 1916 in Miller County. Both are buried in the Rocky Mound Cemetery near Fouke, AR.

Photo courtesy of Kathy Cagle Baker.