He was born in Lancashire, England (3, 7, 8). He was 18 years old when he was enlisted (3, 7 [30 in 1870], 8 [40 in 1880]).
He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, and had a light complexion, blue eyes, and light hair (3).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 9 September 1861 (1, 3). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain McAuther (3). He served as a private in company G (1).
He was discharged on 8 August 1862, at Alexandria, Virginia, by the surgeon in charge of Fairfax Seminary Hospital, on surgeon's certificate of disability (1, 2, 3).
In 1870, he was living in the 8th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (7). He was living with his wife Mary (7). He was a house and sign painter, and owned $2,400 in real estate and $300 in personal property (7).
In 1880, he was living in Mendocino Township, Sonoma County, California (8). He was living with his wife Mary and children Mary, James, and Bertha (8). He was a house painter, and had been unemployed for ten months in the previous year (8).
He was buried in Oakmound Cemetery, Sonoma County, California, probably in 1888 (5, 6 [probably Healdsburg, Sonoma, CA; cem. not named]).
On 30 September 1890, his widow, Mary E Adamson [?], applied unsuccessfully from California for a pension (4, 9).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster)
2 company G, register of men discharged, #13 (James Adamson)
3 company G, descriptive roll, entry 18 (James Adamson)
4 pension index, by name (James Adamson)
5 'Oakmound Cemetery, Sonoma County, California', in USGenWeb, on RootsWeb (viewed April 2007) (James Adamson)
6 'Pacific Northwest necrology', a gedcom available on Rootsweb WorldConnect (viewed June 2007,last updated 5 January 2007, contact Loretta-Marie Dimond) [cites: "M1845 Card record of headstones provided for deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca 1879-ca 1903"] (James Adamson)
7 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, ward 8, microfilm series M593, film 1393, page 233 = 88 handwritten (James Adamson)
8 1880 US census, California, Sonoma County, Mendocino Township, supervisor's district 3, enumeration district 128, microfilm series T9, film 84, page 196 = 26 C handwritten (Jas Adamson)
9 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company G (James Adamson)
[I did not find an entry for him in the Ancestry index to the 1890 veterans' census (searched April 2007)]
| line | 33 | 34 |
| Dwelling-house number | 557 | |
| Family number | 624 | |
| Name | Adamson James | - Mary |
| Age | 30 | 35 |
| Sex | M | F |
| Color | W | W |
| Occupation | House and Sign Painter | Keeping house |
| Real estate value | 2400 | |
| Personal estate value | 300 | |
| Birthplace | England | New Jersey |
| Father foreign born | 1 | |
| Mother foreign born | 1 | |
| Birth month if born within year | ||
| Marriage month if married within year | ||
| Attended school past year | ||
| Can't read | ||
| Can't write | ||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | ||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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| dwelling visit # | 299 | ||||
| family visit # | 299 | ||||
| name | Adamson, Jas | -, Mary | -, Mary E | -, Jas T | - Bertha |
| color | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | M | F |
| age | 40 | 45 [?] | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| [Mary's age could be '40'] | |||||
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| relationship | Wife | Daughter | Son | Daughter | |
| single | |||||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||
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| married during year | |||||
| occupation | House Painter | Keeping house | |||
| months unemployed | 10 | ||||
| currently ill? | |||||
| blind | |||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||
| idiotic | |||||
| insane | |||||
| disabled | |||||
| school this year | |||||
| can't read | |||||
| can't write | |||||
| birthplace | England | New Jersey | Penn | " | " |
| father's birthplace | England | Penn | England | " | " |
| mother's birthplace | England | New Jersey | " " | " " | " " |