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![]() P Crittenden John Adams (ID=893) Born: 1860 - |
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Crittenden John AdamsFather: John Chaffin (ID=508)b: | d: Mother: Deresa Adams (ID=64) b: June 1836 | d: GrandFather: * Arthur Adams (ID=1) b: 1789 | d: abt 1861 Grand Mother: * Margaret Francis (Peggy) Horne b: 1793 | d: aft 1870 G GrandFather: (ID=) b: | d: G Grand Mother: b: | d: GG GrandFather: (ID=) b: | d: GG Grand Mother: b: | d: GGG GrandFather: (ID=) b: | d: GGG Grand Mother: b: | d: GGGG GrandFather: (ID=) b: | d: GGGG Grand Mother: b: | d: |
1860 * President: James Buchanan * White settlers massacre a band of Wiyot Indians on Indian Island near Eureka, California. At least 60 women, children and elders are killed. Bret Harte, newspaper reporter in Arcata, reports the news to newspapers in San Francisco. The Pony Express begins its first run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California. South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |