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Adams, Grizzly, 1812-1860

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Personal name headingAdams, Grizzly, 1812-1860
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Variant(s)Adams, John, 1812-1860
Adams, James Capen, 1812-1860
Adams, William, 1812-1860
Found inMcClung, R.M. The true adventures of Grizzly Adams, 1985: CIP t.p. (Grizzly Adams) galley (b. 10/22/1812; d. 10/25/1860; John Adams) book p. ii (James Capen Adams)
LC manual cat. (hdg.: Adams, John, 1812-1869; aliases: James Capen Adams, William Adams, which were his brothers' names; called Grizzly Adams)
Farquhar, F.P. The grizzly bear hunter of California, 1948: p. 3 (concise and complete discussion of whether Grizzly Adams was James Capen Adams, William Adams, or John Adams, concluding on p. 13 that he was, as maintained by LC and genealogist A.N. Adams, John Adams, b. 10-22-1812, d. 10-25, 1860, aged 48) p. 6, 10-11 (although Hittell identifies Grizzly Adams as James Capen Adams and has him born 10-20-1807, the real James Capen Adams was born by at least two reliable pieces of evidence in 1816 as the 5th of 8 children to Eleazer and Sybil Capen Adams, who were married in 1807)