Adeline Nims
Adeline Nims (maiden name: Goodenow) was born on December 5, 1813, in Windsor, Vermont, to Timothy Goodenow and Betsey White. She married Amasa Nims on March 23, 1839, and they had at least seven children: Wesley, born around 1840; Owen, born on January 26, 1842; Creon, born around 1844; Nott, born around 1846; Adelaide, born around 1846; Mary, born around 1850; and Luella, born around 1856. They lived in Bloomfield, Iowa, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $200 of real estate. They moved to Maquoketa, Iowa, in the 1850s. By 1880, they were living with their daughter Luella in Graham, Kansas. They returned to Maquoketa by the early 1890s, and she died on July 26, 1893.
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(3995)Nims, Adeline ~ Goodenow, Adeline1813-12-051893-07-26
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 4

  • (11209) [recipient] ~ Owen W. Nims to Adeline Nims, 16 June 1862
  • (11213) [recipient] ~ Owen W. Nims to Adeline Nims, 8 January 1862
  • (11216) [recipient] ~ Owen W. Nims to Amasa Nims and Adeline Nims, undated
  • (11217) [recipient] ~ Owen W. Nims to Adeline Nims, undated

People - Records: 6

  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [parent of] (3988) Nims, Owen Weed
  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [parent of] (3989) Nims, Adelaide
  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [parent of] (3990) Nims, Mary Bell
  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [parent of] (3991) Nims, Luella
  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [wife of] (3992) Nims, Amasa
  • (3995) Nims, Adeline is the [parent of] (3993) Nims, Creon L.

Places - Records: 2

  • (633) [birth] ~ Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont
  • (655) [death] ~ Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990, available from Ancestry.com; Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County, Iowa (Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1889).