The funeral of Stephen Adams, the twenty-third victim of Newcastle's tornado, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Griffin, at 1209 South Twenty-fifth street, Monday afternoon, after several weeks suffering from injuries received in the tornado, was held at the Batson church this afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment took place at the Batson cemetery.
*Ancestry records show Stephen married his wife, Lidia C., in 1868. They had at least seven children: Charles, Hattie, James M., Mark, Ethel, John Q. and Leetha.
The funeral of Stephen Adams, the twenty-third victim of Newcastle's tornado, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Griffin, at 1209 South Twenty-fifth street, Monday afternoon, after several weeks suffering from injuries received in the tornado, was held at the Batson church this afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment took place at the Batson cemetery.
*Ancestry records show Stephen married his wife, Lidia C., in 1868. They had at least seven children: Charles, Hattie, James M., Mark, Ethel, John Q. and Leetha.
Family Members
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Lydia Ann "Lidy" Adams Cornett
1825–1896
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Pvt Harvey J. Adams
1826–1862
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Elizabeth Comer Adams Dinkins
1828–1909
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George M Adams
1829 – unknown
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Rebecca Adams Canaday
1832–1905
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Abigail Adams Caudle
1833–1896
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Louisiana "LouisaLuzany" Adams Brown Robinson
1835 – unknown
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Mary H. Adams Brown
1836–1914
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Jesse J Adams
1838–1917
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Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Adams
1841–1875
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Rev Elam Jessie Adams
1844–1921
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Sarah Jane Adams Willard
1846 – unknown
