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Lucinda

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  • Name Lucinda  
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I807  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Samuel Jefferson Adair,   b. 28 Mar 1806, , Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1889, Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Bef 1 Jan 1853  of, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. FHL film 26401 "Early LDS Church Records of Payson, Utah; Baptisms at Payson" show rebaptisms and reconfirmations 1855 and 1857 for Lucinda Jane Adair. I do not believe that they are the same person. Joseph Adair and Rebecca Frances Adair had a daughter of this name, Lucinda Jane Adair, in Payson at this time who was born 22 Oct 1841 and married in the late 1850s.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. The following summary shows all known women as of 16 Apr 2013 with whom Samuel had a living or spiritual connection. The film references are from the old Ordinance Index which has since been replaced by New Family Search and then Family Tree. The various classes of wives are broken down as follows:
      A. Actual traditional and documented wives:
      1. Gemima Mangum: Online Ordinance Index (1) FHL film 456338 showing "9 May 1853"; a later entry per FHL film 458480 shows 1864 with no temple noted.
      2. Nancy White: The wife was found and documented in the 1990s. They were married in abt. 1849 in Iowa and had one son together; Joshua Tumer Adair. Nancy and the son remained in Iowa when Samuel and the rest of the family left for Utah in 1852. She subsequently remarried.
      3. Rachel Hunter: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 183393, entry 1877, which is the same date and temple as Gemima Mangum's sealing to Samuel: 9 May 1853 EHOUS. The film shows:
      Samuel Adair of Provo, b. 28 Mar '06 in Lawrence Co., S. Carolina sealed May 9, 1853 to:
      -Jemima Mangum, dd. [deceased], b. 14 Sep '09 in OH. She died in 1847 and he was sealed for eternity with her 9 May 1853 with her being deceased.
      -Rachel Hunter, b. 13 Oct 10 in S. Carolina. Note with her "for time" since she was already sealed to an earlier husband.
      Rachel did not remain long with Samuel and is found with her first husband's married name of Davis in the 1860 census in Utah co., Utah.
      4. Anne Catherine Mattison [Laustdatter]: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 183395. Mattison was her father's name. Marriage was in the Salt Lake City Endowment House 22 Oct 1864.
      B. Actual living spouses that have been sketchy until now and for whom no LDS sealings are on record:
      1. Lucinda ___. The online Western Marriage Index (Marriage ID: 253419) shows the following divorce which occurred after Nancy White and before Rachel Hunter. No marriage record has been found preceding this divorce. There was no other Samuel Adair living in Utah co., Utah at this time besides Samuel Jefferson Adair. Divorce Decree, 1 Jan 1853. Source: Utah County, Utah, Probate Docket; Vol. 1; Page 113: Samuel Adair and Mrs. Lucinda Adair. The docket needs to be reviewed.
      2. Roxanna M. ___. "Roxanna M. Adair" shows up with Samuel in both the 1856 Utah and the 1860 US censuses. The 1860 census shows Roxanna born about 1794 in England. FHL film 26401 "Early LDS Church Records of Payson, Utah; Baptisms at Payson," shows a rebaptism for Roxana M. Adair on 16 Mar 1857. This was a few days prior to the Adair family's move to "Dixie" Utah from Payson. She cannot be Samuel's wife Rachel Hunter who was born at a different time and place and shows up with her first husband's surname of Davis in the 1860 census in Utah co., Utah, while Roxanna is in Washington, Wash., Utah. No further is heard of Roxanna after 1860.
      C. Spiritual wives. St. George LDS temple records show that he was "sealed" to these deceased women" whom it does not appear he actually married in real life. Betsy [Elizabeth] Mangum could be his wife Gemima's half sister if it is in fact the same person. These sealings appear to have been by proxy (after their deaths) as part of the "Law of Adoption" then in practice but discontinued by the LDS Church in the 1890s when actual and spiritual polygamy ended. Generally these were women who he or one of his spouses knew as relatives or friends and who probably did not have the opportunity of hearing of the LDS Gospel in their own lifetimes. He was living when sealed to all of them:
      1. Dorthea Nielson, b. Lyn, Denmark; 15 Feb 1877 SGEOR, per FHL film 170595, ref. 122.
      2. Ane Marie Jakobsen, b. in Darum, Ribe, Denmark: 8 Mar 1878 SGEOR, per FHL film 170596, ref. 1590.
      3. Kjerstene Knudsen, b. 7 Jan 1883 at Fyn, Odense, Denmark; 14 Mar 1878 SGEOR, per FHL film 170596, ref. 1852.
      4. Marie Christiane Sorensen, b. Denmark; 10 Mar 1880 SGEOR, per FHL film 170597, ref.4713.
      5. Betsy Mangum, 10 Mar 1880 SGEOR, per FHL film 170597, ref. 4714.