Hello "Beans",
I am aware of an Adam Drylie born about 1856 who married Margaret Boyd on 27th April, 1877 at North Church, Dunfermline. He married when he was about 21 then. A reasonable solution to the problem would be to do a search of the Death Certificates. Because of the time of his death, i.e post 1855, any such Death Certificate would show the names of his parents.
I certainly know Lumphinnans, which is just outside Cowdenbeath in Fife. My Gran Livingstone lived there in Sligo Street, as did her brother Joseph Livingstone.
Because of that approximate birth date of 1856, one wonders whether your Adam was the brother of Janet Stewart Drylie who was born on 6th November, 1857 at Dunfermline and Peter Drylie who was born on 3rd November, 1859. That middle name of Janet's enables me to state quite unarguably that those two individuals were the children of Peter Drylie and Janet Stewart. It's a bit of a long-shot, but is certainly well worth exploring.
I had also looked at an Adam Drylie who was born on 18th September, 1861 to Robert Drylie and Janet Brewer. However, I have tended to hesitate on that because since he was born on 18th Sept. 1861, he would have been under the age of 16 at the time of his wedding. Incidentally, the Christian Name of Janet can be interchanged to Jessie!
Do any of the names that I have given you strike a chord?
Kind regards,
Tom.