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PIC ID: 8038

Elisha William Adams

American, born 1848

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Elisha William Adams was born in Illinois in 1848, and served in the Illinois Infantry in the Civil War. He was a carpenter in Washington State after the war, and by 1884 he was a photographer in Chehalis and later Whatcom. In the 1890s and 1900s he was in various locations in California, before returning to Washington State where he became a farmer. He waws still living at the time of the 1920 census.

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Elisha William Adams has 7 locations.

Birth (March, 1848)

IL
USA

Active in (1878)

Tacoma, WA
USA

Active in (1884-1885)

Chehalis, WA
USA

Active in (1887-1888)

Whatcom, WA
USA

Active in (1894)

Los Angeles, CA
USA

Active in (1896-1898)

Stockton, CA
USA

Active in (1900)

Bodega, CA
USA