Larkin and Levi Adamson are not the same person!

 I have often seen Larkin and Levi Adamson listed as one and the same person, sometimes listed as Larkin Levi Adamson. Both of these men were sons of Simon and Eleanor Routh Adamson. Simon Adamson was my 4th great grand uncle. Simon and Eleanor had twelve children.

Larkin Adamson's gravestone shows that he was born in 1806.

In 1823, Larkin married Nancy F. Routh in Jefferson County, Tennessee.  Nancy's gravestone shows that she was also born in 1806. Both of them would have been about seventeen years old at the time they married. 

In 1830 Larkin Adamson was shown on the 1830 Census in Jefferson County, Tennessee. That census indicated that he was born between 1790 and 1800.

In 1836, Levi Adamson married Mary "Polly" Ann Benton in Ray County, Missouri. Levi was twenty-five years old at that time.

Levi Adamson and Larkin Adamson were each listed in the 1840 Census for Platte County, Missouri. 

The 1840 Census showed that Larkin was born between 1801 and 1810.  It also showed that there was one male between 5 and 9 years old, one male between 10 and 14 years old, and 2 males between 20-29 years old living there, along with Larkin's wife and 2 slaves. I have not found that Larkin and Nancy had any children, so I don't know who these children are.

Living next door to Larkin was "Levy" Adamson. The census shows that Levi was born between 1811 and 1820. It shows his wife and 2 males under 5.

In 1850 the brothers were still living next door to each other in Green, Platte, Missouri. Levi was listed as age 40 and Larkin was listed as age 44. Both were listed with their wives. Four children were listed with Levi. Larkin was listed as a Farmer and Levi's occupation was listed as a Tailor.

I have yet to locate either Levi or Larkin in the 1860 Census. However, Levi L Adamson was listed in the Collin County, Texas Tax Rolls for 1862 and 1865.

Levi Adamson died in February of 1870 in Collin County, Texas. He had been a farmer and died of consumption. He was aged fifty-nine.

Larkin Adamson was listed in the 1870 Collin County, Texas Census. He was listed with his wife, Nancy, and a ten-year-old son, Theodore, who was born in Texas in 1860. 

I have researched this "son" of Larkin and Nancy. He was the son of Larkin's older brother, Thomas H Adamson. Theodore is listed in the 1880 Collin County, Texas Census living with his brother Larkin, who was the eldest son of Thomas H. Adamson. So that made Theodore our Larkin's nephew, not his son. 

Larkin Adamson died on the 13th of January in 1872 according to his tombstone in Collin County, Texas. His wife Nancy died the following year.

Based on all of this evidence, I am quite certain that the two brothers were not one and the same!