Excerpt from "History of Harrison County, Missouri' Wanamaker, George W., 1846-1921.Author: Wanamaker, George W., 1846-1921.
William and Delila (Wood) Adams, both natives of Illinois, where they were married. They came to Missouri about 1855 via ox team and settled in the northeast part of Gentry County, where Mr. Adams entered forty acres of land, which he eventually sold and purchased 100 acres. He served in the State Militia during the Civil War and died about 1893, and his wife died in 1908; both are buried in the Lone Star Cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Mary Hunter of Dallas Township; Mrs. Matilda Spillman of Worth County; John who died in 1917; Willis who lives near the home place in Gentry County; William W. of this sketch; Mrs. Lizzie Groom of Gentry County; and Mrs. Lorella Shofner of Union Star, Missouri; and Charles F. and Della, both of the home place in Gentry County.
Excerpt from "History of Harrison County, Missouri' Wanamaker, George W., 1846-1921.Author: Wanamaker, George W., 1846-1921.
William and Delila (Wood) Adams, both natives of Illinois, where they were married. They came to Missouri about 1855 via ox team and settled in the northeast part of Gentry County, where Mr. Adams entered forty acres of land, which he eventually sold and purchased 100 acres. He served in the State Militia during the Civil War and died about 1893, and his wife died in 1908; both are buried in the Lone Star Cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Mary Hunter of Dallas Township; Mrs. Matilda Spillman of Worth County; John who died in 1917; Willis who lives near the home place in Gentry County; William W. of this sketch; Mrs. Lizzie Groom of Gentry County; and Mrs. Lorella Shofner of Union Star, Missouri; and Charles F. and Della, both of the home place in Gentry County.
Family Members
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Mary Alice Adams Hunter
1854–1943
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Clark Adams
1856–1929
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Matilda Jane "Tilda" Adams Spillman
1857–1939
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John Wesley Adams
1859–1917
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Willis Adams
1861–1936
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William Wood Adams
1863–1946
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Elizabeth Ann Adams Groom
1865–1940
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Margaret Lorella Adams Shofner
1870–1921
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Charles Francis Adams
1873–1955
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Martha Della Adams
1876–1926
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