William Adams Family Papers (Accn 1621)
The William Adams Family Papers (1894-1970s?) comprise an autobiography, a family portrait in genealogical format, a
biography of his eldest son, Charles, a summary of on-going genealogy studies in Ireland tracing branches of the Adams family
back as far as the twelfth century, and brief sketches of the lives of selected ancestors and descendants. Adams, as a young
man with wife and small son, immigrated from Ireland to Nauvoo via New Orleans, and, following the uprisings in Nauvoo, moved
west to Salt Lake in the Utah Territory. He was part of the original Iron County settlement mission in 1850. Adams and his
descendants became prominent citizens and community leaders in the development of that area of the Utah Territory that is now
the southwest corner of Utah. An inventory is available.