Related Records

1. Black Heads of Household - 1900 & 1910

   The head of household in Monrovia's Black families with birthdates and where they came from.

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2. Everett Adams at Shiloh AME Zion - 2018

   Everett Adams was born in Duarte to Milton Adams, a supervisor at Baird Ranch. Milton is son of John B. Adams and Hattie Hollins (1878-1914). The recognition plaque commemorated 132 years of the AME Zion church on 1023 S. Canyon.

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3. Fisher, Adams & Shiloh AME - 2015

   Some of the Black families that settled in Monrovia, including John Isaac Wesley Fisher, John Adams and Henry Hollins. Their church -- Shiloh -- with details of the building.

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4. Historical Highlight: Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1886-1996 - 100th Anniversary - 1996

   "In the month of January 1886, Rev. Henry Hollins, his wife Mary, his sister Katherine Morris, and related families who had been former members of a Zion church in Bennettsville, South Carolina came to California. They settled on the Lucky Baldwin ranch known as Santa Anita which is now Arcadia, California. Upon arriving in California, Rev. Hollins found a nucleus around which to start a church. He, therefore, called them together and gave leader...

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5. History of African Americans In Monrovia

   Includes the stories of many Black Monrovians and the segregated school, Huntington Elementary.

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6. John B. Adams

   John B. Adams was born a slave near 1856 named Hicks Bundy. He was a leader of the group recruited by Lucky Baldwin from Bennettsville, SC near 1886. John worked establishing citrus farms in Southern Calif. He was married to Adeline Morris Adams and had 6 living children" Elliot, Sally, Philip, Madie, Celia, and Frank. John bought the land for Shiloh AME Zion church in 1892. The Adams lived at at 228 E. Maple.

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7. List of Black, Hispanic and Asian Residents - 1900 & 1910

   List of the streets where Black, Asian and Hispanic Monrovians lived in 1900. Also a short list of Black Monrovians from the 1910 census.

   Record Type: Documents

   
8. Monrovia Genealogy - Adams Family - 2011

   Genealogical Notes.

   Record Type: Documents